#Essays

richa kaul padte

hirishitalkies

a (slowly typed) thread of the pieces i wrote in 2020 and how much i was paid for each of them!https://twitter.com/hirishitalkies/status/1355471158221570050 this essay for Nat Geo Traveller India's Jan issue

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Reading my own old writing from 10+ years ago is rarely pleasant. It’s not that the ideas and techniques are worse/embarrassing by current tastes (though they often are), but that

A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon

JuliusGoat

The main reason people make bad faith arguments isn't to promote their false and harmful idea. In fact, they may not care about the idea at all. The point is

madeline odent

oldenoughtosay

It's a Saturday evening in lockdown and we're all talking about what we did at 22, so here, have a thread of historic pubs in Oxford, ranked by how often

Canadian Association of Journalists

caj

Hi Twitter! @tegwynhughes here, managing editor and co-founder of @ThePigeon! For the next hour or so, I’ll be using this account to talk about long-form, being a young journalist, and

Edward Schatz

SchatzEd

Super discussions with @UofT_PolSci PhD students about virtual interviews, virtual ethnography, and ethics of conducting virtual research in our very strange times. Thanks, y'all. I learned a ton! First off,

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porbotialora

Thread on Arab superiority in the Muslim world (particularly the Sunnis)There are 4 madhabs (schools) of Sunni Islam-Hanafi-Hanbali-Shafi'i-MalikiNote: Indian Muslims are largely Hanafi except Kerala where most are Shafi'i Although

Dónal Hassett

donalhassett1

We’ve seen some heated debate this week but today let’s celebrate all the excellent work that has been and is being done on questions of Ireland, empire and race. Please

JALA

JournalAfLit

5 Africanist scholars (Moradewun Adejunmobi, Bhekizizwe Peterson, Juliana Nfah-Abbenyi, Tom Odhiambo &Adeleke Adeeko) responded to the question “Why wasn’t my article published?” from their positions are editors, reviewers & r

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

TheRaDR

OK, I've been asked by a few folks to redo the thread on same-sex relationships in the Bible so that it's easier to follow b/c 2017 Twitter threads were weird.

Mondo Lopez

mondolopez2

1984..is a dystopian novel by English novelist George Orwell. It was Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. 1984 centers on the consequences of government over-reach, totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and.... 1)

Mathew Ling

lingtax

I've just come to the end of a 4-year tenure, redeveloping & teaching a flexible online first, textbook free, skills-focused and accessible first year psychology unit.In this time, I've taught

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

It's kinda interesting how stories that turn into cult classic landmarks (as opposed to critical darlings), they tend to hew to the most classical of story structures like Campbell. Star

Henry D. Brill

HenryDBrill

This year, we published nearly 300 essays addressing a wide range of issues—from religious freedom to nuclear disarmament to the fight for racial justice. Here is a brief selection of

19thnews

19thnews

Republican lawmakers in at least five states have introduced legislation that threatens to cut funding to schools that share curriculum about the award-winning 1619 Project.It previews new battles in states

anna 🏳️‍🌈 stan the koolaid man

nearly_theyre

LGBTQ+ People in History: a thread ~ every day of pride I’ll add another person to this thread!~ just a friendly reminder that LGBTQ+ people have always existed and

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