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

We've come a long way but it still seems like most big time charlatans are men. We need more Women In Fraud

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.

Reminding myself once again that being annoying and being an op are not the same thing.

They are places I haven't been, languages I don't speak, foods I haven't tried, books I haven't read, and people I haven't met. I wake up every day excited to learn about the world and the things in it. What separates me (and us!) from the gutter racists is that we see existence as joyful.

Steeple Syre, MN

Wuthering Heights is one of those movies that makes me go, huh, maybe I am aromantic after all.

I have the soul of a thematic dresser and a field of study that is absolutely not conducive to thematic outfits.

Yemeni coffee is so so good my god

People have worn out "performative." We often perform things that are real, you know. Posting is a kind of performance of one's politics. Performative doesn't actually mean "fake" or "empty," it just gets deployed that way. We actually need performance. Case in point: last night's performance.

Sometimes people ask for coffee shop recs and all the good will I have for my fellow humans leaves me, replaced by the resource-guarding behavior of an ill-trained German Shepherd.

Been getting hype for guerrilla archives and other projects in that independent vein lately.

Tragic: local woman's preferred semi-secret coffee spot blown up. Site previously conducive to productivity now the domain of undergrads.

But having a bunch of fun and making important memories. College is such a magical time for human development (young people learning how to be independent, with new peers from all over!), I want nothing more than to get a permanent job to keep teaching students at this life stage forever!