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Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · 20d

www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/

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Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · 20d

Session Proposal, International Medieval Congress (Leeds, 2026)

Stories as Pilgrims: Transformation and Travel
How stories move across borders & time, medieval to modern.

Adaptation, history, pedagogy, and literary views welcome.

👉 Reach out by Sept. 25.
#IMC2026 #MedievalStudies #Adaptation

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Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · 24d

Another opportunity for my latest creative/academic project! After my MLA (Jan) paper on pilgrimage, I’ll present “Sherlocke Holmes, Consulting Alchemist: Crafting a Medieval Detective” at PCA ATL (Apr), focusing on genre & world-building.

#PCA2026 #SherlockHolmes #CreativeScholarship

Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · 25d

Exciting news—I’ll be presenting my first academic paper at MLA 2026 in Toronto in January!

“Sherlocke Holmes, Consulting Alchemist” explores how stories travel and transform, blending creative writing with scholarship.

Grateful to all who’ve supported this journey!

#MLA2026
#TransformativeWork

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Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · 28d

Legit.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 28d

The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible.

In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Aug 26

Every night, I say a little prayer before I fall asleep.

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Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · Jul 18

*then

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Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · Jun 26

Harvard grad student here.
We should not negotiate with terrorists.

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Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · Jun 20

bUt ThA iMMgrantz!?!?

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Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · Jun 20

Hellz yaz, Queen.

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · Jun 19

Live in such a way that you trigger white Christian nationalists.

Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · Jun 20

Just a good old buoys
Never meanin’ no harm
Beats all you never saw
Comply with maritime law
since the day they was born…

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Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · Jun 18

If Melania doesn’t have to live with Donald, why do we?

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Apr 27

Trump has deported a four-year-old US citizen with a rare form of metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with their doctor.

Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer

Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.

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Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · Apr 23

I took the brighter plan - I binged them last night until 3 AM, then cruised into my morning exam rocking shades and a giant extra-caffeinated sweet tea...

Hey, only two-thirds of the students showed up for the final, so obviously, I have effectively engaged their hearts and minds.

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Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · Apr 23

Hey, Harvard, my dear graduate school: No settlement with the Trump Regime!

Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · Apr 17

So, you’ve met my college girlfriend?

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Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · Apr 17

So, they’re bragging about being LESS unlawful and opaquely unconstitutional?

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Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · Apr 17

Massachusetts universities are really stepping up against government overreach. Is it something in the water there?

Yes. It’s tea.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · Apr 16

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · Apr 17

Marc Elias is an American hero!

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Apr 16

🚨BREAKING: Judge finds flying migrants to El Salvador after orders not to "demonstrate a willful disregard for its Order, sufficient for the Court to conclude that probable cause exists to find the Government in criminal contempt."

Visit www.democracydocket.com for full details and analysis.

Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · Apr 16

Yes! It must be something in the water up there in Massachusetts.

Oh, yeah, it's tea!

Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · Apr 15

MIT following Harvard's lead here

Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · Apr 16

Deadnames I can still get behind:

"Twitter"
"Gulf of Mexico"
"NATO Alliance"

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Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · Apr 15

I have never been more proud to be a Harvard student.

Matthew C @revkilljoy.bsky.social · Apr 12

The number of trans athletes reported in Maine (where federal education funding is being blocked by the Trump regime for not persecuting said trans athletes enough) is equal to the number of children killed in Texas by preventable measles infections : two.

Guess where the outrage is focused.

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