Farisa Khalid
@drfarisakhalid.bsky.social
PhD in English. Art historian. English professor specializing in British literature from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, genre studies (science fiction, spy fiction), and the environmental humanities. https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/734326
Thinking of the Tudor Heart news and I’m reminded of my last visit to the National Gallery to see the Holbeins. Everyone makes the pilgrimage to see The Ambassadors. Holbein’s portraits of power and the personages of court life are unparalleled in their precision, harmony, and depth of inner life.
February 14, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Thinking of the Tudor Heart news and I’m reminded of my last visit to the National Gallery to see the Holbeins. Everyone makes the pilgrimage to see The Ambassadors. Holbein’s portraits of power and the personages of court life are unparalleled in their precision, harmony, and depth of inner life.
In terms of its iconography, detail, and the story of its discovery—absolutely amazing.
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Henry VIII ‘Tudor Heart’ pendant saved by British Museum
Henry VIII ‘Tudor Heart’ pendant saved by British Museum
www.thetimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:04 AM
In terms of its iconography, detail, and the story of its discovery—absolutely amazing.
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Jules Verne sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/verne_... was born on this day, so here's some of his book covers (Artist: L Fornari, Guido Moroni Celsi, [couldn't identify] and F Caprioli):
February 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Jules Verne sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/verne_... was born on this day, so here's some of his book covers (Artist: L Fornari, Guido Moroni Celsi, [couldn't identify] and F Caprioli):
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10 years ago today, Beyoncé released “Formation.”
February 6, 2026 at 5:08 AM
10 years ago today, Beyoncé released “Formation.”
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Reposting for #BookwormSat celebration of Charles Dickens' birthday today
"As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill."
'Bleak House', Charles Dickens, 1852 #WyrdWednesday #BookChatWeekly
'Bleak House', Charles Dickens, 1852 #WyrdWednesday #BookChatWeekly
February 7, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Reposting for #BookwormSat celebration of Charles Dickens' birthday today
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Dr. William Foege, a leader of one of humanity's greatest public health victories — the global eradication of smallpox — has died.
https://to.pbs.org/49WGkpV
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Leader in smallpox eradication, Dr. William Foege, dies at 89
Dr. William Foege, a leader of one of humanity's greatest public health victories — the global eradication of smallpox — has died.
www.pbs.org
January 25, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Dr. William Foege, a leader of one of humanity's greatest public health victories — the global eradication of smallpox — has died.
https://to.pbs.org/49WGkpV
https://to.pbs.org/49WGkpV
On Virginia Woolf’s birthday (belated), my review of ‘Woolf’s Ambiguities’ muse.jhu.edu/issue/40975 I didn’t know that Professor Molly Hite died last year. She was one of the great Woolf scholars of the past 30 years as.cornell.edu/news/remembe... @projectmuse.bsky.social @cornellupress.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 8:33 AM
On Virginia Woolf’s birthday (belated), my review of ‘Woolf’s Ambiguities’ muse.jhu.edu/issue/40975 I didn’t know that Professor Molly Hite died last year. She was one of the great Woolf scholars of the past 30 years as.cornell.edu/news/remembe... @projectmuse.bsky.social @cornellupress.bsky.social
I want to share some reviews I wrote years ago. I enjoyed writing one for Mary Quinlan-McGrath’s ‘Influences: Art, Optics, and Astrology in the Italian Renaissance,’ (University of Chicago Press, 2013). This book is a marvelous read. www.popmatters.com/171194-influ... @uchicagopress.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I want to share some reviews I wrote years ago. I enjoyed writing one for Mary Quinlan-McGrath’s ‘Influences: Art, Optics, and Astrology in the Italian Renaissance,’ (University of Chicago Press, 2013). This book is a marvelous read. www.popmatters.com/171194-influ... @uchicagopress.bsky.social
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accurate
December 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
accurate
Looking for our environmental future in the poetic. www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/looki... @timeshighered.bsky.social
Looking for our environmental future in the poetic past
How can studying a poem or writing a story give students the skills to imagine a healthy planetary future? Stephanie Jones explains the link between literature and environmental literacy
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Looking for our environmental future in the poetic. www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/looki... @timeshighered.bsky.social
They will take the tree down soon at my local café. These few weeks of Christmas fly by so quickly. 🎄🍵
December 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
They will take the tree down soon at my local café. These few weeks of Christmas fly by so quickly. 🎄🍵
Emptying out the camera roll. Christmas decorations around Alexandria and Williamsburg, Virginia.
December 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Emptying out the camera roll. Christmas decorations around Alexandria and Williamsburg, Virginia.
Emptying out the camera roll. Christmas is an important aspect of the tourist industry in Williamsburg, Virginia. These are from the Christmas Shop in Merchants Square, a short walk from the campus of The College of William & Mary.
December 27, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Emptying out the camera roll. Christmas is an important aspect of the tourist industry in Williamsburg, Virginia. These are from the Christmas Shop in Merchants Square, a short walk from the campus of The College of William & Mary.
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If anyone needs me I'll be at Boston's open-air Brattle Book Shop in 1970, as seen in the American Christmas dramedy The Holdovers, directed by Alexander Payne and released by Focus Features in October 2023.
December 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
If anyone needs me I'll be at Boston's open-air Brattle Book Shop in 1970, as seen in the American Christmas dramedy The Holdovers, directed by Alexander Payne and released by Focus Features in October 2023.
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Gonna be a little bit ~different~ today and pay tribute to the queer icons of Christmas. Starting with fussy, frustrated, child-hating Professor Hinkle from "Frosty the Snowman."
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Gonna be a little bit ~different~ today and pay tribute to the queer icons of Christmas. Starting with fussy, frustrated, child-hating Professor Hinkle from "Frosty the Snowman."
Happy Christmas and Boxing Day. I hope you all enjoyed your mince pies and puddings. Mine were delicious. 🎄🎅🏾
December 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Happy Christmas and Boxing Day. I hope you all enjoyed your mince pies and puddings. Mine were delicious. 🎄🎅🏾
Holiday scenes between Washington, DC and Atlanta, GA.
December 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Holiday scenes between Washington, DC and Atlanta, GA.
I didn’t know that a lovely neighborhood bakery in Williamsburg, Virginia, Blackbird Bakery, closed in 2024. This was beloved by everyone at The College of William & Mary. They were famous for their bomboloni, which they changed daily.
www.blackbirdbakerywilliamsburgva.com/about
www.blackbirdbakerywilliamsburgva.com/about
December 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I didn’t know that a lovely neighborhood bakery in Williamsburg, Virginia, Blackbird Bakery, closed in 2024. This was beloved by everyone at The College of William & Mary. They were famous for their bomboloni, which they changed daily.
www.blackbirdbakerywilliamsburgva.com/about
www.blackbirdbakerywilliamsburgva.com/about
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This crocheted Christmas tree knitted by a community of extraordinary women in Goa, India, is adorned with over 1,000 unique, hand-crafted squares. It took 4 months to create.
Stunning Crocheted Christmas Tree Helped Knit Together a Community of Extraordinary Women - LOOK
Located inside the Museum of Goa, the tree features more than a thousand individually crocheted squares made by 25 talented women.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
December 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This crocheted Christmas tree knitted by a community of extraordinary women in Goa, India, is adorned with over 1,000 unique, hand-crafted squares. It took 4 months to create.
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Pope Leo calls for kindness to strangers and the poor in Christmas message
Pope Leo calls for kindness to strangers and the poor in Christmas message
Refusing to help those in need is tantamount to rejecting God himself, says pontiff during Christmas Eve mass
Pope Leo has told Christians that the Christmas story should remind them of their duty to help the poor and strangers.
In his Christmas Eve sermon, the pope said the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn showed followers that refusing to help those in need was tantamount to rejecting God himself. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Pope Leo calls for kindness to strangers and the poor in Christmas message
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Behind all the presents and the abundance of food and drinks, the holidays are fundamentally about spending time with family and friends. But after the death of a loved one, a season of indulgent celebration can feel perverse to the bereaved. (from 2018) theatln.tc/8lKaTnJZ
December 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Behind all the presents and the abundance of food and drinks, the holidays are fundamentally about spending time with family and friends. But after the death of a loved one, a season of indulgent celebration can feel perverse to the bereaved. (from 2018) theatln.tc/8lKaTnJZ
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Merry Christmas, friends
December 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Merry Christmas, friends
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Of all of the adaptations of Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL, few have captured Christmas Future and Scrooge’s graveyard panic as well as MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL. Beautifully animated. Utterly sublime with exquisite nuance. Chilled me as a child. Still impactful as an adult.
December 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Of all of the adaptations of Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL, few have captured Christmas Future and Scrooge’s graveyard panic as well as MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL. Beautifully animated. Utterly sublime with exquisite nuance. Chilled me as a child. Still impactful as an adult.
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I think this constantly
December 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I think this constantly