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Kate Davis

@katedavisphd.bsky.social

PhD in Religion and Gender focusing on religion in North America and writing about gender performance. Currently doing a post-doc in Ohio.

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Crowdsourcing here: if you had to introduce comedy podcasts to your students as a genre, what 5-10 minute clip would you play?

17.10.2025 04:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced โ€”and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced โ€”and not in a good way. What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money. Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight. To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckettโ€™s most famous work without knowing anything about it

08.10.2025 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4988    ๐Ÿ” 880    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34    ๐Ÿ“Œ 618
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Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts.
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04.10.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 217    ๐Ÿ” 81    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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Students rate identical lectures differently based on professor's gender, researchers find When philosophy students were asked to evaluate identical lectures assigned to men or women professors, their responses varied by gender. The study suggests gender bias plays a role in how teaching is...

www.psypost.org/students-rate-identical-lectures-differently-based-on-professors-gender-researchers-find/# #AcademicSky - it never ends.

29.09.2025 23:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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a woman is holding a bunch of grapes in her hands ALT: a woman is holding a bunch of grapes in her hands

Might I suggest the Branagh Much Ado About Nothing?

29.09.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is there anything more Sisyphian than checking the "keep me logged in on this device" box?

23.09.2025 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 108    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Staring wistfully out the window, wondering what my cat is up to right now.

17.09.2025 18:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 108    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Done!

16.09.2025 22:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes please! I wrote my dissertation on Mormon and Evangelical influencers, and did some press interviews when SLoMW came out last year, so I am all in on this!

16.09.2025 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When historians talk about the coming โ€œarchive apocalypse,โ€ this is what they mean.

15.09.2025 00:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Major Dorimus Church's mother was formerly enslaved to his father. Born in Tennessee in 1869, in the aftermath of the Civil War, he and his mother and his siblings were listed in the 1870 census as Black. 1/6

14.09.2025 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mini marsupial bounces back from the brink!

Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 kmยฒ between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back.

https://f.mtr.cool/afllseseeb

10.09.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3462    ๐Ÿ” 1019    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 144

In England they call it vocal chip

24.07.2025 05:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 721    ๐Ÿ” 127    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Sick of everything being Orwellian or Kafkaesque. I demand more Scarrylous situations, where animals drive vehicles and run small businesses.

22.07.2025 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4884    ๐Ÿ” 1139    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 120    ๐Ÿ“Œ 83

A.I. is just Spiritualist seances for the 21st century

20.07.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 112    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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An 1880s LDS polygamy revelation raises โ€˜awkward questionsโ€™ today, says historian The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints quietly posted a document online written by its third president in mid-June. The church previously denied its existence for over a century.

A newly published revelation from the LDS Church's 3rd president raises interesting questions about history and canonization. We asked a historian about it.

26.06.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Red graphic with cover of Mormon Studies Review Vol. 12 and University of Illinois Press logo, reading " FREE ACCESS ARTICLE: Mormon Studies Review. Technologies of the Selfie: Mormon Influencers and the Performance of Gender Online by Kate Davis. FREE 4/1/25 through 6/30/2025

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Free to Access article until June 30: โ€œTechnologies of the Selfie: Mormon Influencers and the Performance of Gender Onlineโ€ by @katedavisphd.bsky.social from Mormon Studies Review, Vol. 12. cc: @jstuart.bsky.social
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30.05.2025 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

08.05.2025 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28943    ๐Ÿ” 8169    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 764

Utter confusion exists among the historians

22.04.2025 10:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 286    ๐Ÿ” 74    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
Red graphic with cover of Mormon Studies Review Vol. 12 and University of Illinois Press logo, reading " FREE ACCESS ARTICLE: Mormon Studies Review. Technologies of the Selfie: Mormon Influencers and the Performance of Gender Online by Kate Davis. FREE 4/1/25 through 6/30/2025

Red graphic with cover of Mormon Studies Review Vol. 12 and University of Illinois Press logo, reading " FREE ACCESS ARTICLE: Mormon Studies Review. Technologies of the Selfie: Mormon Influencers and the Performance of Gender Online by Kate Davis. FREE 4/1/25 through 6/30/2025

Free to Access article until June 30: โ€œTechnologies of the Selfie: Mormon Influencers and the Performance of Gender Onlineโ€ by @katedavisphd.bsky.social from Mormon Studies Review, Vol. 12. cc: @jstuart.bsky.social
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18.04.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

"What influencers choose to share, and what they choose to conceal, contribute to the public perception of what it means to be a Mormon woman."

@katedavisphd.bsky.social in a Mormon Studies Review Vol. 12 forum, "Mormon as Spectacle."

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14.03.2025 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage

โ€œAmassing authoritarian power depends in part on a willingness of the people to believe in the power exercised. In some cases, Trumpโ€™s declarations are meant to test the waters, but in other cases, the outrageous claim is its own accomplishment.โ€ As always Butler cuts to the heart of the matter.

19.02.2025 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Archive Request xkcd.com/3052

17.02.2025 23:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15194    ๐Ÿ” 1576    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 121    ๐Ÿ“Œ 82
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So excited to have an article in the new issue of Mormon Studies Review!

16.02.2025 04:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Alternatively:

28.12.2024 07:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Without downloading any new pics whatโ€™s your energy going into 2025

28.12.2024 07:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a white sweater drinking through a straw ALT: a man in a white sweater drinking through a straw

โ€œI see a kind of restoration fantasy at play in many right-wing movements in the U.S. People want to go back to the idea of being a white country or the idea of the patriarchal family, the principle that marriages are for heterosexuals. I call it a nostalgic fury for an impossible past.โ€

24.12.2024 18:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Judith Butler, philosopher: โ€˜If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logicโ€™ A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAรS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world

This is an infuriating interview wherein the interviewer asks many lazy questions, but Butlerโ€™s responses are vital and incisive. english.elpais.com/culture/2024...

24.12.2024 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What items in your cart makes things weird when you encounter one of your students working at the grocery store? Asking for myself, who just had to make small talk while juggling two gallons of sweet tea and a mini glue gun.

06.12.2024 23:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve presented at AAR several times, but this is the first time that I have helped to put together a panel, and it is going to be amazing! โ€œMaterial Culture and the Boundaries of Masculinityโ€ Sunday at 5pm in HB-Cobalt 502A. Come hear me talk about homoerotics in Arnold Fribergโ€™s Mormon paintings!

19.11.2024 04:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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