BATTLE AWAITS. DO YOUR STRETCHES.

indeed, for every academic abuser and enabler: i promise there’s an amazing grad student out there who is doing work that’s as good or better. we’ve let the myth of the lone genius guy carry on too long. it’s caused so much harm, in so many ways.

Friends, I am giving this paper in one week at #aarsbl and if you’re in Boston by Saturday morning I suggest you come

Alice is the one who taught me the power, joys, nuances and challenges of online disability communities--at a time when my own disability was making me more housebound. I remain forever grateful to her, for showing me what could be possible, but also what remains to be done.

a tide is rising, y’all.

There are people you never have the honor of knowing but you feel the ripple effects of their person and their work from the folks who have met them. Alice Wong made waves that went far. A tremendous loss. Memory eternal.

🥹 thank you for the faith if you ever feel like checking some of them out :P

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed. Here are the words she left behind: www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

i haven’t even opened this, but i hope AI jesus responds in parables. or, maybe, hear me out: people could read the texts?

This is also my reaction when I learn I'm going to have lunch with 4 trans women

bestie and i, in PJs, chatting about nothing until 2am. this is what i needed, and one of the things i miss most about grad school. i wish every grad student had a cohort like mine. they’re living proof that it’s possible to have more than one soulmate.

well, hello, NOLA. been a while; you look good. 😍

In other UVA news, I'll be in conversation with my colleague @ingerkuin.bsky.social at @ndbookshop.bsky.social next Saturday, Nov. 22 at 4 PM to talk about her new book on the Greek philosopher Diogenes.

ATL Hartsfield might be my least favorite airport. At least until I have to travel through O’Hare again.

this is required reading today. much love to my work co-conspirator @slyprofessor.bsky.social for this.

we were talking about BMCR right as these emails were released

remembering that “my friend richard pervo” stuff this AM. would be nice if our anger right now filters down to our guild. love to the women who have been fighting to make our spaces safer for years. 💜

this thread is the content i signed up for when i joined bluesky.

And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.

Bookman Books in Taipei will be stocking my book The Lantern and the Night Moths, so the book will finally be available through a bookstore here if you're looking for a copy. www.bookman.com.tw/books/detail...

#ResDiff does wonderful cutting-edge work. check it out!

oh look, quotas in higher education.

The phrase itself is even an insult, because it gets it wrong---in reality, it's she said, he said that is, an accuser comes forward, tells her story, and the accused says "well she's lying" and we just stop there because men who assault and rape have more epistemic weight than their victims

Humbled and thrilled about this upcoming roundtable on *Provoking Religion* at AAR Boston! Can't wait to see and hear from Siobhan Kelly, Wendy Mallette, Drake Konow, Kris J. Trujillo, William Stell, and Sam Catilin -- the provocations start on Monday, 12:30 PM in Hynes Convention Center!

love to every woman reading about how the rich and powerful talk about, think about, and treat us. tough week.

note to self: keep taking the work seriously. don’t ever take yourself too seriously, though.

hey it’s NASCAL’s own dr. burke talking about the best gospel!

i'm mad that teen vogue won't cover this in the way it should be covered bc they fired everyone who would

this is a megan goodwin flex. please be advised that this flex isn't for everyone. flex at your own risk.

dear #sblaar25: is this the year we show up and give one another's papers based on a slide deck and three bullet points written on a cocktail napkin? come on, y'all. we have to do it one year!

"soy la primera, no será la última" had me in sloppy tears, ngl.

okay, okay, i will print my own name badge, SBL. but don't expect me to remember to actually bring and/or wear it. that's asking for a lot, ngl.

Call for (post-PhD) historians and cultural scholars for the pod! We have a specific wishlist of scholarship we’re looking to add to the lineup: - ancient & medieval history and/or - histories of anywhere other than the US and UK, preferably outside Europe Pitches to: [email protected] 🤗🤗🤗

This is dope. In the spirit of the BPP free breakfast program, but fancy.

Apparently today is a day for reminding people that they have worth and value. So if you need reminding of that - you have worth. You have value. You are allowed to take up space.

Thrilled that my former student Will Schultz has his first book out with @uncpress.bsky.social. Check it out!

Ordering immediately!

writing, the OG millennial version of posting through it.

if there's one thing I've learned today is that I spend too much time crafting emails in complete sentences -- fully-developed ideas, paragraphs replete with salutations and politeness formulae even -- if I want to become rich or powerful

she can’t even say virginia giuffre’s name right. i am still stuck there.

I was in college when Sarah McBride posted her coming-out essay in HuffPost. I was closeted and could barely imagine living openly. She gave me the courage to try. Standing beside the first trans Member of Congress on the House floor was surreal. It really does get better.

My friends, thanks to you, we overcame many difficulties throughout the war. My appeal today is that my family urgently needs winter clothes, blankets, and shoes to face the harsh Gaza winter If you feel for us please donate through GFM to help us buy what we need for winter.🌧🌧 gofund.me/a0a540b8

every woman acutely understands this face.

#1 spice is definitely catchy. gujju love to zohran mamdani, man. i bet he’s the best raas partner.

📢 Did you know the the Journal of Roman Archaeology is flipping to #OpenAccess? All research content published in the journal from January 2026 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌏. Find out more: https://cup.org/4oaKGzq

I send love to all of you, to all of us, to all our grandmothers & mothers & their hidden stories & all our daughters & the fears we carry for them, & even as the world continues to elide the truth, because it's always about the men, please know that I see you & I hear you & I will not forget. ❤️

here’s hoping that the women who were harmed get justice. can’t imagine what this has been like for them.

Available for pre-order via @plutopress.bsky.social: www.plutobooks.com/978074535039... Check out that incredible cover! #antiquity #anarchism #ancientrome #ancientgreece #radicalhistory

okay, so i am back from a writing hiatus. and i’m starting with a reflective essay on mental health, scholarship, and what really matters on my darkest days. no clue where i’d place this piece; i may never place it. but it feels right to start anew with me and my relationship to the work.