Rachel Wagner

Professor of Religion and Culture at Ithaca College; author of Godwired: Religion, Ritual and Virtual Reality (Routledge 2011)

[Rachel Wagner @godwired]

@grok What does Trump think about Ithaca, New York?

[Rachel Wagner @godwired]

@grok What is the biggest problem with higher education right now?

[Steve McGuire @sfmcguire79]

BREAKING: The government has delivered its demands to Columbia, including:

-Placing discipline under the president

-A mask ban

-Adopting IHRA or similar

-“Placing the Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies department under academic receivership”

-Admissions reform

[Rachel Wagner @godwired]

As someone who has been both raped and abused by men like Trump who don’t respect my humanity, I’m here to say I will never forgive those of you who voted for a rapist and an abuser and expect me to look at his maw for 4 years. #someoneliketrump

[Rachel Wagner @godwired]

@plmanseau Fixed it.

[Rachel Wagner @godwired]

I forgot the glob
of aloe on my nose
put there to soothe a dry spot
must have looked like snot
to women glibly chatting at Alder’s school
This phlegmy metonym is apt
self care gone wrong,
nasal misunderstanding
bless the ones who
say nothing
mucus notwithstanding
aloe, aloe.

[Rachel Wagner @godwired]

@NPRCoryTurner @danshiveley @theSBPC @POTUS @usedgov @StrikeDebt @arsheffey @kenklippenstein @mstratford @ninaturner @YoungInvincible 2/2 qualify for a refund from AES bc their profit. I consolidated to Direct Loans in summer 2022 so qualify for $20K relief if it happens. Will I get that? Or will I get refunded for my overpayments to AES? If I’d paused all payment in 2020 I’d have kept that $. Now it’s gone.

[Rachel Wagner @godwired]

@NPRCoryTurner @danshiveley @theSBPC @POTUS @usedgov @StrikeDebt @arsheffey @kenklippenstein @mstratford @ninaturner @YoungInvincible 1/2 don’t know if you can answer this, but I can’t seem to get a straight answer. I qualify for PSLF and was just notified of success. However, I also paid on my loans without missing a beat since around 2000. So well over 120 payments! It was with AES tho, so I don’t seem to…

[Rachel Wagner @godwired]

Gang Rape. Sheesh. Typo.

[Rachel Wagner @godwired]

@zimmermaneric I’ve been looking at Nordic Larp. Markus Montola talks about the larp “Gang Rap and another “Journey.” Lots of abuse of power there, and very disturbing experiences begging the question if “powerful” or “meaningful” experiences are therefore also good. https://t.co/wiiGJSjq2K

[Rachel Wagner @godwired]

@zimmermaneric I’ve been looking at Nordic Larp. Markus Montola talks about the larp “Gang Rap and another “Journey.” Lots of abuse of power there, and very disturbing experiences begging the question if “powerful” or “meaningful” experiences are therefore also good. https://t.co/wiiGJSjq2K

[S Brent Plate @splate1]

Happy to announce CrossCurrents special issue "Cinema: The Georeligious Aesthetic". With contributions by Rachel Wagner, Chijioke Azuawusiefe, Hwasun Choe, April Makoeng, @MinjungNoh, Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati, Anu Thapa, Joe Tolbert, and Sharon Suh
https://t.co/CIBAgQjdF3

[Rachel Wagner @godwired]

@TheAtlantic @CarlosLozadaWP Those photos from Walter Reed of Trump “working” are doctored also. Check out the reflections of hand/pen/paper. His hand reflects *through* the paper he’s signing. Some binders reflect and others don’t.

[Rachel Wagner @godwired]

@RitaJKing I’m not trying to chastise, I promise. It’s a hard thing to parse out. You seem to be celebrating the wisdom you found and that’s not bad! It’s just tricky how that might fit with presumed privacy. I honestly don’t know the answer!

[Rachel Wagner @godwired]

@RitaJKing I haven’t seen the site so can’t say, obviously, but sometimes people just come back at night. I’ve known a few homeless people well. It just makes me a little uncomfortable. It’s a lovely insight tho.

[Interfaith Center NY @ICNY]

"Show Up & Listen" - in this #InterfaithMattersPodcast @EastEndTemple Rabbi @JoshuaMZStanton shares his personal experiences w/ the #MovementForBlackLives, faith leadership’s role in public protest, & the supportive value of empathetic listening/presence. https://t.co/Tf9H2Y0S1z

[Rachel Wagner @godwired]

@dburnett51 I love that. He was my grad advisor years ago.

[Bill Sutherland @Bill_Sutherland]

I blame lockdown but for some reason decided to cook Babylonian meal from the recipe tablet on the right; at 1750 BCE are the oldest recipes existing. Seemed to go down OK "Best Mesopotamian meal I have eaten".
A thread 1/6

[Rachel Wagner @godwired]

This fall may be the first time in college history when most students desperately want to be in class, in person, and grumble that they may not be able to do so.

[Rachel Wagner @godwired]

Why not compassion? Why not curiosity? Why not conversation, trying to understand?