Tara MacDonald

I love this so much!

So happy!

The book prize is especially validating as my book came out when my son was 9 months old and I was returning as Dept Chair (a combo I do not recommend), and I did not have the energy or time to promote the book. So this feels great.

THRILLED to share that my book has won the VPFA Second Book Prize! 🎉

‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics "We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems," said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. "For me, what we've go...

Sobering and no doubt accurate. www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...

So sweet!

Bluesky peeps: please help! This is for the book I'm working on. Did you have family fire drills when you were growing up? (And what generation are you?) If you have kids, do you have family fire drills now? THANK YOU for your help and please REPOST this question! 😘 #AcademicSky #Writing #History

Babe! You’re still in Amsterdam? Enjoy!!

Narrative, Affect and Victorian Sensation Narrative, Affect and Victorian Sensation

And in more book news, my book on affect theory and sensation fiction is now out in paperback: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-narrati...

Yay! Such great news! And yes: dream editor. 🙂 Enjoy your week off!

Eek! Our Gaslighting book has a date! (And an amazing editor!)

Wanna know the history of #gaslighting? My co-edited book of essays, *Victorian Gaslighting*, will make you an expert! This juicy guide, co-created with @noragilbert.bsky.social and @tara-macdonald.bsky.social, is officially in pre-production at @sunypress.bsky.social and slated for pub in 2026!

Watching Mary Poppins with a sick toddler and forgot that the first song is the brilliant Sister Suffragette: “Though we adore men individually / We agree that as a group they're rather stupid.”

Me too!

Friends, big news: starting this July, we are moving back to Canada! I’ll be Director of the Centre for Feminist Research and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Lethbridge. Very excited!

I do love this quotation. And I also love the idea of Dorothea as “a little ‘cringe.’”

Come hear me talk about my new(ish) book!

CFP: The Routledge Companion to Sensation Fiction (Abstract Deadline: 5/15/25) bit.ly/42mhg7J

These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

This is so terrifying and alarming and cruel: These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“Pale male stale.” 😂 Yes!

Oof. I wish you luck and am glad that you’re in the board!

The Victorian Interdisciplinary Association of the Western US conference will be in St Louis in October. Abstracts are due March 1! Consider applying: this is a great group. Friendly, collaborative, and creative. www.visawus.org/visawus-conf...

A pin badge on a lapel, with the words 'half agony / half hope'

#Valentines week mood. #Persuasion #JaneAusten
(With everything going on around us, that agony:hope ratio is starting to look quite attractive...)

Love this.

Not sure if this is accurate but…going to see if I can use all these words in my lecture on Oscar Wilde this morning and in my next article! No to this nonsense.

Yay! Excited for this.

At least we finally have snow here.

Publishers sue state of Idaho over library book bans Lawsuit says its definition of ‘harmful materials’ forbidden to under 18s is ‘vague and overbroad’ and puts librarians at risk

Grateful to these publishers! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

My kid’s activity in daycare yesterday was “painting with hammers” and that actually sounds like a great way to end this intense week.

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉