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Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · 1d

The work on “Q” in Masten’s Queer Philologies, but also: it’s broader and more of a popular history, but I really love how Rubenhold’s The Five rethinks the historiography of the women killed by Jack the Ripper.

Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · 13d

Writing groups are really such invaluable tools for making sure time gets carved out for your work. I’m making time for this one as often as I can; I hope I see some of y’all there:

The Guild of Queer Early Modernists @emqueerguild.bsky.social · 13d

Join us for our drop-in writing group, happening tomorrow (Monday) from 4-5:30 EST! We will be off next week (October 6th), so this is your chance for some supportive co-working with us in the next few weeks. Join us! docs.google.com/forms/d/1UIJ...

GQEM Writing Group Registration

Mondays, 4 - 5:30pm EST

docs.google.com

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meliss-AAAH! @mel.bzky.team · 24d

mfer is literally named "rob tombs", did they summon the spirit of the british museum into an op ed writer

robert tombs article titled what netflixs rrr gets wrong about the british raj

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 24d

Potential workaround if you're already logged in and get prompted by the ToS notification: opening this "privacy policy" link www.academia.edu/privacytakes you to a page where you can access the drop-down menu and reach "account settings." From there I was able to delete my account without agreeing.

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Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · Sep 7

Acknowledging that, like, by definition all scams are scummy, the near-daily spam texts I am getting about “jobs” feels…just particularly scummy in this moment. Taking advantage of people who are desperate for work while all their options are being actively eroded…gross, gross, gross.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · Sep 6

CRAFT FAIR FOR GAZA!
Tomorrow! 629 Nostrand Ave. 12-6 PM

Flyer reading

CRAFT FAIR FOR GAZA / Proceeds will go to mutual aid orgs operating in Gaza / Sunday, Sep 7, 12-6 pm, 729 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn

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Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · Sep 7

We do not have the resources for another pet, really; moving a cat in with me is exactly like creating a two-cat household (with the implicit Mixed Results), but THE NAME

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Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · Sep 7

My spouse has just shared that his proposed name for a cat is Vinegar Tom, and this may be it; this may be the tipping point where we get a cat

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ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨🚨So excited that the Barnard Center for Research on Women is hosting the virtual launch for *Sweet Taste of Empire,* published by ‪@pennpress.bsky.social‬. We have an incredible lineup!!!!!! #RaceB4Race #ShakeRace

10.30.2025 | 6:30pm EST| register here!
bcrw.barnard.edu/event/the-sw...

The Sweet Taste of Empire: Sugar, Mastery, and Pleasure in the Anglo Caribbean | Barnard Center for Research on Women

Kim Hall in conversation with Patricia A. Matthew, Debapriya Sarkar, Kyla Wazana Tompkins, and Jennifer Morgan; moderated by Tapiwa Gambura

bcrw.barnard.edu

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Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · Jul 16

Bruh.

A screenshot from the astrology app Costar, showing “trouble” in all the areas the app addresses: routine, thinking and creativity, spirituality, social life, sex and love, and self

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Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · Jul 16

When I showed this to my spouse, he quipped “data mining results: user likes onion rings,” but I think it’s really got legs as an explanation

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Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · Jul 16

Can I have it as experiential learning?

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Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · Jul 9

May I share with you the small joy that was my dog’s report card from daycare today?
(Bonus content: the name of the last dog on her friends list.)

An image of a doggy daycare report, reading “Pocket was extremely resourceful and hid fully under our play equipment in an attempt to be forgotten before her bath! Unfortunately, the counselor is a hide and seek champion, and Pocket was retrieved for her bath, despite it all!”
A list of other dogs is at the end of the report, with the last one reading “Mistletoe (The Missile.”

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Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thank you! It was a really satisfying project!

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Liza Blake 🏹 ♠️ @medrenliza.bsky.social · Jul 7

CFP for a special issue on #Medieval #Asexualities!

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/...

cfp | call for papers

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu

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Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · Jul 7

Ty ty ❤️
And yeah, for sure; post away!

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Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thank you for the gorgeous, perfect yarn! This is exactly the red I wanted, and it feels so, so good 💕💕
I think next up is the baby alpaca/merino blend in Emerald Magi 👀

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Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · Jul 7

Just finished knitting my first sweater, using Republic of Yarnia’s ( @isasaxonists.bsky.social ) merino Aran!! Extremely pleased with it; already looking forward to the next one

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trisk or treat @tr13sk.bsky.social · Jul 6

More people voted for Kamala in Texas (4.8 million votes) and in Florida (4.7 million) than in New York State (4.6 million).

California had nearly the same number of Trump '24 voters (6.08 million) as Florida (6.11 million), and had only 300k less than Texas.

Does anyone else see the problem here?

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · Jul 1

*Out now in paperback*

'Shakespearean Biofiction on the Contemporary Stage and Screen' edited by @edelsemple.bsky.social &‬ Ronan Hatfull
is the first edited collection to explore Shakespeare's life as depicted on the modern stage and screen.

bit.ly/3ZcDet2

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Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · Jun 27

Been thinking about that a lot lately. No reason.

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Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · Jun 27

I said, basically, harass your blue state representatives. Push them left. Their work is often our best shot at retaining rights and staying safe. And the person who had first asked kind of went “oh, well, I don’t think I have to worry about them.” And other auditors sort of nodded/agreed.

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Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · Jun 27

A couple years ago, I was in a workshop at SAA on using Shakespeare in times of political unrest. And as we moved to including the auditors, someone asked what they could do to support those of us who had done the workshop, almost all of whom worked in red states.

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Rebecca Quoss-Moore @rmquossmoore.bsky.social · Jun 27

oh, it’s that skateboard trick you learn when you’re trying to learn to do a kickflip

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julie gourinchas @literaryfey.bsky.social · Jun 19

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

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