John Tresch on the mysteries and symmetries of Edgar Allan Poe's Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym β https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/still-farther-south #EdgarAllanPoe
07.06.2025 16:45 β π 30 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0@evamolinaflores.bsky.social
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John Tresch on the mysteries and symmetries of Edgar Allan Poe's Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym β https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/still-farther-south #EdgarAllanPoe
07.06.2025 16:45 β π 30 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0huge news: my mom just accidentally attended the guerilla lorde concert
23.04.2025 02:21 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0sorry whatβs that last one again
09.04.2025 20:10 β π 43 π 5 π¬ 2 π 1Nashville area folks, I'm giving a talk on SATURDAY at the Vanderbilt Museum of Art! Come out to hear all about my experience with @terrorcamp.bsky.social & the joys of community research βΒ and we'll be workshopping methods of incorporating fandom approaches into heritage outreach π€©
19.03.2025 19:52 β π 27 π 9 π¬ 0 π 2According to the BBCβs reporting, βincidents in Antarctica are rareβ- sure, if weβre talking about random stabbings. However, 59% of female Antarctic workers report having experienced sexual harassment/assault as per the NSF survey: www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/docu...
17.03.2025 20:58 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Concerned by how this is largely being framed as βAntarctica makes you crazy!β while burying the lede: the alleged incident was sexual assault.
17.03.2025 20:50 β π 32 π 12 π¬ 2 π 0it's like if the waiting room for hell was designed by the same people who built hudson yards
16.03.2025 21:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Spooky!! www.worldhistory.org/article/1078...
16.03.2025 21:22 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Today in dissertation writing: chasing a two-sentence footnote digression all the way back to the 4th century BC and cracking open Strabo + Polybius for the first time in years. I am a historian of modern Britain (allegedly).
16.03.2025 21:16 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It is in your best interest to read this intensely moving, meticulously researched piece on queer Edwardian lives and love in the wake of tragedy. Thank you @tchotchke.bsky.social for breaking this story!
01.03.2025 00:57 β π 17 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0full house last night at the New Canaan Public Library for the girl band of polar exploration history aka me + @evamolinaflores.bsky.social + @sarahmpicks.bsky.social βΌοΈ (we are ON TOUR please book us at your library or community center)
26.02.2025 19:05 β π 16 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0