Humanities education can widen the horizons of the possible, to realize that the rapacious imperatives that treat people as things are just claims among other claims, not inevitabilities as the Altmans of the world want us to believe. And it can provide vocabulary and space to articulate other ways.

I know nothing about soccer I just want good things for Bosnia so badly.

It was very rude of all these people with names similar to or even the same as mine to get PhDs before me.

In lighter news

Really struck by the parallels between Mario Mieli's "Toward Gay Communism" and Christopher Chitty's "Sexual Hegemony." In the content of the books, but also in the deaths of the authors. No profound takeaways at the moment, just feeling sad about all of it.

look at this happy little fucker. i fenced in the perennials this year and the rabbits are starving but the bees are slurpin that good shit down. get on your knees, pray to god: the birds and the bees

Wow, literally every person I have ever known is getting married in 2027. What's up with that.

farmer's market today, wineberries soon

Damn, the red spotted lantern fly nymphs are out already

sad to think how much better my life would be if I had no morals. being a ghoul is so damn lucrative

Anyone with knowledge of Catholicism on here who can explain to me why Elisabeth Elliot is cited positively in Magnifica Humanitas?

What a strange topsy-turvy world where I find myself thinking "I hope my estranged father voted for Thomas Massie"

Knowledge Fight ending is hitting me hard first thing on this Monday morning.

This is a good, concise read of a project I was involved in that didn't pan out. Especially appreciate the analysis portion, and want to admit that I am also guilty of lacking discipline.

This is quite a time to be in the business of Christian ethics. Would say more but...you know.

just ate the most unpleasant, flavorless protein pancakes of my life. the west must fall

I don't mind writing but I DO mind reading what I've written and unfortunately revisions do require that as part of the process.

Second-guessing my spelling of "Religious" this morning. That probably bodes well for the week ahead, right?

Fellas, is it neoliberal to do mutual aid?

Marcella Althaus-Reid kind of turned me off with her voyeuristic style, so I never read very far into her work. This is proving to be a bit of a problem now though. Second chance time for Marcella!

Advisor responded to a draft like "Why would Kant be there?" And you know what. Why would Kant be there.

Advisor responded to a draft like "Why would Kant be there?" And you know what. Why would Kant be there.

The fish monger and I have resolved our beef. (Or maybe he just doesn't recognize me with my hair down.)

There should be a law that all my friends have to live in the same town as me.

primary source time

The hardest part of writing a dissertation is the embarrassment you feel purchasing a fat stack of purity literature at the second-hand store.

My paper accepted to AAR! Which means it's time to either overcome my fear of flying or prepare for a three day road trip. So where should I stop between Virginia and Colorado?

I should rewatch Sinners again

Chat - Léo Forest, 2023 Pencil, Charcoal, Pastel on Paper

New Englanders just be putting anything on their vanity plates huh

please appreciate my commitment to color coordination

You ever accidentally stumble into asking an academic about the thing that turns out to be an incredible footnote they had to cut? Amazing feeling.

over here living my life such that the majority of devout Christians i personally know are anarchist transgender kinksters. What do you mean they aren't all like that

I would like to humbly request that things stop happening until I have finished the dissertation.

So grateful to have my first-ever fiction piece "Lighthouse" published in The Lindenwood Review! This tiny flash story has been 9 years in the making and I'm so glad it found a home. digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/lindenwood-r...

Reading some shit from the social sciences about how kids decide which college to attend. The established literature does not seem to factor in "I must get as far away from my family as I can," "I need to be the most unique person in this graduating class" or "I've been deported--now what"?

The sun is out and the air is pleasant outside. Relatedly, life is worth living again.

It's always the days when you're all set to get shit done for real that something life-altering happens.

AAR/SBL folks: We're very excited about our CFP for the Science, Technology, and Religion unit this year! Have a look and consider submitting something by the March 6 deadline! @aarweb.bsky.social @sblsite.bsky.social

Idk man I think this whole dissertating thing is gonna be cool and fun, like, actually

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

Slavic heavy metal exists. Did you know that? Whoever is in charge of the aux at this dive bar does.