Laura Ephraim

Political theorist professing at Williams, mom of two (not counting the dog), fair-weather tap dancer. Thinking lately of waste.

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

You already knew that capitalism is founded on a pile of poo, but now you have a credible go-to source to cite when you want to make the point. Thank you @PoliticalTheory for providing a forum for my shit.
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[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

My department at Williams is hiring a one-year VAP in Comparative with particular interest in candidates who can offer courses on Africa or South Asia. Please help spread the word.

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[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

@kyebarker @twasmegan The righteous indignation of Paine/Burke/Wollstonecraft

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

Political theory job (tenure-track lecturer) in the CUNY system. Posted deadline of 1/16 will likely move to 2/1. The wonderful Roshen Hendrickson is on the search committee and can be reached at [email protected]

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[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

@JohnHolbein1 I still feel the rudder of other people's judgment like a phantom limb. Wish I could excise it. Maybe at full?

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

@KTHEnvHumsLab Due to time zone issues I had to miss this. If a video of the proceedings will be made available, where could I find it?

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

@SidneyRothstein Thank you for de-normalizing this for me, over the years I've almost forgotten to be weirded out by voting in the line of sight of multiple crucifixes. They should move our voting site to MassMOCA!

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

@HarryBrighouse1 I see Mills all the time and also occasionally Stuart.

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

@SusanLiebell I teach writing as a multistage process. Clarity last; too soon debilitates discovery AND clarity. When it's clarity's turn, aiming for concision alone can help students find and fix writing flaws for themselves. Write a draft that is 25% too long, then trim all the fat, I advise

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

@decolonialatlas @JamesEarlOwens

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

@KyleTheDavid Really glad I didn't receive a pocket sized laminated PhD because then I'd need to get a hampster and mount it on the wall of her aquarium and the last thing I need right now is another living being to take care of.

[Kyle T. David 🍄 @KyleTheDavid]

My university sent me a pocket sized version of my doctoral degree, is this common? I guess just in case I get pulled over by a cop who needs credible information about the ecological and evolutionary consequences of whole genome duplication

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

@DavidVeevers1 Where are you from and tell us a factoid or anecdote about this place that you know because you're from there, but we don't because we're not. It sets up each student from the outset as an expert about something personal to them without getting too personal/cringy.

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

@xlivingston @ScottFAbramson @RochesterPolSci @womenalsoknow @POCalsoknow Should have said they were searching in any of the *real* subfields in PSCI. Truth in advertising.

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

@rossecarroll @JHIdeas @PrincetonUPress @exeterpolitics Very good! They are to be commended on their taste!

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

@ValaAfshar @merylmeryl

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

@LidaMaxwell Darn it I DID go back and read a bunch of Rousseau and now my chapter on the origins of public sanitation is also on the general will. Why can't I quit social contract theory?

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

@jennpiscopo How to survive a plague

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

@LidaMaxwell The same thing is happening to me at this very moment

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

Even going through the motions is more exercise than Biden is willing to do.

[Shira Stein @shiramstein]

SCOOP: The Biden administration considered declaring a public health emergency to preserve broad access to abortion services following the overturn of Roe, but officials ultimately decided against the move, according to people familiar with the matter. (Story on @TheTerminal)

[Laura Ephraim @WhatTheEphraim]

I guess but flowers don't smell like burning

[jonny sun @jonnysun]

you ever wish that fireworks were incredibly quiet and also didnt disappear so quickly and also you could keep them in your home and also you could hold them in your hands?? because if so, i’d love to introduce you to,, Flowers