Sue Luftschein

Sue Luftschein

@archosaurus.bsky.social

Archivist, knitter and definitely a crazy cat (and dogs) lady! Head of Special Collections at USC. Current research interests in the ethics of collecting, and all things artists’ books.

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More on Colleen Shogan’s firing. 🗃️ #archives #archivists

Kevin M. Levin@civilwarmemory.bsky.social

"The control of history and the historical record is part of the authoritarian playbook. It is ultimately a sign of weakness and a refusal to be held accountable by the American people." 🗃️ kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

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LGBTQIA+ As we resist those who claim diversity distorts scholarship, let’s run through the acronym & show how easy it is to find the rainbow in every era. We don’t even need to look beyond the Renaissance celebrities that are household names! 1/? (Countdown to Inventing the Renaissance)

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SERIOUS QUESTION: what would it take to remove the gun and health insurance lobbies from existence

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Archivist: the cup has no research value, it will be deaccessioned

Mateusz Fafinski@calthalas.bsky.social

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Herodotus: The Scythians have a tradition in which when a cup becomes half full the whole tribe migrates to the mountains and there is a massive slaughter of chickens.

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Replying to @mollyjongfast.bsky.social

We know what the problem was — we just don’t want to admit it because of what it says about the true nature of this country. Two women ran against Trump and lost. Both were over-run by massive misogyny and misinformation. Now add race to the mix. Trump played identity politics the whole time.

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This is genuinely great from Gessen if only because it takes something pretty basic about anti-trans politics (it's part of a broader reproductive regime akin to the eugenics of fascist cults) and explains it to an audience still convinced this has anything to do with fairness in women's sports

nytimes.comOpinion | The Secret Behind America’s Moral PanicTrans rights aren’t just trans rights. They’re reproductive rights.

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The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.

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