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Medievalist. First Gen. Assistant Professor, LSU. Disability advocacy, medieval stuff, and food/drinks. And cats. Opinions my own. he/him

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Did watch the first episode. Some things I like, some I'm not quite sure about yet. But definitely going to watch the next episode. A few people on there I really like.

11.03.2026 00:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am also negative on the twins and the couple. Have you watched Padma's new show yet?

10.03.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly, I am absolutely disgusted by academics suggesting that AI can do the reading and writing for you. At a certain point, what you're bragging about is fraud. And in a broader sense, what you're contributing to is the erosion of knowledge and the destruction of trust in academic publishing.

10.03.2026 12:31 πŸ‘ 913 πŸ” 263 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 10

I sent this to a friend with the caption, "why I believe there is no god."

10.03.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sing, goddess, of epic rage: The irony behind "Epic Fury" The U.S. military's latest operation evokes Homeric rageβ€”but its meaning is lost on the leaders who named it, while war's human cost is already unfolding

"The choice of Epic Fury for this campaign tells me they haven’t been reading Homer at all. If they have, they have failed to understand what epic means."

neoskosmos.com/en/2026/03/1...

10.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Roses are redde
Violettes are blue
Sayinge "thys technologye ys the future"
Ys an ideological move

16.02.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 376 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

"By removing writing from reporters’ workloads..."

16.02.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey fellow Chaucerians! I'm teaching a seminar this semester on the Canterbury Tales (with a brief HoF detour), and I'm still determining the secondary readings.W hat are some of your favorite recent articles/chapter/books on Chaucer? TIA. Picture for the algorithm.

05.01.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Similar plan … starting tomorrow

05.01.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hard agree.

03.01.2026 02:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My year was bad as well, and left me with very little space for reading outside of teaching. I look forward to sitting down with your book in the new year.

31.12.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Humanities programs have ceded scholarship of the premodern to bad actors on the right. This is a serious problem, not only because it represents a loss of current and future knowledge, but also because it enables white supremacists and Christian nationalists to twist history to their own ends.

30.12.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 345 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

Thread. OP's is a very common story. Instead of tailored accommodations, students get "extra time" even if they don't need or want it. And then unneeded "extra time" gives naysayers the grounds to whine about accommodations.

14.12.2025 03:08 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The best stage

14.12.2025 02:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tim Walz Hits Back After Donald Trump Calls Him the R-Word, Taunting President to Release His MRI Results Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz quickly fired back after President Donald Trump lobbed a derogatory remark his way. Walz reposted Trump's insult alongside a bit of speculation about the 79-year-old president'...

I don't love Walz' response here TBH. It reads like, no, you're the ones with disability problems instead of just condemning the use of the r-word. people.com/tim-walz-hit...

28.11.2025 20:38 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

sigh. agreed.

28.11.2025 20:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have the same wager tomorrow. I’m gonna lose.

28.11.2025 03:48 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m teaching a forbidden course? Ffs

28.11.2025 02:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That ... is not great

19.11.2025 17:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Alice Wong is pictured with her book, Year of The Tiger. It’s a yellow book with a gorgeous illustrated red Tiger on its cover. She is in her motorized wheel chair and wearing a blue/indigo sweater.

Alice Wong is pictured with her book, Year of The Tiger. It’s a yellow book with a gorgeous illustrated red Tiger on its cover. She is in her motorized wheel chair and wearing a blue/indigo sweater.

I love you, Alice. Give them hell from behind the veil 🧑

16.11.2025 03:55 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Donate to Help finish Alice’s work, organized by yomi wrong Our comrade, friend, collaborator and fierce Tiger Mischief Maker, Alice Wong, needs us. As yo… yomi wrong needs your support for Help finish Alice’s work

www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...

here’s where to send funds to continue Alice’s legacy <3

16.11.2025 03:30 πŸ‘ 186 πŸ” 179 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.

Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...

16.11.2025 02:05 πŸ‘ 769 πŸ” 317 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4
Alice Wong, with partially black and blonde hair, serving face and giving the camera one wicked side-eye. She is wearing a multicolored shirt with bright red lipstick to boot.

Alice Wong, with partially black and blonde hair, serving face and giving the camera one wicked side-eye. She is wearing a multicolored shirt with bright red lipstick to boot.

I thank you, Alice Wongβ€”author, activist, daughter, sister, friend, and innovatorβ€”for being with us here for as long as you were.

I thank you for blessing our larger community with your courage, your love, your indignation, and your fierce advocacy through #DisabilityVisibility.

16.11.2025 03:55 πŸ‘ 194 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I was just telling my class about her while teaching So Lucky. I’m devastated.

16.11.2025 03:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

RIP Alice Wong, fiercest, finest, most fabulously dressed freedom fighter and friend. She changed the world a bit at a time every day and never stopped loving it. She taught me so much. I can’t believe this. I miss her bravery and clarity already. πŸ’”β™ΏοΈ

15.11.2025 07:04 πŸ‘ 562 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2
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New Chaucer Studies: Pedagogy and Profession

Just out: out latest issue on β€œaccess”, featuring @rickgodden.bsky.social, Katherine Little, Kisha Tracy, Sophia Liu, & Stephen Yeager! Also @hannahalucas.bsky.social, Karen Elaine Smyth, an interview with Mohamed K Dhouib, and β€œHow I Teach” with Kristen Haas Curtis! escholarship.org/uc/ncs_pedag...

27.10.2025 08:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant Professor - Folklore All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...

Calling all Folklore people! Come be my colleague! If anyone knows of people that might be interested, please share widely.
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0260...

23.09.2025 13:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Thicc Satan

Thicc Satan

Wordsworth: welcome to the meeting of Romantic Poets. We need to set our agenda, and I am recommending clouds, flowers, or possibly clouds shaped like flowers

Percy Shelley: or the severed head of a tyrant

William Blake: or thicc Satan

Wordsworth: or what???

Blake: I have produced a sketch-

19.09.2025 22:33 πŸ‘ 280 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 7
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A guide for reporting on how young disabled and chronically ill people use online communities - J-Source When you’re sick at home, social media can be a lifeline

Anyway, check out my guide fellow reporters! j-source.ca/a-guide-for-...

20.08.2025 21:40 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop AI-Shaming Our Precious, Kindly Em Dashesβ€”Please Human writers have always used the em dash. In fact, it’s the most human punctuation mark there is.

I wrote about the em dash

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