Laura Bieger

Academics, writers, journalists, t-shirt-makers, comedians, Tweeters desperately trying and absolutely failing to make Four Seasons Total Landscaping funnier than it already is.

Hear, hear!! Das Zeitalter der Hyperpolitisierung zeit.de/kultur/2020-11… via @zeitonline

Why would [anyone] expect protests against state-sanctioned racist murder to be peaceful? newyorker.com/news/our-colum…

Here is the first question that must be asked: What have we done with America? nybooks.com/articles/2020/…

2 reasons for reading this: "Loneliness ... is the defining condition of totalitarianism and the common ground of all terror." "The idea that we must change the world to survive this crisis and thrive in its aftermath is itself practically self-evident." newyorker.com/tag/loneliness

Public art for bad times

Reading about a nurse in New York saying „it feels like we‘re all being brought to the slaughterhouse“ broke my heart this morning. I prey for you, New York. I prey for the whole poorly prepared country.

Eva Illouz wrote this remarkable piece for the SZ last week. Unfortunately, it is only available in German.

@DevilDoctoressa @DieVilla4 @geierandrea2017 Stark! Großer Dank an die Initiatorinnen!

Found this in my elevator today: Happy Women’s Day!

@SIBGroningen Thank you for having me! And for the great discussion!

Yesterday, we were joined by @LauraBieger2 for a lecture on the art of the essay in the #1619Project. Thank you for this very informative event! Next week, we will have a lecture on European Environmental Governance: sib-groningen.nl/event/a-health…

A timely volume dovetailing a great conference! Thanks Alexander & Co-editors!

Britannia, alas! At least this „bumbling farce“ has inspired great poetry. Do check it out! youtu.be/TSMffdtyOwI

Great Op-Ed by Masha Gessen on Mark Zuckerberg's opportunistic view of free speech & the price we might pay for subscribing to it. newyorker.com/news/our-colum…

Looking forward to this specialty of Dutch American Studies!

Great piece by Masha Gessen on why one must defend Julian Assange!newyorker.com/news/our-colum…

Feeling like the Internet publicbooks.org/feeling-like-t… via @publicbooks

@namwalien Well put. And welcome food for thought for someone (me!) thinking about the need to rehabilitate the notion of engagement right now.

The problem with this binary—let people enjoy things vs let people critique things—is precisely that they both assume the only response to art is another binary:👍🏽vs👎🏽. Enjoyment can entail critique; criticism can be enjoyable. It’s the lack of genuine engagement I find wearying.