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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 21h

My problem is that I like to read fantasy books that feature meddlesome pantheons but I can’t shut my academic brain off and am always looking for the “Diana” of the pantheon.

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 1d

I finally watched the new Superman and I’ve decided the way to revamp superhero movies is more dog superheroes.

Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 1d

I reached a 1111 day streak on my 33rd birthday. That must be a sign of good things to come, right? RIGHT?

(Yes I know Duolingo has its issues but I can’t bring myself to break the streak)

A screenshot of Duolingo showing a 1111 day streak

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!!!

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 2d

I bought donuts for my students for my birthday and left them at home. Great start to the day.

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 3d

Chappell Roan is playing LA this weekend and it’s also my birthday weekend so when it was first announced I tried to get tickets and was waitlisted.

Guess who can now get tickets (3 days before the show) but now logistically can’t go as I’d have to book everything last minute.

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 3d

Then I'll give them some suggestions from this thread and we'll work together through the rest of the semester to figure out what is the best method for them. Last time I taught intermediate, it was 2nd semester, so they had already done this the previous semester. (2/2)

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you everyone who has given me advice on this. I am going to let them do the first attempt on their own (with two guidelines, no written translation and clean text in class) and have a class discussion about what strategies they used and what was effective and what wasn't. (1/2)

Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 5d

So we're finally getting to the 'reading' portion of my Reading Greek Prose class, and I need to highlight to my students how 'reading' is different from 'translating' so they don't come to class with written out translations. What tips would you give a student in this situation?

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 4d

Regardless of how you feel about The Life of a Showgirl, implying that “The Prophecy” is just “all of that bitching, wishing on a shooting star” is such a devaluation of her own work that makes me so sad.

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 5d

So we're finally getting to the 'reading' portion of my Reading Greek Prose class, and I need to highlight to my students how 'reading' is different from 'translating' so they don't come to class with written out translations. What tips would you give a student in this situation?

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 5d

It is barely one in the afternoon and I’m already ready to give up on the day thanks to the American healthcare/insurance system and dumb laundry rooms.

Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 6d

Pretending SoCal gets a fall by eating apples and caramel.

Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 6d

Class prep has been taking up way too much of my time since the beginning of the semester and I look forward to when it doesn't take a whole day just for one class...

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 7d

Some of my hesitation about this album comes because I /loved/ TTPD. So many songs on that album to this day, almost two days later, give me goosebumps because of the lyrics, or production, or combination.

So I hope you don't mind if I say tortured for a while longer (5/5)

Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 7d

tl;dr: I was hoping for "they told me all of my cages were mental / so I got wasted like all my potential" ... "I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere / fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here" with a pop beat and I didn't get that (4/)

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 7d

In the end, the album is much less "drowning in a bathtub full of flowers" and more a love album to Travis.

Yet again, not necessarily bad. I love seeing a woman embracing her sexuality publicly . Especially since TSwift for years fought against that as a promotional tool (3/)

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 7d

It is not necessarily bad, but when talking about it, TS said it would be the storytelling of folklore with the pop of 1989/rep/etc. But it does not live up to that.

At the Spotify pop up in New York, one of the things included was a bathtub full of flowers (2/)

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 7d

My thoughts 24 hours into the Showgirl era (and having seen the movie thing).

I don't know if this will ever be my favorite album. We've had a long run of extremely lyrically complex albums, and Showgirl is not that. (1/)

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 8d

I gotta say, my birthday is October 9, so one week from the 2nd. This means I got an early birthday present since Showgirl technically came out on 10/2 for us pacific time zone people.

Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 8d

Already plotting a way to fit “Honey” from “The Life of A Showgirl” into a piece about women and bees in Antiquity (featuring [misogynist] Simonides but also Dido as queen bee)

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 8d

Overall, my opinion on the album is that is an album of subverting expectations. The songs that by their titles we thought would be about TSwift's public struggles were actually about personal tragedies. Whereas the intimate songs were about public (ish) scenarios. (5/5)

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 8d

I loved the subversion of gendered stereotypes in "The Life of a Showgirl" with 'Her father whored around like all men did". That being said, inserting the recording from the Eras tour kind of destroyed me emotionally. (4/)

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 8d

"Wi$h Li$t" despite the playful title is a sweet song to Travis.

"Wood" has a pleasant disco vibe. But is also the most sexy song of the album.

Cancelled is giving underworld "I salute you if you're much too much to handle" (3/)

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 8d

Like, I made a joke friendship bracelet about "Ruin the Friendship" and it doesn't fit the vibe at all...

My theory is that Actually Romantic is about Matty but in a passive aggressive way. But also I get hardcore Sapphic vibes from it...

(2/)

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Dr. Alicia Matz @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social · 8d

he #tslifeofashowgirl review you didn't ask for

"The Fate of Ophelia" is a sequel of "Cassandra" from TTPD

Opalite is a bop. And not just because I am an October baby who loves opal.

"Ruin the Friendship" is giving track 5 more than "Eldest Daughter" (1/)

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