my dept is searching for TWO (2) VAPs for next year: one in american literature, and one in literature (open) + creative writing. please send around and apply! happy to answer any questions! mtholyoke.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern... mtholyoke.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

this is what it’s like to teach american studies

the woes of too-good public transportation

“we must move with the times” GOD ALMIGHTY

they really use BMI at my 3yr old's pediatrician's office???

ska sucks by propaghandi came on the spotify mix and my 3 yr old runs over to me and yells “SKA SUCKS” lmao

When I think of Jane Austen developing and perfecting free indirect discourse I can barely hold myself together. Has a more important thing literally ever happened.

my dept recommended me for reappointment can i get a hell yeah going in the chat

rise above we’re gonna rise above

having a toddler is insane because one minute they are throwing things at you and telling you to go away and the next they need to hold hands to fall asleep

absolutely crushing it

Chiasmus the most underrated rhetorical move

if you are in western mass please consider coming to this event i've organized at mount holyoke!!! next tuesday, oct 21

me after consuming nothing but coffee all day, on 5 hours of sleep, and a full day of teaching and meetings with students: “i wonder why i feel like shit”

submitting my reappointment materials wish me luck ✌️✌️

i bought a new rug and my cat threw up on it within a week

will someone please write my reappointment statement for me

What are YOU doing to make Bluesky more hospitable to shitposting?

i'm teaching an insane course this semester. william wells brown and fredric jameson. toni morrison and harriet wilson. lukacs and ellen craft. ian watt and john ernest. what is going on

i have drafts of 3 (out of 4) chapters of my book please clap

*Academics in early August

turning a dissertation chapter into a book chapter is literally impossible

help me i am writing a book proposal

me reading a novel that i will eventually write an article about

one of the wonders of the summer schedule is actually having time to read

syllabi looking more and more like online recipes that include the person's life story

90% of my own scholarship is just “this bad thing is good, actually”

I know that I'm in my mid thirties because this used to be easier.

one thing that is legitimately awesome about academia is seeing a junior scholar give a kickass paper on a panel, and then having the article version of that paper land in your inbox for (blind) peer review

Do you guys remember crystal Pepsi

successful navigated a potentially sensitive situation with an older ivy league style academic in another dept at my college please clap

i'm going to try to have a draft of my book done by this time next year. all interested publishers raise your hands please

Big Things are happening over here

it’s not an interesting point but all he talks about is taking away jobs!! automating people out of work!! what is going on

pleased to announce that i have finished all of my winter break work (2 weeks after the semester started)

you ever finish writing an entire article and then go "uh oh i think i did this wrong"

the best thing to happen this year so far is that tomorrow is a SNOW DAY

less doomscrolling more organizing

must stop doomscrolling

has anyone figured out yet why teaching is the most tiring activity known to humanity?

if you are feeling bad about things may i recommend a scalding hot shower

rooting for the asteroid

one of the worst things about AI is the food images. this makes me want to die

remember when agamben became an anti-vaxxer? lmao

for the first time ever this semester, i am not designing and teaching a completely new class

i think it would be so funny if we never get a gen x president. truly a forgotten generation

i'm organizing with some really incredible people which helps, but i feel soooo not up to it to start the semester next week

proposals due today! feel free to message me if you are interested but unsure! let's hang out in boston!

please submit a paper to present with the thoreau society at ALA in may! we have a panel on protest and social change, and a roundtable on capital and climate change. deadline is 15 jan. please message me w questions, ideas, or proposals! americanliteratureassociation.org/wp-content/u...

dear god i need @mattseybold.bsky.social to help triage these replies from economics twitter over on the other site