For those who may not know or have forgotten, I used to work in admissions at a tiny, super religious college in North Carolina. They treated me badly and misled a LOT of students. Every once in a while, I look in on their webpage to see how things are going there (I've yet to be impressed).

Today would have been my grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary. This somehow hits harder than her birthday did back in August. It's the first year I didn't get to make a call to let my grandma know I was thinking of her on her special day. But I'm still thinking of her, and my grandpa, always.

How many times will I have to explain to LinkedIn that I'm not hiring for ANYTHING? I don't hire. I barely have a job, much less any authority.

Me: (writes an email I mean to schedule to send to my advisor for this morning at like 9am) Also me: (accidentally hits "send" instead of "schedule" at 3am) ...Oh well, she knows I'm a garbage fire anyway!

New book for my research! I ordered it specifically for Micah Goodrich's chapter, but it all looks amazing.

please retire the phrase "i wish i had time to be depressed" 1) nobody has time to be depressed 2) depression doesn't care if you're busy 3) willing yourself to force through symptoms bc you have stuff to do is only effective for mild-medium depression, not severe 4) it's a shitty thing to say

Did the needful!

Reminder for anyone who calls themselves a Christian: When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God. (Leviticus 19:33-4)

Reminder to my US friends: go vote today, if you haven't already!

Fun fact: if you fight hard enough for socialism your credit card debt and students loans will disappear

Me: I'm gonna try to get some work done. @yfmsilver.bsky.social: Let me know if I can help. Me: You wanna write a chapter of my diss? YFM: It might need some editing... Me: What are your thoughts on Tis Pity She's a Whore and The Duchess of Malfi? YFM: Um...most of the dudes in those suck butt?

my friend Grace is the woman who stood up to the guy in the Nazi SS uniform in those viral videos youve probably seen- he broke her nose with a beer stein - please share & donate and give her a hand with medical expenses, recovery and potential expenses gofund.me/72cb1a415

In case you weren't sure, yes, I've always had a bizarre sense of humour. I made this one night in my Colonial and Federal Lit class. We were discussing Increase and Cotton Mather.

Me: Oh, there's a travel award fund for the academic conference I'm doing in the spring! Application: Submit a full text of your paper. Me: ...Bitch, you think I've written that yet??

"reimagines"? read the book for god's sake

Once again, I'm saying that the expectation that everyone is up and active in the morning is bullshit. I do not function well before 11am. I'm only up right now because my kid has to get to school. There is NO moral superiority about being an early riser, and no moral failing about being up late.

In search of perhaps a unicorn, but I'll ask the hivemind. I want an across-the-body hardsided satchel/case with an over the top flap. I swear I've seen these in tv/movies, but my searches have not yielded anything like I'm picturing. I get a bunch of messenger bags and suitcases, neither is right

I'm gonna say this loud so the mouthbreathers in back can hear: if a man wears clothing, it's men's clothing. If a woman wears clothing, it's women's clothing. If a non-binary person wears it, it's enby clothing. Clothing has NO gender, no sexuality, no identity. It belongs to whoever buys/wears it

Please, for the love of all that's holy, stop saying "Anglo-Saxon." 1) it's inaccurate, 2) it's vague and frankly meaningless, and 3) [most crucially] it's a dog whistle. I know many people who say it don't mean it that way, but it helps legitimize and encourage the ones who DO.

Random memory/trauma: many, many times as a teen and young adult, I had my weight policed by my grandma who raised me...always using phrases like "you don't want to get fat," or "you have a good figure if you don't gain weight." I'm trying to do better as a mom.

Random thought of the day: if you know someone prefers a different name/version of their name, it's hella rude to refuse to call them by that. My boss at an old job refused to call me "Sam," which I preferred, because she thought it wasn't feminine enough...she insisted on calling me "Samantha."

Me (unable to fall/stay asleep, hears my kid awake at 6am) Me: Hey, baby, you still have two hours...try to get some more rest, okay? My 12 year old: What are you doing up?? Why were YOU at the Devil's Sacrament?? Me (trying not to laugh): Never you mind, Goody Gale. Get some more rest.

Happy #ComingOutDay!

Reminder that when asked what men should do about women being "too sexy," Jesus replied, “So if your right eye causes you to offend, pluck it out and cast it from you. For better it is for you that one of your members perish than that your whole body should be cast into Hell." (Matthew 5:29)

As an update, I can open the DMs in my office in Detroit, which is literally an hour north of my home. I could drive 20 minutes from home and be in Michigan, where I can read my DMs without giving sketchy third parties access to my ID. Fuck this fascist shit.

youtube.com/watch?v=80wR... My brother from another mother is a brilliant speaker, and his TED Talk on mentorship is fantastic!

Been thinking about this video a lot

You know that fun thing where you saw something coming ages ago, and then you manage to convince yourself you were wrong, and then you were right all along, much to your dismay? I hate that.

Because I won't share my ID with some random unvetted company and I live in Ohio, I can't read the message my friend sent me. @bsky.app is holding my DMs hostage because the state of Ohio hates queer folks.

Reposting with Alt Text!

No seriously, why are you doing this? The genius behind the bill is of the option that it doesn't apply to X (nee Twitter), and X has far more offensive content than Bluesky has ever considered allowing. So again, why the hell are you doing this.

It is very obvious that this is less of a means to protect children and much more a project to collect sensitive user data to sell towards a facist government that wishes to silence opposing voices by all means. You are thus making your platform less safe for everyone.

Reposting with alt text!

I'm a grown-ass woman, 39 years old, and I'm being prevented from accessing my DMs because the @bsky.app folks are cowards who capitulated in advance to the assholes in Columbus who shoehorned a "pRoTeCt ThE cHiLdReN!" addendum into the fucking budget. I do be hating it here. I will not comply.

Please, someone remind me that I don't need to try to become a content creator. 1) I don't have time 2) no one cares what I think about media.

Me, watching a great documentary, but cringing each time the presenter mispronounces a Roman name or Latin word.

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

Nothing like taking a short break from productivity and ending up hurting my own feelings in that 2 minutes. I do be hating it here.

Trying to make myself be productive, and ignoring the voice that says "why bother" is SO HARD.

ATTN: If you’re one of the 1,000 FBI agents who reviewed the Epstein files, feel free to reach out to me via signal (in my bio). I’ll keep you anonymous- as I have the thousands of current and former federal workers who have sent me tips. Please share this widely. 🙏🏻

Goodbye, Disney+!

Cancelled my Hulu/Disney+/ESPN account today after literal years as a subscriber. I can't stand Jimmy Kimmel, generally, but the fact that the FCC and the POTUS forced a talk show off the air for pointing out that it wasn't a leftist who unalived CK? Nope. I honestly should have cancelled ages ago.

No nazis in Valhalla.

How about that.

If you are in AZ-02 FL-07 MI-07 MO-07 NJ-02 OH-07 TN-02 TX-03 this is a moment where your voice has power! Your rep has already sponsored the petition but NOT SIGNED IT. Today's a great day to ask them WHY and encourage them to put their name to their own petition. ☎️ (202) 224-3121 ☎️

Self fulfilling prophecy, anyone? “I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.” ~Charlie Kirk

Miss me with anything trying to make me feel bad that Charlie Kirk got shot. He wants gun deaths as the price of "freedom"? Cool.

One of the best things about my work is that I get to read amazing scholarship by brilliant people I admire (and more and more, I *KNOW* these geniuses)! On today's list -- "The Sex Lives of Shakespearean Women" by Joseph Gamble "Shakespearean Self-Giving" and "Binding the Void" by Gillian Knoll