actually tori is short for tortellini
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Tori Hoover
@torihoover
PhD student in English studying race, media, and narratology. Intern . Writes about podcasts. Loves the NBA and Thai iced tea.
Nashville | Bmore | GambierJoined August 2009
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don’t tell me i’m too progressive in the same sentence in which you purposefully add a suffix that pathologizes identifying as trans
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they say they want to decrease administrative bloat at the same time as they argue for policies that only further encourage schools to run like companies, turning all professors into adjuncts and higher ed into a gig economy
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one of the things that makes me feel most insane while reading conservative takes on academia is how they all act like universities are just giving out tenure like pamphlets on the street
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blunt rotation from hell
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WWE Hall of Famers Mike Tyson, Kid Rock and Donald Trump
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April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain. apnews.com/article/super-
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Not to mention the complete lack of consequences for the legislator who actually *did* participate in an insurrection
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Three Dems facing expulsion over protesting for gun control during session. Tennessee House GOP previously declined to take a vote on expelling a Republican member accused of sexually assaulting multiple teen girls twitter.com/ChrisDavisMMJ/…
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Not a great sign when a Californian texts the Ohio college group chat to ask what’s going on in the Tennessee state house
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Extremely fucked that I tweeted this and refreshed my feed to find out another mass school shooting had happened in my own city
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not to mention the extraordinary fortitude and courage of the families of Noah Ponzer and Peter Wang for consenting to this piece
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Extraordinary series out from WaPo today on AR-15s — this piece in particular is nauseating, but so crucial
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A single bullet fired by an AR-15 can blow a body a part. Many bullets can eviscerate multiple people in seconds. The gun is the weapon of choice for many mass killers. It works with brutal efficiency. wapo.st/ar15-damage
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you: the umbc mascot is the retriever just like airbud lmao
me, an intellectual: actually,,, air bud is a golden retriever. umbc's mascot is the chesapeake bay retriever, a waterfowl hunting breed native to maryland and distinguished by its wavy, water-resistant double coat.
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this north dakota supreme court judge looks like if you tried to draw my dad from memory
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Just thinking about how the university that gives me neither my own office nor dental and vision insurance emailed me on my birthday saying “Happy birthday! This year, consider giving back with a birthday donation”
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loved bad art friend? meet bad art boss
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thinkin abt how amy sherald was our dog walking acquaintance in baltimore and then when ian saw an article about her in the nyt he said “wait august wilson’s person is painting michelle obama?????”
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Cyclists are now the “single largest vehicular mode counted during peak times on City streets,” says an internal report from the City of London Corporation, the municipal governing body of London’s square mile. forbes.com/sites/carltonr
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Love to go to school for 6 years in order to be paid half of what I made at 22 as a digital marketing specialist
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Latest: Faculty in Penn State’s Dept of English allege that they are not paid a living wage, and that they are the lowest-paid teaching unit at the university.
Penn State said it sought to offer raises but scrapped the plan due to “financial challenges.”
spotlightpa.org/statecollege/2
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can't help but note that these comments and likes come in waves -- within a ten minute time-frame in the last hour for a lot of the top-ranked ones on this article, with another wave dated 6 hours ago 👀
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would love to see an investigation into the way anti-trans stories on the nyt seem to amass a huge number of comments (and likes on those comments) with the same bot-like formula
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me, a cleveland cavaliers fan, watching teams shake up rosters while caris levert goes 3 of 15 against an eighth-place team
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call me crazy but i care more about actual ethics than work ethic
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“I work extremely hard at what I do. No one ever talks about my work ethic…everyone talks about what I’m doing off the floor.”
- Kyrie Irving
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can’t believe the state of the union is at 9pm
like isn’t that past joe biden’s bedtime
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also this acts as though menstruating high schoolers definitely all have super regular cycles
love when institutions clearly know about the things they’re making rules on
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this is truly crazy
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Despite public outcry, the Florida Highschool Athletics Association is standing by its decision that girls submit menstruation information to schools: including age of their first period, how many days are typically in between their periods, & the date of their last period. 
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can’t believe i’m finally being radicalized online and it’s by the
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"Painstakingly write another comment explaining why this particular claim needs to be supported with a credible source and that it needs to include a parenthetical citation formatted—as specified in assignment guidelines—according to APA style."
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bouta have ian log me out and change my password while i finish this chapter and honest to god i do kind of hope this site dies while i'm gone
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taking the micro out of microblogging!
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Vera Baum, 'Grandma' of Grandpa's Cheesebarn, dies Saturday, 2 days after 'Grandpa' passed
Story: on.wews.com/3Wa2FaG
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me pressing play on my spotify wrapped to listen to the same 100 songs i listened to all year, again
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