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Melissa McLeod

@melmac.bsky.social

Teacher, researcher, writer on Victorian literature, culture, and politics; hot takes my own

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Placing periods outside quotation marks

02.12.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great topic. Looking forward to reading it!

30.11.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tomorrow's the deadline for proposals for this virtual mini-workshop for grad students with the Post45 Data Collective. Pitch a 10-15 minute presentation with data from the collective. Get feedback from a lot of excellent people.

30.11.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And there’s really no such think as either

29.11.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same for literary studies. Non-tenure-track lit studies scholars I know you're out there and publishing articles and books. And if you're tenure-track and know NTT authors, let me know about their work! I can reach out and confirm that they're cool with being listed.

25.11.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

8. Apple Apple Apple

21.11.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bumping this back up. Thoughts? ideas?

17.11.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m a new director of undergrad studies in my English dpt Thinking of creating a GroupMe for the English majors to push out info b/c they don’t do email. How do you communicate with your majors?

13.11.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

He's on a mission from God

13.11.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 380    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Oh, that’s rich

11.11.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thought about suggesting this also

02.11.2025 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you know Vikram Chandra’s β€œDharma”? It’s really wonderfulβ€”tight frame tale. I do a British ghost fiction course 18c to present. I’d love to know what you all read. Syllabus swap?

02.11.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gaskell’s β€œThe Old Nurse’s Story”?

02.11.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What are your favorite Louise Gluck poems?

01.11.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#earlymodern #arthistory or #architecture: a professorship at the University of Pittsburgh. #academicsky

30.10.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Black Feminisms. Read more about the position and apply at https://go.umd.edu/WGSSBlackFeminismsπŸŒˆπŸŽ“ #AcademicSky #Blackademics #PhDSky

28.10.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 117    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

Oh that’s gorgeous

26.10.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You’re missing the lazy

26.10.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Closing date for this is Wednesday 29th October.

26.10.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now-retired prof at my uni used to teach a course called Bad Poetry in which she both taught them to experience and to apply rhetorical analysis. Wish I had the guts to

21.10.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How rumors get started🀭

21.10.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I see your library and raise you a hard copy thesaurus which I brought to class as show and tell.

01.10.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Correct take

26.09.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The ACIP vote was tied 6-6 for requiring everyone to get a prescription for the COVID19 vaccine.

The chair broke the tie by voting NO.

Prescriptions will NOT be required.

19.09.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6038    πŸ” 1350    πŸ’¬ 171    πŸ“Œ 94

Watch til the end so you catch him lean to the left for a better look

17.09.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You must

17.09.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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17.09.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2140    πŸ” 1298    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 203

Single most under appreciated 19c British poet

10.09.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Dear students,
If you promise not to submit genAI writing, I promise not to submit genAI feedback

08.09.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Snapshot of time

05.09.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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