Julia M Perroni
@juliamperroni.bsky.social
She/her, writer among other things.
Classics grad: UBC ➡️ KCL ➡️ UWisc.
I like epic and tragedy and queer stuff of all kinds! Co-Host of Classically Trained Podcast.
Classics grad: UBC ➡️ KCL ➡️ UWisc.
I like epic and tragedy and queer stuff of all kinds! Co-Host of Classically Trained Podcast.
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I've gained a TON of followers the last few days, so I'll do one of those "get to know your followee" threads!
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when they mostly remember you because of the weird sex stuff with your wife and the time you almost got overthrown by angry chariot racing fans ...... but they DO remember you
December 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
when they mostly remember you because of the weird sex stuff with your wife and the time you almost got overthrown by angry chariot racing fans ...... but they DO remember you
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In other news, the Telegraph has published an article frothing about Dungeons & Dragons being woke, and the gaming community is ripping it to pieces for being stupid (and disingenuous).
Even by the standards of anti-woke journalism this is lazy dreck. The first piece of "evidence" that older gamers are mad about wokeness is a random Reddit comment — that isn't a complaint about wokeness.
www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/11/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/11/2...
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
In other news, the Telegraph has published an article frothing about Dungeons & Dragons being woke, and the gaming community is ripping it to pieces for being stupid (and disingenuous).
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
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The amount of time it takes to grade an essay like this, and to justify the score you give it so you can defend yourself later in the dean's office, is insane.
And because you can't know which student will be the one to complain and go public, you have to give the same attention to all of them.
And because you can't know which student will be the one to complain and go public, you have to give the same attention to all of them.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The amount of time it takes to grade an essay like this, and to justify the score you give it so you can defend yourself later in the dean's office, is insane.
And because you can't know which student will be the one to complain and go public, you have to give the same attention to all of them.
And because you can't know which student will be the one to complain and go public, you have to give the same attention to all of them.
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JUST IN: Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88
Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88
The Czech-born British playwright is known for Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Coast of Utopia. Stoppard also wrote screenplays for Brazil and Shakespeare in Love.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
JUST IN: Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88
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Just a friendly reminder on this hallowed day of overconsumption via @earthlyeducation.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Just a friendly reminder on this hallowed day of overconsumption via @earthlyeducation.bsky.social
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“No,” said Frog.
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
“No,” said Frog.
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anyway these are all great books so far and you could do a lot worse than picking one up, reading the first two chapters tonight, and desperately using it as a conversation topic if someone gets a little too weird over pie
apropos of Buy Books discourse, here’s my current nonfiction reading & rec list:
Bloody Crowns (100 years war), @michaellivingston.com
Between Two Rivers (Mesopotamia), @moudhy.bsky.social
Oathbreakers (Carolingians) & The Bright Ages (u can guess), @profgabriele.com & @lollardfish.bsky.social
Bloody Crowns (100 years war), @michaellivingston.com
Between Two Rivers (Mesopotamia), @moudhy.bsky.social
Oathbreakers (Carolingians) & The Bright Ages (u can guess), @profgabriele.com & @lollardfish.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
anyway these are all great books so far and you could do a lot worse than picking one up, reading the first two chapters tonight, and desperately using it as a conversation topic if someone gets a little too weird over pie
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Here on Bluesky, the image from our appeal campaign page got flagged as "adult content" so every time we link it we have to use this thumbnail instead.
Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Here on Bluesky, the image from our appeal campaign page got flagged as "adult content" so every time we link it we have to use this thumbnail instead.
Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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This is your sign btw that you should call Mastercard
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is your sign btw that you should call Mastercard
I can see how they got to Plutch and Partarch, but Patrice is REALLY funny.
I don't grade on spelling in blue book exams (/don't really care), but the various renditions of Plutarch in this stack are SENDING me: Plutch, Partarch, Patrice.
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I can see how they got to Plutch and Partarch, but Patrice is REALLY funny.
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New issue of Phoenix Vol. 79, No. 1 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/55982 @phoenixjournal.bsky.social @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social @cacscec.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
New issue of Phoenix Vol. 79, No. 1 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/55982 @phoenixjournal.bsky.social @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social @cacscec.bsky.social
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They have a Lots of the Rings subway map!
We're at the Middle Earth map.
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
November 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
They have a Lots of the Rings subway map!
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A case that AI in the classroom needs to be addressed as a social issue rather than as an arms race.
joshuapnudell.com/2025/11/22/a...
joshuapnudell.com/2025/11/22/a...
AI in the Classroom is a Social Problem
A case that AI in the classroom needs to be addressed as a social issue rather than as an arms race.
joshuapnudell.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
A case that AI in the classroom needs to be addressed as a social issue rather than as an arms race.
joshuapnudell.com/2025/11/22/a...
joshuapnudell.com/2025/11/22/a...
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Reposting again to emphasize that we won an award!!! Librarians picked the anthology out for best indy scifi.
Tldr librarians think we’re cool ✨ 🥈 🥰 📚
Tldr librarians think we’re cool ✨ 🥈 🥰 📚
It's been just over a year since this enthusiastically crowd-funded anthology was released by the coolest SFF writers I know. Our contributors have won accolades and the book itself has won an IAP award! Check out it's hot, new cover + pick it up this weekend for $5!
books2read.com/newyearnewyo...
books2read.com/newyearnewyo...
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reposting again to emphasize that we won an award!!! Librarians picked the anthology out for best indy scifi.
Tldr librarians think we’re cool ✨ 🥈 🥰 📚
Tldr librarians think we’re cool ✨ 🥈 🥰 📚
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My book "The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate" is now available for pre-order. Use promo code WIN26 to get 30% off. Coming January 6th 2026! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
October 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
My book "The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate" is now available for pre-order. Use promo code WIN26 to get 30% off. Coming January 6th 2026! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
I’ve embarked on an extremely large project. No, not the dissertation—a DIFFERENT extremely large project. (page 1 of sixteen underway) #crossstitch
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I’ve embarked on an extremely large project. No, not the dissertation—a DIFFERENT extremely large project. (page 1 of sixteen underway) #crossstitch
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
Glasses shopping is so weirdly stressful. Like man, that’s my face! I’m deciding what my face is gonna look like for at least a year!
October 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Glasses shopping is so weirdly stressful. Like man, that’s my face! I’m deciding what my face is gonna look like for at least a year!
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it is funny how much studio executives dislike making money
whelp, I’ll be thinking about the Steven Soderbergh movie about Ben Solo until the day I die, I guess. we could’ve had it all.
apnews.com/article/adam...
apnews.com/article/adam...
October 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
it is funny how much studio executives dislike making money
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Hello new followers! I am a SFF writer but I also make candles inspired by books and TV
I just added a bunch more candles, including some book boyfriend candles for the romance readers (and monsterfuckers) in your life
www.etsy.com/shop/specula...
I just added a bunch more candles, including some book boyfriend candles for the romance readers (and monsterfuckers) in your life
www.etsy.com/shop/specula...
October 16, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Hello new followers! I am a SFF writer but I also make candles inspired by books and TV
I just added a bunch more candles, including some book boyfriend candles for the romance readers (and monsterfuckers) in your life
www.etsy.com/shop/specula...
I just added a bunch more candles, including some book boyfriend candles for the romance readers (and monsterfuckers) in your life
www.etsy.com/shop/specula...
Any other Canadians following me: civic duty time! Tell our government that letting credit card companies dictate what we spend money on is nonsense!
The official Canadian Petition to reign in payment processor censorship has stalled out just under 10k signatures.
This is a reminder for Canadians, this is an OFFICIAL petition that will be responded to. Show your support in protecting our free speech!
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
This is a reminder for Canadians, this is an OFFICIAL petition that will be responded to. Show your support in protecting our free speech!
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
October 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Any other Canadians following me: civic duty time! Tell our government that letting credit card companies dictate what we spend money on is nonsense!
Man. Sometimes you read some shit and you just have to sit there for a minute boggling at how unhinged racists are. What the fuck. What is wrong with you people*?
*They're racist. That's what's wrong. I'm putting my head down on my desk and never picking it up again. How did this get published.
*They're racist. That's what's wrong. I'm putting my head down on my desk and never picking it up again. How did this get published.
October 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Man. Sometimes you read some shit and you just have to sit there for a minute boggling at how unhinged racists are. What the fuck. What is wrong with you people*?
*They're racist. That's what's wrong. I'm putting my head down on my desk and never picking it up again. How did this get published.
*They're racist. That's what's wrong. I'm putting my head down on my desk and never picking it up again. How did this get published.