Beth Quitslund
@profqueue.bsky.social
Ren/Ref English literature professor and petty bureaucrat. Likes books, bibles, cats, doggerel, shiny objects. Wife, mom, friend to humans. Low-emoji vibe. Professional DMs only.
Famous story in my family was my dad on a business trip being unhappy that I wanted to watch Mr. Rogers rather than come to the phone.
December 13, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Famous story in my family was my dad on a business trip being unhappy that I wanted to watch Mr. Rogers rather than come to the phone.
I wish my daughter would do something similar. I am 6" shorter, on the upper emd of middle age, and have been skipping the gym for 6 months--and I am still more physically damgerous than she is. It terrifies me.
December 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I wish my daughter would do something similar. I am 6" shorter, on the upper emd of middle age, and have been skipping the gym for 6 months--and I am still more physically damgerous than she is. It terrifies me.
The only case in which I agree that tenure should be easy to revoke.
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The only case in which I agree that tenure should be easy to revoke.
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wrong kind of Aryanism, whoops
December 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
wrong kind of Aryanism, whoops
This. He writing in the particular genre is brilliant, and I have very mixed feelings about that.
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This. He writing in the particular genre is brilliant, and I have very mixed feelings about that.
This does not seem like it will turn out well.
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This does not seem like it will turn out well.
My family eventually had an all-windfall tree policy. I wish I could find pictures of all the large evergreen boughs with holes drilled to insert more branches that we pretended were tree-shaped.
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My family eventually had an all-windfall tree policy. I wish I could find pictures of all the large evergreen boughs with holes drilled to insert more branches that we pretended were tree-shaped.
Why this is hell, nor am I out of it.
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Why this is hell, nor am I out of it.
Bigger and in multipacks, I assume.
December 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Bigger and in multipacks, I assume.
Came here to say this
December 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Came here to say this
Good reporting. Terrible org chart.
December 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Good reporting. Terrible org chart.
You must mean HIPPA, that's the one that stops you from telling anyone what treatment you got
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
You must mean HIPPA, that's the one that stops you from telling anyone what treatment you got
St Robert Southwell, SJ.
December 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
St Robert Southwell, SJ.
If you know exactly what it is going to be, it is genre fiction, aka the simple carbs of reading. Which is lovely and comforting. But you do lose narrative and literary muscle eventually.
November 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If you know exactly what it is going to be, it is genre fiction, aka the simple carbs of reading. Which is lovely and comforting. But you do lose narrative and literary muscle eventually.
Right, the issue is that I have no impulse control.
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Right, the issue is that I have no impulse control.
But it costs more than Disneyland and then you have to store it all
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
But it costs more than Disneyland and then you have to store it all
I just thought I caught a whiff of its scent
November 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I just thought I caught a whiff of its scent
Apparently we only kill people who don't have club memberships. I feel... sick.
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Apparently we only kill people who don't have club memberships. I feel... sick.
Or lack thereof?
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Or lack thereof?
That's on me for reading too fast. I'm in Ohio, so I miss all the coasts.
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
That's on me for reading too fast. I'm in Ohio, so I miss all the coasts.
+Follow for superb online apology and being in the PNW
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
+Follow for superb online apology and being in the PNW
I feel like my tin foil is being manipulated into a hat shape amd I don't like it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I feel like my tin foil is being manipulated into a hat shape amd I don't like it.