Ivan Kreilkamp
@ivan812.bsky.social
English prof, easily distracted Victorianist
Writing: https://ivankreilkamp.com/
Writing: https://ivankreilkamp.com/
Important fact I learned today from @arkhamlibrarian.bsky.social… The author of the first publication in English about birth control by a physician (The Fruits of Philosophy, or the Private Companion of Young Married People, 1832), Charles Knowlton, was SMOLDERINGLY good looking
February 5, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Important fact I learned today from @arkhamlibrarian.bsky.social… The author of the first publication in English about birth control by a physician (The Fruits of Philosophy, or the Private Companion of Young Married People, 1832), Charles Knowlton, was SMOLDERINGLY good looking
“I never compartmentalized criticism, filmmaking, going to the cinema. In my mind, it was all the same thing: watching films and writing about them and trying to understand what culture is trying to say… And for me, that’s doing cinema. There was never a boundary for me.”
February 1, 2026 at 5:59 PM
“I never compartmentalized criticism, filmmaking, going to the cinema. In my mind, it was all the same thing: watching films and writing about them and trying to understand what culture is trying to say… And for me, that’s doing cinema. There was never a boundary for me.”
THOUGHT-FORMS by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbetter (1905). Vague Selfish Affection, Vague Intellectual Pleasure, Angry Jealousy, the Intention to Know, etc. Tag yourself!
January 28, 2026 at 2:51 PM
THOUGHT-FORMS by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbetter (1905). Vague Selfish Affection, Vague Intellectual Pleasure, Angry Jealousy, the Intention to Know, etc. Tag yourself!
I've been on an Art Tatum kick, I find his music kind of anti-depressive. Love this: a student in the field of computational musicology coined the term "tatum", defined as "the smallest time interval between successive notes in a rhythmic phrase", and "the fastest pulse present in a piece of music"
January 27, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I've been on an Art Tatum kick, I find his music kind of anti-depressive. Love this: a student in the field of computational musicology coined the term "tatum", defined as "the smallest time interval between successive notes in a rhythmic phrase", and "the fastest pulse present in a piece of music"
Never forget that these malignant idiots do not give a shit about the first amendment
January 23, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Never forget that these malignant idiots do not give a shit about the first amendment
“What remains, then, is interdisciplinarity as slop: a residue of once corrosively ambitious ideas, endlessly reheated to justify mergers, eliminations, and the hollowing out of intellectual life” (Jonathan Kramnick on the mergers at Montclair State in the chronicle.com)
January 23, 2026 at 11:55 AM
“What remains, then, is interdisciplinarity as slop: a residue of once corrosively ambitious ideas, endlessly reheated to justify mergers, eliminations, and the hollowing out of intellectual life” (Jonathan Kramnick on the mergers at Montclair State in the chronicle.com)
Enjoyed the most recent @marcmaron.bsky.social special (“Panicked”). Maron is giving Ian McShane in Deadwood
January 18, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Enjoyed the most recent @marcmaron.bsky.social special (“Panicked”). Maron is giving Ian McShane in Deadwood
Gina Birch, “I Am Rage:”
Rage, I am rage
I'm a burning cauldron of rage
It fires it howls
Its red burning red
I hear the howling sound of my rage
You say you are nice
You say you are fine
But scratch the surface and you like me are rage
Rage, I am rage
I'm a burning cauldron of rage
It fires it howls
Its red burning red
I hear the howling sound of my rage
You say you are nice
You say you are fine
But scratch the surface and you like me are rage
January 16, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Gina Birch, “I Am Rage:”
Rage, I am rage
I'm a burning cauldron of rage
It fires it howls
Its red burning red
I hear the howling sound of my rage
You say you are nice
You say you are fine
But scratch the surface and you like me are rage
Rage, I am rage
I'm a burning cauldron of rage
It fires it howls
Its red burning red
I hear the howling sound of my rage
You say you are nice
You say you are fine
But scratch the surface and you like me are rage
“Yeah, but would America really buy a n**** winning?” Trump said. From @emilynussbaum.bsky.social’s CUE THE SUN
January 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM
“Yeah, but would America really buy a n**** winning?” Trump said. From @emilynussbaum.bsky.social’s CUE THE SUN
Loved this essay (about a permanent grad student in the UCLA history department who “was our truth-telling hermit, able to turn a mirror on historians’ follies”). But am concerned that a flaunt/ flout error in @nplusonemag.com may be sign of end times? 😳
January 9, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Loved this essay (about a permanent grad student in the UCLA history department who “was our truth-telling hermit, able to turn a mirror on historians’ follies”). But am concerned that a flaunt/ flout error in @nplusonemag.com may be sign of end times? 😳
“One thing is important: human dignity. Please don’t destroy it. Please don’t humiliate.” Not a bad aesthetic/ political credo (Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr’s)
January 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
“One thing is important: human dignity. Please don’t destroy it. Please don’t humiliate.” Not a bad aesthetic/ political credo (Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr’s)
Trump obviously thinks this is akin to Loews “running” Home Depot after a corporate takeover. (Or Pottery Barn)
January 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Trump obviously thinks this is akin to Loews “running” Home Depot after a corporate takeover. (Or Pottery Barn)
Sylvia Townsend Warner hilarious: “Beneath all concessions to broadmindedness,” Mr. Fortune’s views “on oiling were positive and unshakable. Oiling, and all that sort of thing, was effeminate, unbecoming, and probably vicious. It was also messy.”
January 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Sylvia Townsend Warner hilarious: “Beneath all concessions to broadmindedness,” Mr. Fortune’s views “on oiling were positive and unshakable. Oiling, and all that sort of thing, was effeminate, unbecoming, and probably vicious. It was also messy.”
Loved Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent. Plot turns out to revolve partly around a corrupt right-wing functionary who shows up at a university & dismisses all the research being done there as useless bullshit. So that hit home!
January 2, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Loved Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent. Plot turns out to revolve partly around a corrupt right-wing functionary who shows up at a university & dismisses all the research being done there as useless bullshit. So that hit home!
Just discovered this Bernie Sanders banger (Smithsonian Folkways 1979) on Spotify. How does it only have ~2500 plays per track?!
@dchiasso.bsky.social
@dchiasso.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Just discovered this Bernie Sanders banger (Smithsonian Folkways 1979) on Spotify. How does it only have ~2500 plays per track?!
@dchiasso.bsky.social
@dchiasso.bsky.social
Perfect album cover art
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Perfect album cover art
This seems like sort of retrograde framing?
“”Originally, Harry and Sally didn’t get together,” he told The Guardian in 2018. “But then I met Michele and I thought: OK, I see how this works.” Mr. Reiner reworked the movie’s ending — Harry and Sally had to marry each other”
“”Originally, Harry and Sally didn’t get together,” he told The Guardian in 2018. “But then I met Michele and I thought: OK, I see how this works.” Mr. Reiner reworked the movie’s ending — Harry and Sally had to marry each other”
December 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This seems like sort of retrograde framing?
“”Originally, Harry and Sally didn’t get together,” he told The Guardian in 2018. “But then I met Michele and I thought: OK, I see how this works.” Mr. Reiner reworked the movie’s ending — Harry and Sally had to marry each other”
“”Originally, Harry and Sally didn’t get together,” he told The Guardian in 2018. “But then I met Michele and I thought: OK, I see how this works.” Mr. Reiner reworked the movie’s ending — Harry and Sally had to marry each other”
This is such a strange take on the Sacks story to me. You think LLMs hallucinate? It turns out human beings also can make things up!
December 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This is such a strange take on the Sacks story to me. You think LLMs hallucinate? It turns out human beings also can make things up!
Admit, you’ve been wondering, What all goes into creating juicy projectile vomit that looks believable and not too ridiculous?
December 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Admit, you’ve been wondering, What all goes into creating juicy projectile vomit that looks believable and not too ridiculous?
Per Diane Seuss: “so what did modern poetry really mean? Maybe/ just fucked up, as Hopkins was for sure, and tongue/ twistery, and depressed”
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Per Diane Seuss: “so what did modern poetry really mean? Maybe/ just fucked up, as Hopkins was for sure, and tongue/ twistery, and depressed”
Hey @pbsnews.org I can’t understand why you’d platform this ghoulish dude Dan Caldwell as a commentator. His sole CV line appears to be getting fired by Pentagon for his role as Pete Hesgeth’s point man in the Signalgate scandal
December 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Hey @pbsnews.org I can’t understand why you’d platform this ghoulish dude Dan Caldwell as a commentator. His sole CV line appears to be getting fired by Pentagon for his role as Pete Hesgeth’s point man in the Signalgate scandal
Banner that flew above downtown Indy yesterday before the game 🙌🏼
www.thefire.org/IU
@thefireorg.bsky.social
www.thefire.org/IU
@thefireorg.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Banner that flew above downtown Indy yesterday before the game 🙌🏼
www.thefire.org/IU
@thefireorg.bsky.social
www.thefire.org/IU
@thefireorg.bsky.social
I thought 30 Rock could be very funny, but the thought of choosing it as the greatest artwork of past 25 yrs makes me sad for our century
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I thought 30 Rock could be very funny, but the thought of choosing it as the greatest artwork of past 25 yrs makes me sad for our century