Sarah Wall-Randell (aka swallowsong)
@sarahwalrus.bsky.social
Early modern English lit prof @Wellesley C; book history, editing, gender & performance. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally.
I found this essay by Sarah Beckwith (yes, that Sarah Beckwith) absolutely shattering and brilliant. Further proof that if you want something terrible examined with laser-like precision and stunning clarity, get somebody who works on pre- & early modern literature
June 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I found this essay by Sarah Beckwith (yes, that Sarah Beckwith) absolutely shattering and brilliant. Further proof that if you want something terrible examined with laser-like precision and stunning clarity, get somebody who works on pre- & early modern literature
Reposted by Sarah Wall-Randell (aka swallowsong)
Look, this is much simpler than that.
When a billionaire says there's "fraud and waste" in the government, they mean "the government is giving money to non rich people which is a waste and those poor are frauds"
That's it.
That's the whole fuckin thing.
When a billionaire says there's "fraud and waste" in the government, they mean "the government is giving money to non rich people which is a waste and those poor are frauds"
That's it.
That's the whole fuckin thing.
March 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Look, this is much simpler than that.
When a billionaire says there's "fraud and waste" in the government, they mean "the government is giving money to non rich people which is a waste and those poor are frauds"
That's it.
That's the whole fuckin thing.
When a billionaire says there's "fraud and waste" in the government, they mean "the government is giving money to non rich people which is a waste and those poor are frauds"
That's it.
That's the whole fuckin thing.
The Harvard Mahindra Center Seminar on Women, Gender, and Culture in the Early Modern World invites you to attend its yearly remote seminar on April 10 at 5:30ET, featuring Urvashi Chakravarty (U of Toronto) giving a talk entitled "'Fair Breeders': Gender and Heritability in the Early Modern World."
March 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The Harvard Mahindra Center Seminar on Women, Gender, and Culture in the Early Modern World invites you to attend its yearly remote seminar on April 10 at 5:30ET, featuring Urvashi Chakravarty (U of Toronto) giving a talk entitled "'Fair Breeders': Gender and Heritability in the Early Modern World."
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March 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Love to refuse a prompt. static1.squarespace.com/static/53a4b...
Still thinking about yesterday’s #Shax2025 books & sugar plenary with Kim F. Hall, @oldfortunatus.bsky.social & @bkadams.bsky.social 🍬📚As a scholar rather than a book collector I’ve indulged myself in politely ignoring the commerce side of “rare books” (while enjoying the vibes) — no longer.
March 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Still thinking about yesterday’s #Shax2025 books & sugar plenary with Kim F. Hall, @oldfortunatus.bsky.social & @bkadams.bsky.social 🍬📚As a scholar rather than a book collector I’ve indulged myself in politely ignoring the commerce side of “rare books” (while enjoying the vibes) — no longer.
Thinking of everyone due to fly home after #Shax2025 through LHR in a couple of days — hope y’all aren’t panicking and that you make it home on time. Maybe they’ll offer you $ to rebook later and you can stick around for PrEMoTrans at BU! www.micahjgoodrich.com/premotrans
Pre/Early Modern Trans Studies — Micah James Goodrich
www.micahjgoodrich.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Thinking of everyone due to fly home after #Shax2025 through LHR in a couple of days — hope y’all aren’t panicking and that you make it home on time. Maybe they’ll offer you $ to rebook later and you can stick around for PrEMoTrans at BU! www.micahjgoodrich.com/premotrans
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What we're currently living through is a patriarchal panic reaction.
Our society came a little too close to acknowledging trans people as not merely quirky zoo exhibits to gawk at on the margins of society. Too close to acknowledging our humanity.
The response to this has been sheer terror.
Our society came a little too close to acknowledging trans people as not merely quirky zoo exhibits to gawk at on the margins of society. Too close to acknowledging our humanity.
The response to this has been sheer terror.
February 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
What we're currently living through is a patriarchal panic reaction.
Our society came a little too close to acknowledging trans people as not merely quirky zoo exhibits to gawk at on the margins of society. Too close to acknowledging our humanity.
The response to this has been sheer terror.
Our society came a little too close to acknowledging trans people as not merely quirky zoo exhibits to gawk at on the margins of society. Too close to acknowledging our humanity.
The response to this has been sheer terror.
I fear that people are going to forget this moment (image is a book from 2000) when there was an Internet but no Google. One would actually type the entire URL into the browser window. “Don’t use the quotes!” 😮
December 14, 2024 at 2:53 AM
I fear that people are going to forget this moment (image is a book from 2000) when there was an Internet but no Google. One would actually type the entire URL into the browser window. “Don’t use the quotes!” 😮
I sometimes tell my kids about what it was like in the "bad old days" when I was growing up (seatbelts weren't the law, teachers could hit you, there was no chickenpox vaccine, etc) and it turns out my younger child thought I was saying "in the battle days" like I grew up in the Revolutionary War ☠️
December 9, 2024 at 7:43 PM
I sometimes tell my kids about what it was like in the "bad old days" when I was growing up (seatbelts weren't the law, teachers could hit you, there was no chickenpox vaccine, etc) and it turns out my younger child thought I was saying "in the battle days" like I grew up in the Revolutionary War ☠️
If you see this, quote-post with a favorite photo of the sky that you’ve taken recently. (Good chance to practice making alt text!)
November 16, 2024 at 2:34 PM
If you see this, quote-post with a favorite photo of the sky that you’ve taken recently. (Good chance to practice making alt text!)