Hoarder of unread books. WUSTL AB, UMich MA (ABD). Comparative global anglophone lit, 1840–2026. Ethics, power, partswork, & ToM. AuDHD longhauler. He/him enby.
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David Davison retweeted
Kind of insane that we're at a point in time where Democratic Senators are suggesting a guy as a moderate compromise Secretary of Defense as he's actively claiming an election was stolen from him
David Davison retweeted
Look, obviously this is a kind of viewpoint a pluralist society must tolerate, and it would not be good for state actors/institutions to denounce it. But as individuals who care about freedom and liberty, we have more latitude. This is obviously bigotry.
Doing a PhD does not, uh, ensure you'll be comfortable financially and among the elite for life. It is a temporary position with absolutely zero guarantees.
You might be less angry about this whole thing if you engaged with the reality of it, instead of your ungrounded fantasy.
David Davison retweeted
Many applicants don't have a job and little if any savings. The process can be the difference between being housed vs unhoused. Being able to feed themselves and their families. This puts a physical and emotional toll on people. Zero sympathy for employers.
David Davison retweeted
The idea that sexual acts with men is somehow degrading is mysogynistic. It coming from the mouth of a woman does not change that. It reduces women's value down to their purity. Their ability to only practice sex within socially accepted boundaries.
In part because in healthy departments, new graduate students continually help faculty stay up-to-date with research trends. The idea that there's some kind of beneficence at play here is childish.
David Davison retweeted
Given the state of the academic job market, grad school is only morally justifiable in 2026 if it’s compensated at a genuine living rate. Much better to shrink cohorts and support fewer students than pretend it’s 1972 and students should just suck it up until they’re handed a faculty job.
David Davison retweeted
been struck off and on that the Democrats were the party of the beginning of the genocide in Gaza and are the same party today but we're supposed to see their getting more power again as some kind of victory for humanity. it's totally bananas.
David Davison retweeted
a jewish individual deciding for themselves that they want a jewish partner bc they want to continue jewish religious and cultural practices in their home is different from "i will not stand for intermarriage for my kids" lol don't act like greenblatt is doing a neutral thing
David Davison retweeted
I genuinely think police safety should inherently be secondary to civilian safety, and that they shouldnt even be allowed to carry around lethal weapons unless they have specific training and a bunch of experience on the job
Cus no civilian should ever die cus a cop "got scared"
David Davison retweeted
Hey yall dont need to be arging with econ and criminology profs about a living wage. Sometimes youre better off simply ignoring folks who uphold the status quo, esp when it comes to the wealth gap. Dont feed their demands for attention.
David Davison retweeted
I have no idea why people bring up the economic value of tuition and such in these conversations. You can’t pay your landlord or your doctor with a tuition voucher. Complete non-sequitur.
Crossing a picket line is never morally acceptable.
Any Harvard graduate student who participated in this planned class disruption should be disciplined to the fullest extent possible under Harvard’s policies.
The professor tried to move the class and couldn’t. His students were disrupted while trying to complete an in-class exam.
Completely unacceptable.
David Davison retweeted
The idea that PhD student research is not work and is instead free education was a clown take 50 years ago but even more so now with publishing expectations ever increasing.
It's so ridiculous that I half believe this guy is trolling but he seems serious, just bizarre.
David Davison retweeted
Regardless, research is work. The reason you're paid to teach is because tuition is a major source of income for universities but there's a reason that if you don't do research that you'll be let go from a program, even if your teaching quality is phenomenal. Research is work.
David Davison retweeted
This PhD stipend conversation is interesting, but everyone talking about their experiences 20+ years ago is acting as if the academic job market also hasn’t changed. It makes sense that students require higher pay now as the odds of landing the fancy academic job are much lower.
David Davison retweeted
All of this debate about harvard PhD student incomes just shows me:
1. How few faculty understand the financial pressures students may face
2. How everyone presumes you have family/partner support
3. How little class solidarity we have across system at large 1/4
David Davison retweeted
fwiw one of Talarico's old friends from UT told me he was the only person she knew in college who went to church every Sunday
so bizarre to see people repeating this. anyone who has covered talarico or observed him can see he's just like this. would highly recommend @AllegraEHobbs profile of talarico if you think it's a "schtick" texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
