JaneRLaForge

@JaneRLaForge@mstdn.social

I figure I can rewrite my bio to attract more followers as many times as Kevin McCarthy loses the Speaker's vote. I'm a retired adjunct professor, recovering journalist, practicing poet, published novelist and memoirist, and occasional book reviewer. Won't you join me? Or buy my new book of poems, please? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1609644174/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3

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JaneRLaForge, to journalism

“More kids are going to be bullied like me:” portraits of the plaintiff parent, pastor who wanted to protect, fired school superintendent, student who feels silenced, and other lives upended by Florida’s school wars

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/12/21/florida-school-book-bans-escambia-county/

JaneRLaForge, to animals

Today #Caturday on the veldt. #CatsOfMastodon

JaneRLaForge, to random

I really gotta wonder, how schools but more specifically #colleges and #universities, are indoctrinating #students when (in my experience) you can’t get them to follow rules of grammar, turn their work in on time, and to do the reading assignments?

JaneRLaForge, to random

What Republicans really want from #colleges #highereducation—well some of this blew my mind. I thought Republicans don’t like taxes. But they’d sure tax #university endowments if they could.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/12/14/what-republicans-really-want-colleges/

JaneRLaForge, to random

More than 400 #faculty members at #Harvard #University sign petition to support president Claudine Gray in the wake of her remarks on #antisemitism to Congress. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/us/harvard-president-claudine-gay.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

JaneRLaForge, to random

Elizabeth Magill resigns from presidency of of Pennsylvania after criticism of her remarks to Congress on . There were other controversies on regarding a Palestinian literary conference. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/09/us/university-of-pennsylvania-president-resigns.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

JaneRLaForge, to random

Can grade inflation cheapen the value of an Ivy League degree? #Yale #University might want to know, or it might not. By the way, the #student #newspaper, the Yale Daily News, originally broke this story. #highereducation https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/nyregion/yale-grade-inflation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

JaneRLaForge, to Cat

My Prince Charming. #cat #cats #catsofmastadon

JaneRLaForge, to journalism

“It’s open season on #journalists,” this time in small town Alabama, where 69-year-old #reporter and 72-year-old #publisher are arrested, jailed. In other words, they’re being prosecuted by people they’ve known most of their adult lives. Small town officials feel emboldened by the financial troubles of #newspapers #legacymedia. #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2023/11/27/atmore-news-arrests-alabama/

JaneRLaForge, to journalism

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos rebukes network for not challenging Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/25/univision-trump-jorge-ramos/

JaneRLaForge, to FreeSpeech

Director of cancer center of major New York hospital fired after posting anti-Hamas political cartoons that included negative caricatures of Arabs—and a roundup of other doctors, professionals & #journalists who have lost their jobs after #speaking out on the Israel-Hamas war. #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/nyregion/nyu-langone-cancer-doctor-fired-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

JaneRLaForge, to college

Early #college programs, rather than charter #schools, should dominate the conversation on reforming #education, according to a columnist who attended one of them. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/opinion/bard-early-college.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

JaneRLaForge, to FreeSpeech

Appearance by Jewish #author who supports Palestinian rights cancelled at #University of Arkansas because he wouldn’t sign a pledge (required by the state) to not boycott Israel. This is #FreeSpeech #academicfreedom? Other events have also been affected. #FirstAmemdment https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/us/arkansas-thrall-bds-antisemitism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

JaneRLaForge, to random

Miss Tail Tapper on the table #Caturday live !

JaneRLaForge, to college

Deep read on how the #SCOTUS decision overturning affirmative action is affecting high school seniors now applying to #college: a tale of Black and white, in a way. #highereducation https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/2023/affirmative-action-race-teen-college-applications/

JaneRLaForge, to FreeSpeech

She became a #librarian because she loved to #read. But that was before Florida came out with 79 pages of regulations on what was allowed in a school #library. This long story, tracing one woman’s odyssey through the #book #bans, is getting a lot of attention. #FirstAmendment #FreedomToRead #FreeSpeech #FreePress https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/florida-book-bans-school-rules/

JaneRLaForge, to random

A #newspaper giant—Gannett—tried to diversify its staff. White workers sued. #legacymedia

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/29/gannett-diversity-lawsuit-reverse-discrimination-white-workers/

JaneRLaForge, to random

Why didn’t the #journalists questioning the Republican candidates ask about the climate crisis?

JaneRLaForge, to random

Hey people! Did you vote? I did!

JaneRLaForge, to Writers

Jewish #writers & other artists and thinkers write an open letter on how criticism of Israel is not antisemitism: “we find this rhetorical tactic antithetical to Jewish values, which teach us to repair the world, question authority, and champion the oppressed over the oppressor.” They also liken it to an “an insidious gagging of #FreeSpeech.”

https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/a-dangerous-conflation/?fbclid=IwAR1F8YXy9JpKFoq9oAizxJb-tkXxHUq-_TSHjX9MjABjKqImWwYhkwT2kfo

JaneRLaForge, to Writers

#WRITERS AGAINST THE WAR ON GAZA: announcing a new organization that says its concerns include #language used to describe the Israel-Hamas conflict in the mainstream #media.

https://www.writersagainstthewarongaza.com/

JaneRLaForge, to FreeSpeech

Alumni at the #University of Pennsylvania are dramatically scaling back their donations in wake of college recognizing Native & Indigenous People’s Day rather than Oct. 7 attacks on Israelis. But tension had been building because the college hosted a Palestinian #literary conference. #highereducation #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/us/university-of-pennsylvania-donors-israel-hamas.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

JaneRLaForge, to random

Now the whole “prestigious #literary series” is going on “pause” after 92NY (formerly the 92nd Street Y; before that it was the Young Man’s Hebrew Association) dealt with “outcry” of cancelling #author who criticized Israel. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/23/arts/92ny-pauses-season-israel-hamas-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

JaneRLaForge, to LearnJapanese

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