Jess Calarco

jessicacalarco.com

10 October 2026 22:26

This article offers half a dozen reasons why people have stopped having friends and family over, but it ignores the fact that the women who planned parties and kept homes tidy enough for unplanned guests are now working for pay full-time (usually more than 9-5). www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Ruha Benjamin

ruha9.bsky.social

10 October 2026 21:37

UPDATE: After hearing from friends in the DMs, we’re gonna make this a cohosted gathering. So after my censored remarks, we’ll hear about people actually doing the work that so many of our institutions pretend to. If your org wants to cohost, DM me.

Ruha Benjamin

ruha9.bsky.social

10 October 2026 21:37

So let me know if you want to come to a virtual talk next wk on “Reimagining Leadership.“ Time tbd. The focus is on cultivating critical, creative, and caring capacities in medicine, but I think it applies beyond that. I’m pretty sure we can do this without any leaders.

Ruha Benjamin

ruha9.bsky.social

10 October 2026 21:36

I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.

Three Scary Rogue Agents in a Trenchcoat

alexhanna.bsky.social

09 October 2026 11:10

Ballhalla is church, in the Durkheimian sense. In this essay I will