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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Now watching: Bizarre-o John Wick, aka Shame 2: No Shame
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Acquisitions editor (gender & queer studies, lit crit, Latin American studies, education, & more); author, Returning the Gift (2018). Screamy about publishing, labor, most things. She/her.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Now watching: Bizarre-o John Wick, aka Shame 2: No Shame
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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the imagined swing voter will be the end of us all
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Soooooo about the Obamas executive producing this
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Watching Leave the World Behind amid endless neighborhood fireworks may have been a mistake
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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The economy is doing great! Me, reading IHE every day: is it?
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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The question of whether one can get a good job in higher education seems at least as important as—and certainly worth constant discussion alongside—the question of what kind of job one can get with this or that college degree.
So many cuts in June alone. www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
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V. Joshua Adams
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word from my kitchen is that it’s the book of the summer
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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“It’s no mystery that most restaurants are allergic to success. I’d like us to be a little different.” Oliver Platt’s profit-hungry character on The Bear giving real university administrator with an MBA vibes.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Camp for the 4yo starts tomorrow and I just purchased five (5) organizational units online because I WILL have order dammit
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Hahaha YES!!
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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My hot* take is that Maleficent 2 is pretty great actually *extremely cold and dated
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Mondoweiss
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Columbia University: Protesters arrested for seizing Hind’s Hall at Columbia University are refusing any deals unless protesters at CUNY are offered the same, and they stand in solidarity with those facing the most extreme repression in the movement.
#Palestine #Israel
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clockwork banana
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fuck you, Spotify. fuck you so much. i guess deaf people aren't allowed to enjoy music like the rest of y'all. new disabling unlocked.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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“If you don’t absorb that it’s people in charge of anything it’s really funny” — my scintillating commentary
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Managed to avoid the debate but S is now trying to help his parents work the TV so did I really?
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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I was already not psyched to watch either of them. Now I will FOR SURE not.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Visiting family with different political views is a great way to avoid watching the debate at all costs
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Leah Pennywark
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"There are many ways for books to be good and valuable and have “impact” within and beyond different fields, whether or not they touch on current events." Yes!
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Your book sounds wonderful and hear, hear!!
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Exactly! More untimeliness, please! Ironically, my inspiration for this column actually came from my feeling like an advice column is the least timely and least important thing right now.
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Anise K. Strong
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I find this fascinating and yet really really hope that my book on the importance to successful societies of women being able to freely divorce their husbands does not become "timely", despite the move in several U.S. states to try and end no-fault divorce....
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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I had a bit in earlier drafts saying—& often find myself saying to authors—that usually what makes a book “timely” is something bad and, unfortunately, most of the bad stuff right now seems only to be getting and sure to get worse. Books can address problems—but I’d like there to be fewer problems.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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I feel so tested by this show at this point
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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10 min in and I’m already so tired but not in the good way I felt during Ripley. There, I said it, I’m sorry.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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So Carmy is still in The Bear, huh? Bold move. To each his own, I guess.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Added a Virginia Woolf poster to my cart and am now deciding which tote bag to get. LFG.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Others with whom I work have strong feelings about what is and isn't passé. As usual: fit is everything.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Re UN-timeliness: I have a series editor who lit'rally just told me the other day he thinks the most cutting edge work is behind us. He's not wrong. How many books framed as "notes toward" produce more work in that vein? The novelty fetish means we move on quickly. Often there's so much more to say.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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“No feet in the pretzels” and “Please don’t spit on the floor” are just two of the fun things I’ve had occasion to say today
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Thank you, Mark!! I welcome your thoughts. I’m always mindful of the million things I’m no doubt missing and editors and presses vary of course. I appreciate your reading!
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Ah I see what you’re saying! Yes, totally. Yeah confusion about/misapprehension of audience is so common, I think. In writing this I was mindful of “timeliness” implying hopes of a broad reach as well—ie I was letting them get mixed up. Even though Qs of audience/market deserve a sep discussion.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Thanks so much for reading and sharing!! Yeah, very much what I was hoping to convey with not confusing current events and current convos. 👍🏻
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Come for the distinction b/w historical vs discursive timeliness, stay for my confession to a dated & otherwise ridiculous reference to Mitt Romney of all people in my own book. Basically, editors want to know: why this book now? The answer is rly abt yr argument & audience not current events.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Oh go on!
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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As always please feel free to reply or DM (er, "chat") if you'd like a PDF.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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So there's a nod to the "flagrant attacks on academic freedom," which is what's right for this context. There was lots more in my head. I'll just say: significance takes many form--especially right now (I know, I know--cliched!)--and leave it at that. For now LOL.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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I also honestly wanted to write about un/timeliness b/c I personally have been consumed by the timely--especially the student protests. There was SO MUCH MORE I was thinking about while writing this--attacks on DEI, studies of race, gender, & sexuality, Palestine speech.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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In other words I'm mindful of how the humanities esp are often forced to endlessly defend themselves; the institutional push for Big Groundbreaking Novelty is a mess. I wanted to celebrate, eg, social-justice oriented work (I publish lots!) while also celebrating the untimely.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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The section abt not confusing current events w/ current convos was hard to write. I am a fan of presentism but also worry abt what sometimes reads as a move--no doubt unintentional!--to capitalize on current crises. No doubt I'm sensitive to this b/c of my home in lit studies.
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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My latest in CHE is now live: How to Publish a 'Timely' Scholarly Book--a little more advice-y w/ dos & don'ts (I know, I know) BUT hopefully there's good, interesting stuff in here re comp titles, mktg questionnaires, & NOT forcing ties to current events. www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Can’t resist, sorry not sorry etc, but here’s an excerpt from my Public Books essay making this point as well. It’s the same deal at university presses. Staff is the biggest cost. So where to cut costs? Staff! www.publicbooks.org/publishers-a...
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Also: “as acad publishing moves further to an ‘article economy’ under OA, publishers are increasingly incentivized to reduce the human intervention on each article, & to limit the cost of that intervention where it remains. Sr execs will inevitably target the biggest costs 1st.”
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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“Those working on acad. journals see themselves as collaborators in the process of knowledge creation...their motivations are directly aligned w/ the expectations of the scholars who write & read the articles.” EXCELLENT post on the Springer Nature strike. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/06/26/g...
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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For sure and exactly! I am not a fan of hers at all
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Ugh this bitch
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Letting the kiddo watch the iPad while the iPad charges so it’s sure to have enough juice to watch the iPad in the car because I am a great mother
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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Column on how to publish a “timely” scholarly book filed—hint: it’s about current, ongoing convos not events. Hopefully pubbing tomorrow. Stay tuned!
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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We advanced very quickly to age inappropriate content. I dream of a future moment where his friends are super into Pixar and we can get in on that. But movies are tough in general. They’re generally extended over a few viewings and he has a preference for bad guys and battles. 😬
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Rebecca Colesworthy
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No one tell the 4yo we’re watching Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire without him
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Sean DiLeonardi
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And yes, I joined bsky because I have something out in the world today
This one took a long time, like a long time, so I hope folks enjoy.
read.dukeupress.edu/twentieth-ce...
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