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Rachel Gelfand

@gelfatron

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, American Studies // Former host of Profiles in Funk on @BBOX

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Joined November 2012
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Who wants to write about Nuclear Family together? I laughed, I sobbed, I saw representation. Two donors, two moms, two kids. One stewball. Thank you @ryrussoyoung
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So enjoyed teaching archival engagement this semester! This website highlights the work of students in AMST202. In this course I asked students to analyze materials at the @SoHistColl_1930 and share their findings in a creative and public-facing manner. historicalapproaches.web.unc…
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*Edit - Students used materials across Wilson Library including University Archives, the Southern Folklife Collection, the Southern Historical Collection, and the Rare Book Collection.
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Sara Smith@GeogSara4 Dec 2019
Why Did U.N.C. Give Millions to a Neo-Confederate Group? nyti.ms/2raIVen Thanks to @william_sturkey for this. “By funneling money to neo-Confederate organizations, the university undermines decades of scholarship and the research conducted by its own experts...”
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charlotteobserver.com/opinio…

UNC’s newest Silent Sam sham

UNC Board of Governors settles phantom lawsuit with a questionable agreement that has shameful implications

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At #ASA2019, AMST postdoc Rachel Gelfand presented her paper during Queer Witnessing: Disrupting Militarized Intimacies in Photographic Reenactments panel. This panel featured Gelfand, Tesla Cariani, UNC AMST's alum Virginia Thomas, Amy Chin, and Dr. Aneeka Henderson as chair.
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This Wednesday at 2:30 pm we have our final American Studies Colloquium for the semester featuring poet Tyree Daye. In this colloquium, "The Aesthetics of Everyday Life," Daye will discuss poetry, pedagogy, and everyday experience. More: facebook.com/events/33501635…

The Aesthetics of Everyday Life

Art event by UNC Department of American Studies on Wednesday, November 20 2019

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more info on this mystery figure plz. where are the long reads? this is not enough info. washingtonian.com/2018/10/11… #KUWTK

Who Is This Person From the Future Filming Kanye West in the Apple Store? - Washingtonian

Kanye West visited the Apple Store in Georgetown Thursday. https://twitter.com/jackmjenkins/status/1050487679647911937 He did all kinds of fun stuff, but one member of his impromptu audience looks....

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Silent Sam is pulled away from the pedestal. – at Chapel Hill, NC
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This was an amazing moment!!!!!
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“Protesters topple Silent Sam Confederate statue at UNC” Via Julia Wall and the News & Observer. amp.newsobserver.com/news/lo…
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Excited to be a finalist for the American Studies Association's Ralph H. Gabriel Dissertation Prize!
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Come take my summer class!
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Janet Mock@janetmock7 Oct 2017
Filmmaker David France released a Netflix doc Friday about Marsha P. Johnson. It is based on Reina Gossett’s work (her statement below).
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Excited for #OHA2017 this week! Come check out our workshop! teapaw.org/AMST_UNC/status/914823…
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AMST's D. Dulken, K. Thomas, & R. Gelfand present "Orality, Affective Power, & Activism: Making Oral History Art" @OHAnetwork Annual Meeting
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For those still confused about the Caribbean's political topography, I made this handy animated map :) vimeo.com/169690419
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‘HOTLINE BLING BUT U CAINT USE MY PHONE MIX’ by Erykah-She lLL- Badu on #SoundCloud? #np soundcloud.com/erykah-she-il…
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.@GovOfficeNC stand with immigrants! VETO HB 318 --> bit.ly/1KJnAbf via @unitedwedream
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After @AFRIKATWENTYONE! The last episode of the @profilesinfunk summer series starts at 7:30pm, TUNE IN & GET DOWN! bboxradio.com/player-live.ht…
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tune in now for some electro-space-funk a la roger troutman! @BBOX_Radio youtube.com/watch?v=lq62sqYZ…
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