Patrick McKelvey
@pmckelveyphd.bsky.social
Performance historian, disability historian.
Disability Works: Performance After Rehabilitation (NYU, 2024)
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If there were an Emmy for Diet Coke Verisimilitude, The Beast In Me would NOT win
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
If there were an Emmy for Diet Coke Verisimilitude, The Beast In Me would NOT win
Some more good news! I just found out “Disability Works” received the Midwest Modern Language Association Book Award!
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Some more good news! I just found out “Disability Works” received the Midwest Modern Language Association Book Award!
Second chapter of “Supporting Actors: AIDS, Infrastructure, Performance”—-drafted!
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Second chapter of “Supporting Actors: AIDS, Infrastructure, Performance”—-drafted!
Rigatoni Collette
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Rigatoni Collette
say what you will about the gendered division of labor but I for one like to watch SVU while someone else cleans the roof
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
say what you will about the gendered division of labor but I for one like to watch SVU while someone else cleans the roof
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I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
Is backing a car into a driveway heterosexual behavior?
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Is backing a car into a driveway heterosexual behavior?
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please go to this i cannot talk about this book anymore
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
please go to this i cannot talk about this book anymore
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Humbled and thrilled about this upcoming roundtable on *Provoking Religion* at AAR Boston! Can't wait to see and hear from Siobhan Kelly, Wendy Mallette, Drake Konow, Kris J. Trujillo, William Stell, and Sam Catilin -- the provocations start on Monday, 12:30 PM in Hynes Convention Center!
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Humbled and thrilled about this upcoming roundtable on *Provoking Religion* at AAR Boston! Can't wait to see and hear from Siobhan Kelly, Wendy Mallette, Drake Konow, Kris J. Trujillo, William Stell, and Sam Catilin -- the provocations start on Monday, 12:30 PM in Hynes Convention Center!
As of twenty-nine minutes ago, I get to publicly share that "Disability Works" won the South Atlantic MLA Book Award!
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
As of twenty-nine minutes ago, I get to publicly share that "Disability Works" won the South Atlantic MLA Book Award!
In this episode of SVU, Alec Baldwin is a charismatic journalist who, upon accused of being elitist says: “no, Olivia: I write for the man who rides the 7 train.”
November 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
In this episode of SVU, Alec Baldwin is a charismatic journalist who, upon accused of being elitist says: “no, Olivia: I write for the man who rides the 7 train.”
Thrilled that my Theatre Journal essay on guide dogs and rehabilitation performance cultures is the subject of the first segment on the latest episode of On TAP! Many thanks for the hosts for taking the time to read and discuss this weird essay.
www.ontappod.com
www.ontappod.com
On Tap: A Theatre & Performance Studies Podcast
This podcast looks at topics of current interest to professors and graduate students in the academic field of theatre and performance studies, including new ideas, theories, scholarly methodologies, t...
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November 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Thrilled that my Theatre Journal essay on guide dogs and rehabilitation performance cultures is the subject of the first segment on the latest episode of On TAP! Many thanks for the hosts for taking the time to read and discuss this weird essay.
www.ontappod.com
www.ontappod.com
I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re a homosexual
November 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re a homosexual
The guy in front of me in the security at La Guardia was traveling with only a medium pizza and a cat?
November 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The guy in front of me in the security at La Guardia was traveling with only a medium pizza and a cat?
The guy sitting next to me at Prince 🚬 was decked out in all leather and a backwards cap that said 🚬 on it and sighed adoringly whenever gay characters were nice to each other
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The guy sitting next to me at Prince 🚬 was decked out in all leather and a backwards cap that said 🚬 on it and sighed adoringly whenever gay characters were nice to each other
When I told the airport bartender I was flying American he pulled out the bourbon bottle and poured another ounce in my glass
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
When I told the airport bartender I was flying American he pulled out the bourbon bottle and poured another ounce in my glass
Waiting on my now delayed flight to NY and someone at the gate was blasting a Cuomo speech from his laptop. I requested he use headphones and now the only thing I can hear is someone else summarizing various episodes of Big Bang Theory. I have erred
October 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Waiting on my now delayed flight to NY and someone at the gate was blasting a Cuomo speech from his laptop. I requested he use headphones and now the only thing I can hear is someone else summarizing various episodes of Big Bang Theory. I have erred
Sandra Bernhard 'I'm in the mood for a little bit of Burt'
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October 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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TIP/ALLI sneak peek at Lesbian Lives NYC tomorrow!! We’ve got postcards for those curious about the film/pining for their very own @rachelcorbman.bsky.social pinup, so if that’s you come on by!! 👯♀️📽️🌈🚀
October 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
TIP/ALLI sneak peek at Lesbian Lives NYC tomorrow!! We’ve got postcards for those curious about the film/pining for their very own @rachelcorbman.bsky.social pinup, so if that’s you come on by!! 👯♀️📽️🌈🚀
One of my very favorite things in the world is the three seasons of SVU where there is no ADA. Is Casey Novak licensed this week? Which continent is Alex Cabot on? Sharon Stone: do you need SAG pension credits maybe?
October 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
One of my very favorite things in the world is the three seasons of SVU where there is no ADA. Is Casey Novak licensed this week? Which continent is Alex Cabot on? Sharon Stone: do you need SAG pension credits maybe?
One of my very favorite things in the world is the three seasons of SVU where there is no ADA. Is Casey Novak licensed this week? Which continent is Alex Cabot on? Sharon Stone: do you need SAG pension credits maybe?
October 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
One of my very favorite things in the world is the three seasons of SVU where there is no ADA. Is Casey Novak licensed this week? Which continent is Alex Cabot on? Sharon Stone: do you need SAG pension credits maybe?
New drag persona just dropped
October 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
New drag persona just dropped
Just realized I’m three degrees from Laurie Metcalf. That’s like….really good.
October 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Just realized I’m three degrees from Laurie Metcalf. That’s like….really good.
realizing my vocal fry is so severe voice-to-text transcribes "yes" as "yaz"
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
realizing my vocal fry is so severe voice-to-text transcribes "yes" as "yaz"