Matthew Harrison
@matthewharrison.bsky.social
pizza advocate; english professor
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damn. relentless march of time got hands
January 24, 2026 at 3:04 AM
damn. relentless march of time got hands
i’m super chill easygoing lit prof until anyone says the word “theme”
i’m super chill easygoing lit prof until a student says they’re “applying” a theory to a text
January 23, 2026 at 6:16 PM
i’m super chill easygoing lit prof until anyone says the word “theme”
i've been exhausted whenever i check social media recently, because so much is bad. I'm starting a thread of small good things.
first: this pastel piece, "Tiger in the Rain," by @chloecumming.bsky.social, that my wife bought me for Christmas.
I love it so much.
first: this pastel piece, "Tiger in the Rain," by @chloecumming.bsky.social, that my wife bought me for Christmas.
I love it so much.
January 23, 2026 at 5:09 PM
i've been exhausted whenever i check social media recently, because so much is bad. I'm starting a thread of small good things.
first: this pastel piece, "Tiger in the Rain," by @chloecumming.bsky.social, that my wife bought me for Christmas.
I love it so much.
first: this pastel piece, "Tiger in the Rain," by @chloecumming.bsky.social, that my wife bought me for Christmas.
I love it so much.
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I really love this! Every time I have been able to engage students in the structures of their own learning with real stakes, it goes about as well and exhausting as this. The challenge is it takes up so much class time.
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
January 23, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I really love this! Every time I have been able to engage students in the structures of their own learning with real stakes, it goes about as well and exhausting as this. The challenge is it takes up so much class time.
dear world, please stop inviting me to webinars on ai.
January 23, 2026 at 2:43 AM
dear world, please stop inviting me to webinars on ai.
milkshake bus
January 21, 2026 at 2:47 AM
milkshake bus
i finally have to admit that i like the first day of school.
the enthusiasm! the earnestness! the outfits!
the enthusiasm! the earnestness! the outfits!
January 21, 2026 at 2:47 AM
i finally have to admit that i like the first day of school.
the enthusiasm! the earnestness! the outfits!
the enthusiasm! the earnestness! the outfits!
Just ordered!
It's my birthday today. No celebration. Instead, I'm getting on a plane at 7pm tonight to be with my mom for her breast cancer surgery tomorrow.
My birthday wish is that you buy my book so that I can earn out, and hopefully keep writing. Thank you. bookshop.org/p/books/magi...
My birthday wish is that you buy my book so that I can earn out, and hopefully keep writing. Thank you. bookshop.org/p/books/magi...
Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders
Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders
bookshop.org
January 20, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Just ordered!
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Here, for @historyworkshop.org.uk I discuss the history of a refuge for trans women.
I show women’s shared experiences of violence across the spectrum of cis and trans.
I highlight histories of solidarity against male violence by feminists and trans women.
academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...
I show women’s shared experiences of violence across the spectrum of cis and trans.
I highlight histories of solidarity against male violence by feminists and trans women.
academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...
Reconsidering Violence Against Women through the History of a Refuge for Trans Women
Abstract. Both right-wing forces and gender-critical feminists currently frame cis and trans women’s needs as fundamentally different and conflicting. Viol
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December 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Here, for @historyworkshop.org.uk I discuss the history of a refuge for trans women.
I show women’s shared experiences of violence across the spectrum of cis and trans.
I highlight histories of solidarity against male violence by feminists and trans women.
academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...
I show women’s shared experiences of violence across the spectrum of cis and trans.
I highlight histories of solidarity against male violence by feminists and trans women.
academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...
January 19, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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A wandering tiger in Minnesota (a tiny ink drawing)
January 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM
A wandering tiger in Minnesota (a tiny ink drawing)
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Ok, skystorians: are there good surveys of slavery in the ancient/classical Mediterranean? I'm presuming there's something better out there than the opening chapters of Blackburn and D. B. Davis's books.
January 19, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Ok, skystorians: are there good surveys of slavery in the ancient/classical Mediterranean? I'm presuming there's something better out there than the opening chapters of Blackburn and D. B. Davis's books.
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BHL holds 63 million pages of biodiversity knowledge. Among them are all kinds of marvels, including "Marvels of the Universe", a lavishly illustrated early 20th-century celebration of astronomy, plants, animals, and the oceans. Explore it on BHL:
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... 🧪
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... 🧪
January 14, 2026 at 2:27 PM
BHL holds 63 million pages of biodiversity knowledge. Among them are all kinds of marvels, including "Marvels of the Universe", a lavishly illustrated early 20th-century celebration of astronomy, plants, animals, and the oceans. Explore it on BHL:
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... 🧪
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... 🧪
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An impressive number of graduate applications this year used the phrase “curiosity-driven approach” 🤔
January 17, 2026 at 10:06 PM
An impressive number of graduate applications this year used the phrase “curiosity-driven approach” 🤔
messed up that the only part of the Chee we eat is the toes.
January 17, 2026 at 6:02 PM
messed up that the only part of the Chee we eat is the toes.
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There's also a longish epistolary poem about platonic love in imitation of The Earl of Rochester's great poem Artemisa To Chloe. Has references to Skyrim and oxcontin and getting assaulted by a minor YBA (not tracy emin) You can read an earlier version of this one here if you want a taster
Catherine in the City to Crabstick in the Country
Evergreen Review
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January 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM
There's also a longish epistolary poem about platonic love in imitation of The Earl of Rochester's great poem Artemisa To Chloe. Has references to Skyrim and oxcontin and getting assaulted by a minor YBA (not tracy emin) You can read an earlier version of this one here if you want a taster
New Cat Fitzpatrick book dropping!
OK nerds, ANNOUNCEMENT
I have a book coming out this May with @sevenstories.bsky.social!
it is called
The Dinner Party: A Book about Love"
it's a collection of five sequences or stories, all in verse. They are about different kinds of love. You can pre-order it here, if you are so minded.
I have a book coming out this May with @sevenstories.bsky.social!
it is called
The Dinner Party: A Book about Love"
it's a collection of five sequences or stories, all in verse. They are about different kinds of love. You can pre-order it here, if you are so minded.
The Dinner Party by Cat Fitzpatrick: 9781644215487 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Cat Fitzpatrick delights in this post-pandemic follow-up to her debut verse novel of present-day manners, The Call-Out— a trans community celebration of mores, gender theory, and rhyme. The Dinner...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM
New Cat Fitzpatrick book dropping!
new mountain goats track.
January 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
new mountain goats track.
i read this as Kings of Leon and it still checks out
Kash Patel said the person who took all of that stuff from the abandoned ICE car last night was a member of the Latin Kings and that is exactly the kind of bs I expect from a 45 year old weirdo raised on local news in the 1990s.
January 16, 2026 at 4:35 AM
i read this as Kings of Leon and it still checks out
when you die, all the tabs you have open run before your eyes
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
when you die, all the tabs you have open run before your eyes
We ate out, and I was so tired that I ate my fortune cookie in a single bite without thinking.
Tasted like paper.
Tasted like paper.
I have survived the 5.5 hours of department meetings today.
January 15, 2026 at 1:43 AM
We ate out, and I was so tired that I ate my fortune cookie in a single bite without thinking.
Tasted like paper.
Tasted like paper.
at least once a day, there's a post on here that is so vague and so ominous that i have to google "what is happening"
January 14, 2026 at 10:42 PM
at least once a day, there's a post on here that is so vague and so ominous that i have to google "what is happening"
I have survived the 5.5 hours of department meetings today.
January 14, 2026 at 9:40 PM
I have survived the 5.5 hours of department meetings today.
Thoreau, 1854
I met this squirrel this summer and have not stopped over-identifying with it
January 14, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Thoreau, 1854
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Just discovered the Justseeds Open Type project, of potential interest to the zine crowd, embroidery folks, letterpress people, laser cutter friends, and anyone else who works with text. #DHmakes
Justseeds Open Type Project - Justseeds
Justseeds Font Pack 1 Libertario–adapted from a 1932 Italian pamphlet of writings by Élisée Reclus Busted Knuckles–a marker script drawn by Chris Stain (3 versions: left, center, and right leaning) Pe...
justseeds.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Just discovered the Justseeds Open Type project, of potential interest to the zine crowd, embroidery folks, letterpress people, laser cutter friends, and anyone else who works with text. #DHmakes