having a chronic illness is so ridiculous. what do you mean the weather is changing so my brain doesn’t work properly. embarrassing.

*spit on the ground* And that's that on that. May his memory be fleeting.

please look at my dog

happy publication to all my coauthors in Critical University Studies and Performance, edited by the wonderful @noemontez.bsky.social + @arielnereson.bsky.social my essay draws on my most formative grad school experience: organizing a grad workers union. i'm honored to be in such brilliant company

why does my dog look like it’s her first day of third grade

honestly i’m not surprised that That Report was written by people from a philosophy department

anyone have tips on passing time while you’re stuck in an elevator?

Umayyah's book is fabulous - important for helping activists understand how we got here and what we can do in the future (index by yours truly)

scenes from prague: local radio playing in the doctor's waiting room and the one-hit-wonder song by bill nighy's character from love, actually comes on

What is an index, and why is it important? An index is a map; it makes the information in books accessible to readers. It gives a sense of the coverage of the book, and whether it contains the information you need. And you can go back after reading to find what you want #IndexDay buff.ly/LMIHOqs

So who are the indexers? We come from a wide variety of backgrounds and bring our professional experience and subject area knowledge to our indexing work. You can read about some of our members’ indexer origin stories in our blog post #IndexDay

put this in the louvre

~ 2026 Indexing Projects Thread ~ Cataloging indexes along with my selected musical accompaniment:

he's just like me for real

"Crucially, she didn’t act in a vacuum. Perkins was empowered by a surging labor movement. That labor power gave her the political capital to humanize the immigration process."

people have FOMO about parties but i have FOMO about homeownership

A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud

with what

a what

please, i'm begging you, editors of the world, do not use AI to "verify facts"

ah yes, the four genders

spotify made me a custom playlist called sludge and unfortunately it slaps.

It has been a long time since I’ve wanted to see a show as badly as I want to see Orville Peck as the Emcee in Cabaret.

I had the pleasure of working with Clare on both of these books. They are each stunning in their own way. Anyone interested in arts criticism, feminism, and writing should pick up copies of both!

not now, earth

happy publication day to all my coauthors in this fabulous volume. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/methuen-d...

in retrospect I think it may have been a mistake to make the work machine and the procrastination machine be the same machine

in an effort to finally leave The Other Platform, working to connect with more folks here 👋 i'm a professional academic editor and indexer with a background in performance studies. currently in belgrade, serbia. best thing i did in 2024 was finally get a dog. she has improved my life immeasurably.

what are the #humanities feeds around here? #AcademicSky

👋 hi there #AcademicSky. i've made my way here from the bird place. so happy to see so many familiar faces.