Matthew C

www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/

Session Proposal, International Medieval Congress (Leeds, 2026)

Stories as Pilgrims: Transformation and Travel
How stories move across borders & time, medieval to modern.

Adaptation, history, pedagogy, and literary views welcome.

👉 Reach out by Sept. 25.
#IMC2026 #MedievalStudies #Adaptation

Another opportunity for my latest creative/academic project! After my MLA (Jan) paper on pilgrimage, I’ll present “Sherlocke Holmes, Consulting Alchemist: Crafting a Medieval Detective” at PCA ATL (Apr), focusing on genre & world-building.

#PCA2026 #SherlockHolmes #CreativeScholarship

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Exciting news—I’ll be presenting my first academic paper at MLA 2026 in Toronto in January!

“Sherlocke Holmes, Consulting Alchemist” explores how stories travel and transform, blending creative writing with scholarship.

Grateful to all who’ve supported this journey!

#MLA2026
#TransformativeWork

Legit.

Every night, I say a little prayer before I fall asleep.

*then

Harvard grad student here.
We should not negotiate with terrorists.

bUt ThA iMMgrantz!?!?

Hellz yaz, Queen.

Just a good old buoys
Never meanin’ no harm
Beats all you never saw
Comply with maritime law
since the day they was born…

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If Melania doesn’t have to live with Donald, why do we?

Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.

Trump has deported a four-year-old US citizen with a rare form of metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with their doctor.

I took the brighter plan - I binged them last night until 3 AM, then cruised into my morning exam rocking shades and a giant extra-caffeinated sweet tea...

Hey, only two-thirds of the students showed up for the final, so obviously, I have effectively engaged their hearts and minds.

Hey, Harvard, my dear graduate school: No settlement with the Trump Regime!

So, you’ve met my college girlfriend?

So, they’re bragging about being LESS unlawful and opaquely unconstitutional?

Massachusetts universities are really stepping up against government overreach. Is it something in the water there?

Yes. It’s tea.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

Marc Elias is an American hero!

Yes! It must be something in the water up there in Massachusetts.

Oh, yeah, it's tea!

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Deadnames I can still get behind:

"Twitter"
"Gulf of Mexico"
"NATO Alliance"

I have never been more proud to be a Harvard student.

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The number of trans athletes reported in Maine (where federal education funding is being blocked by the Trump regime for not persecuting said trans athletes enough) is equal to the number of children killed in Texas by preventable measles infections : two.

Guess where the outrage is focused.

This is my new go-to question for the Ridiculous Right.

"This Is Some Straight-up Nazi Bullshit" was my favourite sign at today's "Hands Off!" Protest in Dallas.

"We Just Want American Values" was another righteous choice. That one had the Bill of Rights on the other side.

Mine just said, "Enough!"

Please hang in there, Yo. May I call you Yo? Sorry for any presumptive familiarity.

Your comments and posts here are a big part of my self care.

If needed, I would replace your rabbit.

From the comics community on Reddit: Kid (OC) Explore this post and more from the comics community

Heartwarming story from, of all places, my Reddit feed:

www.reddit.com/r/comics/s/L...

But if’n ya don’t rub their noses in it some, they ain’t learnt nuthin.