Tenured Radical 3.0

Yes I went to the Elizabeth Warren rally in New York that everyone is talking about…

September 18, 2019

…and it will kick off my campaign coverage for 2020. Public Seminar has a total of three essays, plus an upcoming photo essay by the incomparable feminist theorist and photojournalist Jo Freeman, that focus on an event that may be a turning point for the Democratic primary season. Or at least, it’s a turning point for the … More Yes I went to the Elizabeth Warren rally in New York that everyone is talking about…

Months after Stonewall 50….

September 10, 2019

I am passing on this visit I made to the Brian Lehrer Show on June 26 2019 to talk about LGBT folk and popular culture in the 1990s. I’ll try to do better 🙂

Potter to Media: You Won’t Have Me….

May 11, 2019

…to be nice to, and to send lovely cars for, in the near future. I ended my one-week Likability Tour this morning, with a brief appearance on CNN’s Michael Smerconish Show. The studio was in the spanky new Hudson Yards building on 33rd street and 10th Avenue, which was also fun. The first thing I saw … More Potter to Media: You Won’t Have Me….

“A Professor at the Leftist New School….”

May 9, 2019

Is briefly featured on El Rushbo’s show today. In case you didn’t know it, “El Rushbo” is short for Chief Waga-Waga El Rushbo of the El Conservo Tribe, otherwise known as Professor of the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies. The professor in question from the leftist New School would be me.

And Over at Public Seminar, My Contribution to the Jill Lepore Forum

May 8, 2019

What I love about Jill Lepore’s These Truths? Her argument that nations are built on both ideals and ugly contradictions – and that historians have an obligation to both: read it here. Read other commentaries by David Hollinger and Malinda Maynor Lowery: tomorrow, Lepore responds.

Mediapalooza, Part Eleventy: the Brian Lehrer Show

May 8, 2019

Today it was a very enjoyable half hour on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show, taped in front of a live audience: you can listen to it here. I was paired with Jay Caspian Kang, a writer-at-large for the New York Times Magazine who wrote this piece about Pete Buttiegieg. Jay is laid back, smart and … More Mediapalooza, Part Eleventy: the Brian Lehrer Show

They Like Me

May 6, 2019

The follow up to this piece has been renewed media interest in the difficulty that women presidential candidates have meeting the likability standard. Today was Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC: you can watch it here. They sent a car for me and everything: and yes, you can wear jeans under the desk. A loved one … More They Like Me

The Medievalists Are At It Again

May 5, 2019

According to Jennifer Schuessler of the New York Times. Is it a field that is just not dealing with white supremacy? You decide.