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I teach, I read, I write, I RESIST. SF/F lit & film, creative writing, and nature writing

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Yeah, ok, but where was this BEFORE the election? Ffs. The leopards are feasting.

01.02.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman is holding a lantern in the dark with netflix written in the corner . ALT: a woman is holding a lantern in the dark with netflix written in the corner .

Yes. We have to hold our lights up, so that others can see us.

01.02.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Comedian Bill Hicks (dead lo these 30 years) called us "a virus with shoes." I've seen no evidence that he was wrong.

24.01.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Something something I didn't think the leopard would eat MY face...

22.01.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Zeit online: Ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß

Elon Musk streckt den rechten Arm, und alle springen drΓΌber. Willkommen im neuen Aufmerksamkeitsregime.

Zeit online: Ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß Elon Musk streckt den rechten Arm, und alle springen drüber. Willkommen im neuen Aufmerksamkeitsregime.

This German paper has no doubts and no willingness (or legal ability) to show it.

21.01.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 449    πŸ” 83    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 17

There is a paper here. Or an essay for IHE.

19.01.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is fantastic (in every sense of the word)! I have used monstrosity as a theme in my lit courses for a long time - I just preordered your book and am really looking forward to it!

18.01.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thirty years later, still raises the hairs on the back of my neck.
#genx #soundtrack

18.01.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here I am at my follow up appointment today. I am a survivor, and I know how important screenings are. Mine was delayed in March 2020 due to COVID. In late August, a lump that was Stage lla when I was diagnosed on 9/21/20. Fast-growing. I'm one of the lucky ones.

14.01.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't call it bullshit in my syllabi because they're legal documents, but I definitely talk about AI in exactly this way in class the first day, and throughout the term. It's bullshit.

14.01.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Wood stove with orange flames with a rocking chair nearby

Wood stove with orange flames with a rocking chair nearby

Plan is to be posted up by the fire today. It's 7⁰ with a brisk west wind.
Looks to be a clear day for the full Wolf Moon. πŸŒ• The theme for me is to Choose to Let [This] Go, with Gratitude.

13.01.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A part-human, part-animal monster is in front of two fortresslike buildings. The caption reads, β€œThe povtraytvre or shew of a wonderfull Monster which was found at Rome, in the yeare of our Lord, 1496.”

A part-human, part-animal monster is in front of two fortresslike buildings. The caption reads, β€œThe povtraytvre or shew of a wonderfull Monster which was found at Rome, in the yeare of our Lord, 1496.”

A calf with a human face and a round shape like a monk’s tonsure on the back of its head stands on its hind legs. A flap of skin around its neck and shoulders is reminiscent of a monk’s cowl or cloak. The caption reads, β€œHeere followeth the portrayture or Figure of the other, that is to wit, of a Monkish Calfe, calued after this fashion in the citie of Freiberge in the countrey of Misne. Anno. 1528.”

A calf with a human face and a round shape like a monk’s tonsure on the back of its head stands on its hind legs. A flap of skin around its neck and shoulders is reminiscent of a monk’s cowl or cloak. The caption reads, β€œHeere followeth the portrayture or Figure of the other, that is to wit, of a Monkish Calfe, calued after this fashion in the citie of Freiberge in the countrey of Misne. Anno. 1528.”

A 🧡on religious monsters in HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, (Feb. 4, @ucpress.bsky.social)
In the 16th-C Protestant Reformation, religious thinkers weaponized monstrous births. They spun them as metaphors sent from God to show church corruption under the pope and his priests.
πŸ’™πŸ“š πŸ—ƒ #earlymodern 1/10

12.01.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5
Photo of book cover for Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh on a wooden table

Photo of book cover for Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh on a wooden table

Teaching this 2024 #hugoaward -winning novel as the last book of spring term. #antifascist #lgbtqia #sciencefiction

10.01.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Um, I'm in this post and I don't like it. 🀣🫠

09.01.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

FB/IG/Threads going the way of Twitter in 3...2...1...

08.01.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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When lyrics hit you in a different way than they did 30 years ago...

04.01.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Doing a pop-up online salon tonight on Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol. Register before 6 pm CST TONIGHT for the link! linktr.ee/caryatisfarm...

15.12.2024 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My students really love it.

15.12.2024 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Throwback to the dance and dye silk workshop held on my Farm (@caryatisfarm IG) back in September. I'm learning how to loosen up and go with the flow. Video by @gaealady on IG.

08.12.2024 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You did an absolutely fabulous job with this-- I could not put it down!!

20.11.2024 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fwiw, I am teaching 4 novels and a novella in a 14 week spring class geared for college sophomores. Frankenstein, Jekyll &Hyde, Dracula, The Hobbit, and Some Desperate Glory. We'll see how it goes, but I feel like I need to reintroduce the joy of reading alongside the critical analysis.

15.11.2024 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I survived cancer in 2020 and an epic near fatal nosebleed a year ago, and the closure of my campus this past May. Figured it was time to read it.

15.11.2024 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ah jeez, lookit dis. πŸ˜†

14.11.2024 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So glad you are here.

14.11.2024 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some light reading so that I can maintain a semblance of sanity in order to keep doing my day job.

13.11.2024 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Installment plan for a mattress here.

12.11.2024 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of full moon over empty soybean field and trees

Photo of full moon over empty soybean field and trees

Hunter's Moon rising over the neighbor's field.

18.10.2024 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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