Theresa Vaughan

1. Sabotage public institutions.

2. Claim they don’t work efficiently.

3. Eliminate them.

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That’s the playbook.

If she can do it, we can all do it.

100%!! 👌🏼

Say what you like about TikTok, but I have learned a hell of a lot over the last couple of years following creators who are not middle-class white women like myself. Curate your feed and listen to BIPOC creators and what they have to say--sometimes to you, but more often to each other.

Folklore and the Senses: Call for Papers - The Folklore Society Hybrid conference of The Folklore Society in collaboration with, and at, University College Cork, and online, 20-22 June 2025; CfP deadline 31 Jan 2025

📢CfP📢 'Folklore and the Senses'. The Folklore Society’s annual conference, in collaboration with the Department of Folklore & Ethnology @ucc.bsky.social. Fri 20 Jun-Sun 22 Jun 2025. Hybrid conference, online & at University College Cork. Proposal deadline 31 Jan. folklore-society.com/blog-post/fo...

Agreed. Used to play it on repeat.

Thanks for doing this!

So pleased to see so many of my folklore peeps moving here! I stopped using Twitter months ago, and I have missed keeping in touch. #folklore #folklorists

Great idea!

A map of flight paths emanating from breeding colony of gulls, with this caption: Early on, LifeWatch noticed something odd. Most gulls were making daily trips to Mouscron, a city on the French border 65 km away. They went to investigate and found the birds bingeing on discarded snacks at the Roger & Roger potato factory.

Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory

a football player with the number 27 on his jersey is hugging another player . ALT: a football player with the number 27 on his jersey is hugging another player .

Fellow Michiganders who are trying to avoid political conversations with family over the holidays, I've got one sentence for you to use to distract them: "How about them Lions??"

So, The Onion bought Infowars. I love that so much.

I am working on the Owl Forest calendar embroidery--January is my profile pick.

🧶Where are my cross-stitchers at? 🧵

I just love this!

Do you think Ariel ate the scallops whose shells she wears as a bra or that they’re still in there and that’s how they’re suctioned to her boobs?

Boss: I meant any questions about the presentation.

Because it's not about good effects, its about revenge.

Sounds like folklore to me!

Damn straight! You're absolutely an academic.

I've tried a few things, but also running into the usual difficulty of getting to the academic folklorists. On the other hand, there may be more coming!

Thanks! Just found the themed feeds! Still may float by your way for pointers though.

Kinda wondering how to find my folklore peeps without the algorithm filling my feed with Taylor Swift fandom. Still feeling salty about her using the term for an album a couple of years back. No hate to Taylor or her enthusiasts, just not in my interest area.

I hear you. 😞

I'm in!

#Truth

It appears to be time to learn another social media platform. I'm an academic folklorist with too many hobbies (stitching, knitting, crochet, cooking, baking, drawing, painting, botanical illustration, reading). Michigan is my home, but I've spent 30 years in Oklahoma. Saying hello!

Been there.