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Richard Menke

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Nineteenth-century fiction, print cultures, media, technologies, environments

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · Jun 11

"At its heart the Trump Administration is violently divisive, isolationist, and segregationist, and solidarity is our first duty and most profound rejection of that agenda."

for this insight, Solnit has been suspended from fb

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Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence

I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...

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Richard Menke @richardmenke.bsky.social · Nov 10

Sooo long—even when it’s only 1700–1789.

Richard Menke @richardmenke.bsky.social · Nov 10

None ever wished it longer than it was.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · May 24

Our current moment, explained: imagine that keeping your car idling 24/7 solved mad libs that told you to put glue on pizza

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · Dec 7

why is it that the only two stately things are Kublai Khan's pleasure dome and Wayne Manor

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Richard Menke @richardmenke.bsky.social · Nov 30

Aww, thanks folks! Happy to see the piece in such good company!

Richard Menke @richardmenke.bsky.social · Nov 25

I always feel kind of embarrassed when a bland, descriptive phrase gets pulled from my report as a blurb, but now I understand why it happens!

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · Nov 24

Twitter was dead, to begin with.

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · Oct 31

Actually Frankenstein was the name of the scientist. I, the person correcting you on this trivial point, am the monster.

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Richard Menke @richardmenke.bsky.social · Oct 19

Woo-hoo! Such terrific news!

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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · Aug 18

This is it, this is the definitive essay on WVU's current situation. It's written by the brilliant, furious, and clear-sighted Myya Helm, recent WVU graduate, first-gen student, Black West Virginian, and now Marshall Scholar.

I Graduated From West Virginia University. The Travesty Unfolding There Is Breaking My Heart.

The student population got smaller and smaller while fancy new buildings appeared.

slate.com

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Richard Menke @richardmenke.bsky.social · Aug 15

Any time!

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Aug 4

Continually amazed at the conservative conception of free speech, which is so amorphous it can protect election fraud but so narrow it excludes drag queens

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Richard Menke @richardmenke.bsky.social · Jul 30

(large public R1 in the South, BTW)

Richard Menke @richardmenke.bsky.social · Jul 30

generally, 25 for upper-level, 30-35 for sophomore surveys

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Richard Menke @richardmenke.bsky.social · Jul 28

Little Mary’s gift; little monkey’s grift

A Victorian illustration of a little girl on a balcony with a young woman, as the girl gives a coin to a monkey in a dress and a ruff collar. The bearded organ grinder watches. Original caption: “Little Mary’s Gift.”

Richard Menke @richardmenke.bsky.social · Jul 28

sanguinely?

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · Jul 28

Babe, is everything ok? You’ve hardly posted on your 9 different social media accounts where you are mutuals with the exact same 200 people

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