no longer a grad student but this is a fabulous conference if you still are! everyone submit!

americanstudies.yale.edu/sites/default/…

when you’re toasting a piece of brioche and you can hear the butter sizzling as you pull it out of the toaster… that’s the good stuff

loved this bostonreview.net/articles/the-p…

"Oh my god did you see the latest poll? Pennsylvania is within the marg-" You bolt awake. The year is 1656. You summon a servant, sure of what must be done. You are Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. And William Penn must die.

damn everybody want me* fr *pennsylvania voter

fluoride

For Cyber Monday here's a piece I wrote about the astonishing life of Kiyoshi Kuromiya, the HIV/AIDS activist who's maybe responsible for your ability to look at porn on the internet octopus.emst.gr/articles/kiyos…

In case any calendar history nerds are still on here, anybody got anything to read on the usage of “anno post partum virginis…” instead of “anno domini christi…”? Had never seen it before until I was looking at some 18C PA German material this afternoon

😭😭😭😭😭

due to climate change and being a fully employed adult I did not think I’d get to ever again experience the thrill of a snow day extending my winter break but today it’s happening and it feels amazing

Ralph Fiennes reenacts Jools Lebron’s “Very demure, very mindful” video on New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen

btw i'm doing dry january but for twitter. who knows if i'll come back here because, well, oof. i'm also @ dianahmyers over on bl*esky if you want to keep in touch with my short-form thoughts

downloaded my twitter archive because i'm trying to get the hell off this app for good and i'm so glad to be able to tell my 10th grade self that her predictions for my adult life came true and she was so beautiful and real when she said this

anyway i plan to log out and not be on here again, ever, but if you want to see my short form thoughts i'm the same user name at bl*esky and also if you know me IRL you can text me xoxo everyone stay safe out there