Kathleen Lubey
@kathylubey.bsky.social
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i study pornography, profess literature, cook food, sip cocktails. kathleenlubey.com
I am so proud that my partner
@samirabady.bsky.social
was one of the journalists breaking this AI vending machine and making it order live fish
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
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We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fishâand taught us lessons about the future of AI.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-claude-ai-vending-machine-agent-b7e84e34?mod=hp_lead_pos7
21 days ago
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thoughts on Austen from our dear and brilliant
@sinsleyh.bsky.social
!
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23 days ago
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i wrote a book about ye olde porn. thanks
@annakornbluh.bsky.social
for this lovely holiday treat!
www.sup.org/books/litera...
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about 1 month ago
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a perfectly timed ray of light, as i finish an article and wonder if it's garbage!
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about 2 months ago
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I got to do a lightning round about my devotion to Clarissa with
@sinsleyh.bsky.social
, and she has honored me beyond measure by pairing it with one by Frances Ferguson. Swoon!
open.substack.com/pub/clarissa...
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Toward an Oral History of Clarissa
contributed by Stephanie Hershinow
https://open.substack.com/pub/clarissa2025readinggroup/p/toward-an-oral-history-of-clarissa?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
2 months ago
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as the world burns, can I recommend having your students read "To His Coy Mistress" out loud to cleanse your soul
3 months ago
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oh no, I think my students donât think Iâm funny. I have no pedagogy without jokes
4 months ago
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I mostly hate everything but gods do I LOVE my students
4 months ago
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Had a fun and digressive gab about Haywoodâs Fantomina on
@didntreadit.bsky.social
! Contains a hot take on All Fours, memories of teenage horniness, and a warning against teaching Tess of the Dâurbervilles during a pandemic
open.spotify.com/episode/2hWR...
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Vintage Smut With Things to Say: Eliza Haywood's "Fantomina," with Kathleen Lubey
Didn't Read It · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2hWROMW7BhlLGWMNpgoZ38?si=18u9ZrMWSv2EIcv4GKcthw
8 months ago
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trailblazer đ
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/a...
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Linda Williams, Who Introduced Pornography to Academia, Dies at 78
One of the first to write seriously about a fraught subject, she also played a major role in developing the field of film studies and feminist film theory.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/arts/linda-williams-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c&pvid=44CF62E5-FEDD-47A4-8ED0-0E6693198DEE
9 months ago
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just wanna scream into the void that i truly cannot believe the world we're living (hahaha i mean dying) in
10 months ago
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Eighteenth-Century Studies is looking for a new Reviews Editor. I'm finishing up my term and happy to answer questions about it!
asecs.org/publications...
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Eighteenth-Century Studies â ASECS
https://asecs.org/publications/eighteenth-century-studies/
10 months ago
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I just did this, do this, now. The vote is in the morning.
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10 months ago
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Friends, give me audiobook recommendations! I usually prefer listening to nonfiction and reading fiction in physical books. Go!
10 months ago
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the world is terrible but this is the poncho set my godmother made me in 1978
10 months ago
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when you show up to dinner and Jack has not one but two bottles of wine breathing on the table đ
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11 months ago
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boosting for the nighttime crew
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11 months ago
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CFPs for Restoration/Early 18th C forum are up for
#mla2026
: Up Close and Literary, and Political Imperatives. Propose your papers--and please share!
11 months ago
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cheeseball author with her book
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12 months ago
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glad i didn't have to be the first to say it
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about 1 year ago
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Calling all trans studies and 18th c folks! Come to our
#MLA2025
panel on "Gender and Embodiment: Trans Studies Approaches," Sat Jan. 11, 5:15-6:30. Happy hour beverages encouraged.
about 1 year ago
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ok FINE i'll write my
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paper
about 1 year ago
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oh, just a necklace of my book cover for What Pornography Knows! what a gift. ahem, also available in full-size paperback đ
www.sup.org/books/litera...
#pornstudies
about 1 year ago
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Coming soon(ish) from Routledge, with co-editors Lisa Sigel, Colette Colligan, and
@sarahebull.bsky.social
!!
#pornstudies
about 1 year ago
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side-smile pie vibes
about 1 year ago
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that special pleasure of Outlook being down
about 1 year ago
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okay FINE hi again over here
about 1 year ago
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Re-upping for the Wednesday crowd: MLA Restoration/Early 18th C forum has two guaranteed sessions, on Caribbean Restorations and Trans Studies Approaches. Submit by March 15! (Info below in the janky pics)
almost 2 years ago
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reposted by
Kathleen Lubey
ECF journal (Eighteenth-Century Fiction)
almost 2 years ago
Are u ready to submit yr work to ECF journal for consideration? We have spots open in the October issue for flash essays (500-1000 wds) and Reflections (1500-4000 wds). Questions? E:
[email protected]
#18thCentury Guidelines
ecf.humanities.mcmaster.ca/guidelines/
Submit
mc04.manuscriptcentral.com
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And also, 18th c (and adjacent) folks: propose to this guaranteed panel on Trans Studies Approaches at
#MLA2025
. Circulate widely!
almost 2 years ago
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18th c (and adjacent) folks: get your proposals ready for this guaranteed panel on Caribbean Restorations at
#MLA2025
. Circulate widely!
almost 2 years ago
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almost 2 years ago
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just tricia, being right again
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almost 2 years ago
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we know this already, but still: these numbers.
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Administrative Bloat At U.S. Colleges Is Skyrocketing
A recent report found that on average, the top 50 schools have 1 faculty per 11 students whereas the same institutions have 1 non-faculty employee per 4 students.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulweinstein/2023/08/28/administrative-bloat-at-us-colleges-is-skyrocketing/?sh=51a82d4d41d2
almost 2 years ago
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today was 400 hours long but i think i finally have a syllabus for Early English Feminisms. is it nearly identical to the last time i taught it? kinda. did it still take me forever to write? why yes it did
almost 2 years ago
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Will my book get burned at the one Florida library that holds it, I wonder?
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almost 2 years ago
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i do not want to hear the audio on your devices! especially on public transit! happy festivus to all (except people scrolling social media with sound on)
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about 2 years ago
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one of the most important things I've read in 2023:
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We Must Protect Higher Ed From Republicans
The GOP and its allies are attempting to suppress freedom to teach, conduct research, learn, and engage in political dissent at universities and colleges across the US.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/higher-education-gop-penn-freedom-teach/?fbclid=IwAR0GesobnAQdfInE2E6hqRBjC6YR93EuzkkU7p_m3_u05ZkucJXp_3n9oa0_aem_AdAT4qGYBzPBdGoRcRktSvbOcxsCO_LEgLFljXniuABPeBKUasGf_qrzTf0JeB5Y0EA
about 2 years ago
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A poignant reflection on the BLâs cyberattack. I had the good luck of finishing a research trip there on Oct. 27, four days before the whole thing became inaccessible. The thought of a truly silent reading room makes my heart hurt.
www.publicbooks.org/how-to-lose-...
about 2 years ago
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reposted by
Kathleen Lubey
Stephanie Insley Hershinow
about 2 years ago
Avidly isnât on here (yet?), but I am! Check out this special series I co-edited with Sarah Mesle, and queue up your winter break rom-com viewing.
https://avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2023/12/14/romcom-superlatives/
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RomCom Superlatives!
Avidly is thrilled to present a special issue, guest co-edited by Stephanie Hershinaw. We made an open call for writers to submit essays making the case for the best genre beats, which, because theâŠ
https://avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2023/12/14/romcom-superlatives/
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Hey #18thC folks, what would YOU put on a syllabus for "Eighteenth-Century Feminisms"?
about 2 years ago
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how about never using "said" as an adjective ever again
#amgrading
about 2 years ago
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reposted by
Kathleen Lubey
Nathan K. Hensley
about 2 years ago
the consulting company now setting up to shred American University uses the same report for every school and doesn't bother to change the filename on the pdfs
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blessing your feed with Liz Phair, whose show last night completed my soul
about 2 years ago
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everybody starts a class on Lee Edelman by playing the Sex Pistols right
about 2 years ago
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this is pretty delightful. gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/b...
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The Literary Lives of New York Cityâs Youth
Archival photos of childrenâs reading rooms at the New York Public Library over the years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/books/review/the-literary-lives-of-new-york-citys-youth.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-kw.v1_U.2bSBtu3fylye&smid=url-share
about 2 years ago
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Thanks, nighttime Bluesky. Morning people, chime in!
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about 2 years ago
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I have read so little for pleasure in the last year that itâs truly sad-making. Give me your favorite recent novels, Bluesky, and donât make them gothic! Which I surprisingly donât like.
about 2 years ago
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oh hell yes
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about 2 years ago
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tell me whatâs better than listening to 25 undergraduates talk to each other about Eve Sedgwick
about 2 years ago
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