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Megan L. Cook

@meganlcook.bsky.social

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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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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 1d

I like American music!

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 1d

Do you like American music?

Street level shot of the marquee of the State Theater in Portland ME. The sign reads “Oct 8, Violent Femmes, Sold Out”

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 1d

Cringe fascism

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 3d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 1d

Job! Judaic Studies & the Medieval/Renaissance Center at Binghamton are looking for a Talmud/Medieval Rabbinics specialist! I have long been part of the Med/Ren group myself and I can vouch it is very active, supportive, and functional. Good people!

binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...

binghamton.interviewexchange.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 1d

Do people in other periods think of medievalists as often winding up in admin posts? Or is this a frequency illusion brought about by my own personal investment in the phenomenon?

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 1d

Also vacillating wildly between "who needs Middle English at a time like this?" and "Now more than ever, we need serious thought about literature, history, and reading"

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 1d

I need to sort out my textbooks for next semester and am realizing that it will be the first time I've taught medieval literature since 2022 and I am wondering if I can still do it

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NEH Union - AFGE L3403 @nehafge3403.bsky.social · 2d

The cuts at the National Endowment for the Humanities go far deeper than any of these agencies - almost 70% of 179 people were terminated, despite no change to the agency's budget.

There were no savings here - only idealogical destruction. #NEH

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

How much smaller the federal workforce is now vs. a year ago
Ed Dept 42%
OPM 33%
HUD 31%
Treasury 29%
Defense (civilian jobs) 22%
Small Biz Admin 21%
Energy 20%
Interior 15%
HHS 14%
SSA 11%
EPA 10%
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Much Smaller Is the Federal Work Force? Shutdown Plans Offer a Clue.

The number of federal employees has been trimmed by thousands since President Trump took office, according to contingency plans drawn up by federal agencies.

www.nytimes.com

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2d

The strong structural critique that makes season 1 so interesting drops off pretty quickly in season 2, imho

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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 2d

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2d

Twelve! Time for lunch

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2d

I had no idea she did a PhD! Fascinating, and possibly really relevant-- I will look it up

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, fascinating! Thank you for sharing

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2d

The trick, though, is to stop before you wind up pulling a Robert Greene and expiring from "a surfeit of pickle herring and Rhenish wine"

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2d

Fiction is ideal but not strictly necessary!

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2d

I'm really looking for (and realizing it is harder to find) writing addressing a specific text. I'm asking students working on creative writing honors theses to prepare a preface or introduction to their work that includes critical reflections on their research, writing, and revision processes

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2d

No harm, no foul. I love that Stallybrass piece and, more importantly, you and I actually know one another, which renders a true MAN ON THE INTERNET moment impossible

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2d

It is, but I fear it's a bit more abstracted from any one specific text than I think is going to be helpful here

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, great suggestion!

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2d

There is a lot of great writing in this vein that has to do with translation, but that's not quite what is needed here, I think.

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2d

I am looking for examples of authors writing about their own work, perhaps as an introduction or reflection on the writing process. The goal is to show students that the same metacognitive things I ask them to do with their analytical writing can be applied to creative work. Any ideas?

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2d

The dream! We'll see

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2d

Six down! My goal is sixteen, and I'm confident I can get to twelve between now and lunch.

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