Dr. Kavita Mudan Finn
@kvmfinn.bsky.social
Medievalist. Early Modernist. Fan Scholar. Shakespearean. Interests: queenship, popular history, medievalism, fandoms, then&now
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I offer a variety of services, including different types of editing for article- and book-length manuscripts, indexes for academic and nonfiction books, as well as fact-checking and sensitivity rea…
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Hello, new followers! There are a bunch of you all of a sudden. I'll be up front and admit that I'm mostly lurking at this stage, but that may change. I'm a recovering academic currently working freelance as an editor and indexer. Details: kvmfinn.wordpress.com/editing/
Also, 2 recent publications:
Also, 2 recent publications:
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Nahir, there is an entire section of AO3 devoted to Gilgamesh/Enkidu. You should tell them. 🤣
February 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Nahir, there is an entire section of AO3 devoted to Gilgamesh/Enkidu. You should tell them. 🤣
This is a fantastic essay on parasocial relationships, creativity, social media, and ethics, all rolled into one. For those people seeing certain unwelcome names in the news again.
Re: the discussions up and down my timeline today, let me resurface this essay I wrote up about 18 months ago, about the perils of idolizing creative people, up to and including me. Some of you may remember it, but many of you weren't following me then, so.
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/08/15/p...
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/08/15/p...
Please Don’t Idolize Me (or Anyone, Really)
In the wake of the various recent allegations involving Neil Gaiman, people have been both very sad that someone who they looked up to as an inspiration has, allegedly, turned out to be something l…
whatever.scalzi.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:30 PM
This is a fantastic essay on parasocial relationships, creativity, social media, and ethics, all rolled into one. For those people seeing certain unwelcome names in the news again.
I cited one of your Teen Vogue articles on ship wars in a chapter I wrote on ASOIAF fandom last year. If you're interested, let me know in DMs and I can email it to you.
February 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I cited one of your Teen Vogue articles on ship wars in a chapter I wrote on ASOIAF fandom last year. If you're interested, let me know in DMs and I can email it to you.
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Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
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“Education is for the student’s benefit, not for the benefit of their future employer…students go to school not merely to acquire skills but to develop an entire social and intellectual life: to have something good and to have it forever”
@thepointmag.bsky.social
thepointmag.com/examined-lif...
@thepointmag.bsky.social
thepointmag.com/examined-lif...
February 2, 2026 at 2:59 PM
“Education is for the student’s benefit, not for the benefit of their future employer…students go to school not merely to acquire skills but to develop an entire social and intellectual life: to have something good and to have it forever”
@thepointmag.bsky.social
thepointmag.com/examined-lif...
@thepointmag.bsky.social
thepointmag.com/examined-lif...
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Everyone should be putting up NO ICE NO CPB NO FEDERAL AGENTS GET A JUDICIAL WARRANT OR STAY OUT signs everywhere.
My wife told me she heard at a training she attended that ICE has argued "ALL ARE WELCOME HERE" signs are invitations to enter private spaces and if that don't beat all I don't know what does.
January 28, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Everyone should be putting up NO ICE NO CPB NO FEDERAL AGENTS GET A JUDICIAL WARRANT OR STAY OUT signs everywhere.
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Hey y'all! While the fight in Minnesota is FAR from over, I have been keeping an eye on Maine as well. I connected with the awesome folks over at No ICE for ME and got some links to share!
The biggest one is the Maine Solidarity Fund. They are doing EVERYTHING right now. We just sent them $1000.
The biggest one is the Maine Solidarity Fund. They are doing EVERYTHING right now. We just sent them $1000.
Maine Solidarity Fund
When Our Neighbors are Under Attack, We Stand TogetherRight now, immigrant and Trans Mainers are facing unprecedented threats to their safety, dignity, and basic rights. Families are afraid to leave t...
www.zeffy.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Hey y'all! While the fight in Minnesota is FAR from over, I have been keeping an eye on Maine as well. I connected with the awesome folks over at No ICE for ME and got some links to share!
The biggest one is the Maine Solidarity Fund. They are doing EVERYTHING right now. We just sent them $1000.
The biggest one is the Maine Solidarity Fund. They are doing EVERYTHING right now. We just sent them $1000.
Can confirm, @casablancacomics.bsky.social is a lovely place to visit! Especially recommend their used graphic novel section, but that might just be my little niche.
Whatever happened to Matt Murdock?
This place is important. Sacred perhaps. A place where they keep the stories. The ones that comfort you when you’re small and scared, and that can help you find pieces of who you are capable of being.
@casablancacomics.bsky.social
This place is important. Sacred perhaps. A place where they keep the stories. The ones that comfort you when you’re small and scared, and that can help you find pieces of who you are capable of being.
@casablancacomics.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Can confirm, @casablancacomics.bsky.social is a lovely place to visit! Especially recommend their used graphic novel section, but that might just be my little niche.
Speaking as someone who cannot tell them apart, there was INTENSE debate over which Minions had hair and which did not.
January 28, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Speaking as someone who cannot tell them apart, there was INTENSE debate over which Minions had hair and which did not.
As a result of introducing a class of fourth graders to Michelangelo, there now exists a cartoon for a proposed fresco of the Minions.
a minion is holding a banana in front of a keyboard
Alt: A minion (from Despicable Me) is standing behind a conveyor belt, worshipfully staring at a banana. Text reads "Banana."
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:29 AM
As a result of introducing a class of fourth graders to Michelangelo, there now exists a cartoon for a proposed fresco of the Minions.
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Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
Of course, I'd totally forgotten he was in Bend It Like Beckham! Match Point, on the other hand, is a film I know I watched but I remember absolutely nothing about it.
January 25, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Of course, I'd totally forgotten he was in Bend It Like Beckham! Match Point, on the other hand, is a film I know I watched but I remember absolutely nothing about it.
I have a perverse fondness for his take on Steerpike in Gormenghast, and he's correctly unhinged in Titus. But in general I see the point.
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I have a perverse fondness for his take on Steerpike in Gormenghast, and he's correctly unhinged in Titus. But in general I see the point.
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“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
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And donate.
Every time they kill one of us, help us make the resistance even stronger.
Every time they kill one of us, help us make the resistance even stronger.
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:16 PM
And donate.
Every time they kill one of us, help us make the resistance even stronger.
Every time they kill one of us, help us make the resistance even stronger.
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Abolish/defund ICE to fund health care might be a good electoral and policy position. But that is currently the stance of only a few elected Dems. The mainstream stance is saying ICE under Trump is bad and offering vague reform ideas while allowing bills to pass that keep ICE operating as is.
AOC is one of the few Dem electeds that has been explaining that cost-of-living issues are a result of kleptocracy.
Even David Shor has found her message of "Trump is stealing your healthcare money to fund ICE so Democrats must abolish ICE to claw back ACA money" is the most popular among voters
Even David Shor has found her message of "Trump is stealing your healthcare money to fund ICE so Democrats must abolish ICE to claw back ACA money" is the most popular among voters
Perhaps this latest shooting changes things. But the Dem establishment is fixated on this separation of economic vs not purely economic. If Trump somehow could unilaterally raise gas, grocery or health insurance prices, they would mobilize. But otherwise, they want to redirect to those issues.
January 24, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Abolish/defund ICE to fund health care might be a good electoral and policy position. But that is currently the stance of only a few elected Dems. The mainstream stance is saying ICE under Trump is bad and offering vague reform ideas while allowing bills to pass that keep ICE operating as is.
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If any Democrat in the Senate votes to fund ICE, they are voting for the summary execution of American citizens. It’s really that simple.
Reminder: DHS legislation that funds ICE at current levels without policy restrictions is in the Senate and needs 60 votes to pass. Deadline is next Friday.
January 24, 2026 at 5:54 PM
If any Democrat in the Senate votes to fund ICE, they are voting for the summary execution of American citizens. It’s really that simple.
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Good morning to everyone but especially our friends in Minnesota bravely organizing a general strike & protest in -20F weather.
In their honor, no wishlist posting today. Please check out standwithminnesota.com for ways to help them! 💕
In their honor, no wishlist posting today. Please check out standwithminnesota.com for ways to help them! 💕
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
standwithminnesota.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Good morning to everyone but especially our friends in Minnesota bravely organizing a general strike & protest in -20F weather.
In their honor, no wishlist posting today. Please check out standwithminnesota.com for ways to help them! 💕
In their honor, no wishlist posting today. Please check out standwithminnesota.com for ways to help them! 💕
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’Tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.
And I am sick at heart.
January 23, 2026 at 3:02 PM
’Tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.
And I am sick at heart.
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Finland-Swedish political cartoon from 1938, by Tove Jansson the creator of Moomin.
Hitler as a crying toddler that demands more cake.
Hitler as a crying toddler that demands more cake.
January 21, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Finland-Swedish political cartoon from 1938, by Tove Jansson the creator of Moomin.
Hitler as a crying toddler that demands more cake.
Hitler as a crying toddler that demands more cake.
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That is an AMAZING ad. Standing ovation.
I’ll never get tired of this ad at our local indie theater 😂
January 19, 2026 at 3:17 AM
That is an AMAZING ad. Standing ovation.
The books are honestly a lot of fun. Very Knights Tale, only set in that universe.
January 17, 2026 at 1:12 AM
The books are honestly a lot of fun. Very Knights Tale, only set in that universe.