Megan L. Cook
@meganlcook.bsky.social
Your favorite medievalist's favorite medievalist. Middle English literature and/in early modern books, with a side of textual editing. In progress: Dirtbag Medievalism, Chaucer's Readers: 1400-2000, Lydgate's Shorter Works
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We’re thrilled to announce that issue 3 is up & features a special cluster on Netflix’s The Decameron!m! The full issue is available here: www.arthuriana.com/tsw-issues! #pubhums #medievalsky #arthuriansky
And now, a quick teaser 🧵 of the pieces in this issue… /1
And now, a quick teaser 🧵 of the pieces in this issue… /1
a man with long hair and a beard says we have a bit of news on a netflix poster
ALT: a man with long hair and a beard says we have a bit of news on a netflix poster
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December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that issue 3 is up & features a special cluster on Netflix’s The Decameron!m! The full issue is available here: www.arthuriana.com/tsw-issues! #pubhums #medievalsky #arthuriansky
And now, a quick teaser 🧵 of the pieces in this issue… /1
And now, a quick teaser 🧵 of the pieces in this issue… /1
Hey team 19th century handwriting! What does this say? The student working on it and I can make out "Elizabeth Akers" and "But Mr. Ball did not send it to me! How could he bear the thought that I should [something something] it?"
December 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hey team 19th century handwriting! What does this say? The student working on it and I can make out "Elizabeth Akers" and "But Mr. Ball did not send it to me! How could he bear the thought that I should [something something] it?"
Everything about this story is so very Maine. Two deer inside an SUV! Loaded crossbow in the car! Caught because of fresh tracks in the snow! Charged with night hunting! I also find the scansion of "Brunswick nighttime crossbow hunting incident" very pleasing
www.pressherald.com/2025/12/08/t...
www.pressherald.com/2025/12/08/t...
2 charged in Brunswick nighttime crossbow hunting incident
A Durham man and a Lewiston man were arrested after police found 2 dead deer and a loaded crossbow in an SUV during a traffic stop Monday.
www.pressherald.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Everything about this story is so very Maine. Two deer inside an SUV! Loaded crossbow in the car! Caught because of fresh tracks in the snow! Charged with night hunting! I also find the scansion of "Brunswick nighttime crossbow hunting incident" very pleasing
www.pressherald.com/2025/12/08/t...
www.pressherald.com/2025/12/08/t...
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If a school won’t fully employ its own teachers why in the world would any student or their family trust them to know a thing about career prep? I hate the vocationalization of higher ed (obvs) but even within that awful frame it seems fair to say: you either take jobs srsly or you don’t.
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If a school won’t fully employ its own teachers why in the world would any student or their family trust them to know a thing about career prep? I hate the vocationalization of higher ed (obvs) but even within that awful frame it seems fair to say: you either take jobs srsly or you don’t.
I myself am not an environmental humanist and only rarely play one in the classroom, but 1) I can attest to the glories of Maine in high summer and 2) getting to see this program grow and thrive under the guidance of my colleagues and become truly international in scope has been an absolute joy
Are you an environmental humanist? Do you like hanging out with other smart environmental humanists? Would you like to do so for a week this summer in Maine? Then I highly recommend Colby's Summer Institute in the Environmental Humanities! (app due 2/6/26) cah.colby.edu/initiatives/...
December 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I myself am not an environmental humanist and only rarely play one in the classroom, but 1) I can attest to the glories of Maine in high summer and 2) getting to see this program grow and thrive under the guidance of my colleagues and become truly international in scope has been an absolute joy
Are you an environmental humanist? Do you like hanging out with other smart environmental humanists? Would you like to do so for a week this summer in Maine? Then I highly recommend Colby's Summer Institute in the Environmental Humanities! (app due 2/6/26) cah.colby.edu/initiatives/...
December 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Are you an environmental humanist? Do you like hanging out with other smart environmental humanists? Would you like to do so for a week this summer in Maine? Then I highly recommend Colby's Summer Institute in the Environmental Humanities! (app due 2/6/26) cah.colby.edu/initiatives/...
Grumpy medievalist take, but I am gobsmacked by the cheerfulness with which some scholars working in later fields disclose not having the relevant languages for their research, and also having no plans to acquire them. There are many cases in which you've actually gotta read the Latin, babe!
December 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Grumpy medievalist take, but I am gobsmacked by the cheerfulness with which some scholars working in later fields disclose not having the relevant languages for their research, and also having no plans to acquire them. There are many cases in which you've actually gotta read the Latin, babe!
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
there is no snow in Hollywood
there is no rain in California
I have been to lots of parties
and acted perfectly disgraceful
but I never actually collapsed
oh Lana Turner we love you get up
there is no rain in California
I have been to lots of parties
and acted perfectly disgraceful
but I never actually collapsed
oh Lana Turner we love you get up
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
there is no snow in Hollywood
there is no rain in California
I have been to lots of parties
and acted perfectly disgraceful
but I never actually collapsed
oh Lana Turner we love you get up
there is no rain in California
I have been to lots of parties
and acted perfectly disgraceful
but I never actually collapsed
oh Lana Turner we love you get up
Hot tip: if you have leftover tempered chocolate you can dip Cheez-Its in it while you contemplate exactly how far we’ve backslid on human rights, democracy, and basically every other measurable public good. And if you were making rum balls in the first place, you’ve already got booze handy
Modern womanhood is tempering chocolate for holiday backing while leaving angry voicemails for your elected representatives on a Saturday afternoon
December 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Hot tip: if you have leftover tempered chocolate you can dip Cheez-Its in it while you contemplate exactly how far we’ve backslid on human rights, democracy, and basically every other measurable public good. And if you were making rum balls in the first place, you’ve already got booze handy
Modern womanhood is tempering chocolate for holiday backing while leaving angry voicemails for your elected representatives on a Saturday afternoon
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Modern womanhood is tempering chocolate for holiday backing while leaving angry voicemails for your elected representatives on a Saturday afternoon
LOOK AT HOW HANDSOME HE IS!
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
LOOK AT HOW HANDSOME HE IS!
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Getting to know this legend has been one of the greatest joys of my life and I'm so pleased to introduce you to her with this gorgeous feature from the Inquirer, where she speaks for the first time in over 30 years on her incredible journey
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
Harlow's still here
Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly’s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she’s ready to tell her story.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Getting to know this legend has been one of the greatest joys of my life and I'm so pleased to introduce you to her with this gorgeous feature from the Inquirer, where she speaks for the first time in over 30 years on her incredible journey
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
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The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.
Everything is going great, which is why I purchased this print immediately upon seeing it on IG: www.etsy.com/listing/1509...
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Everything is going great, which is why I purchased this print immediately upon seeing it on IG: www.etsy.com/listing/1509...
Another semester on the books. Oof.
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Another semester on the books. Oof.
Today I finished a challenging semester of first-year writing instruction, *and* said no to a professional opportunity that, while appealing, was not the right thing for me right now. I would like a cookie, and a nap. (But instead I will have a department meeting.)
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Today I finished a challenging semester of first-year writing instruction, *and* said no to a professional opportunity that, while appealing, was not the right thing for me right now. I would like a cookie, and a nap. (But instead I will have a department meeting.)
LMAOooooooooooooo
(I listen to first wave ska while I write and hippy new age shit while I fall asleep, so this tracks)
(I listen to first wave ska while I write and hippy new age shit while I fall asleep, so this tracks)
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
LMAOooooooooooooo
(I listen to first wave ska while I write and hippy new age shit while I fall asleep, so this tracks)
(I listen to first wave ska while I write and hippy new age shit while I fall asleep, so this tracks)
It's the time of year-- not even the semester, bc there's a blanket of holiday-related obligations atop the usual academic stuff-- when I am buried under a mountain of tasks that will take one to two hours to complete. Too long to knock out in the odd free moment, too quick to defer without anxiety
December 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It's the time of year-- not even the semester, bc there's a blanket of holiday-related obligations atop the usual academic stuff-- when I am buried under a mountain of tasks that will take one to two hours to complete. Too long to knock out in the odd free moment, too quick to defer without anxiety
Sorry to say but I don't see a way out of this without faculty getting more involved in administration
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Sorry to say but I don't see a way out of this without faculty getting more involved in administration
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Did you send a fancy hot toddy kit to my office? If so, 1) thank you and 2) please reveal yourself, mysterious benefactor!
December 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Did you send a fancy hot toddy kit to my office? If so, 1) thank you and 2) please reveal yourself, mysterious benefactor!
Consider it a reminder to wear your blaze orange if you're out in the woods!
For most of my drive to work today, I was behind a truck with large CUSTOM MEAT PROCESSING decals. I know what it means, but it still seems... vaguely threatening
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Consider it a reminder to wear your blaze orange if you're out in the woods!
It's December 1, which means that I am exhausted and have no idea how I'll make it to the end of the semester, but also that it's time to indulge my abiding and sincere love for Fairytale of New York, the greatest Christmas song of the 20th century: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSkN...
Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) [Top of The Pops Dec 1987]
YouTube video by ThePoguesOfficial
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December 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's December 1, which means that I am exhausted and have no idea how I'll make it to the end of the semester, but also that it's time to indulge my abiding and sincere love for Fairytale of New York, the greatest Christmas song of the 20th century: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSkN...
For most of my drive to work today, I was behind a truck with large CUSTOM MEAT PROCESSING decals. I know what it means, but it still seems... vaguely threatening
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
For most of my drive to work today, I was behind a truck with large CUSTOM MEAT PROCESSING decals. I know what it means, but it still seems... vaguely threatening