Sean Desilets
seandesilets.bsky.social
Sean Desilets
@seandesilets.bsky.social
MASTER LECTURER in the BU CAS Writing Program. Works on religion, cinema, and other media.
Sean's grading radio: that's academia, baby.

Jade, That's Showbiz Baby!
December 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Sean's grading radio continues its 2025 retrospective.

Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band, New Threats from the Soul
December 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Sean's grading radio rolls on...

Wednesday, Bleeds
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Sean's grading radio continues my survey of favorite records from this year...

Jim Legxacy, Black British Music
December 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Sean's grading radio is getting started....

Pink Siifu, Onyx'!
December 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Because grading is all the delayed gratification I can take, Sean's grading radio begins with my favorite album of the year.
December 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
D’Angelo, Acclaimed and Reclusive R&B Innovator, Dies at 51
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Reposted by Sean Desilets
This is outstanding.

Never forget that these weak fascist lying losers are WEAK FASCIST LYING LOSERS.
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
One of my students just referred to the Kansas scenes in The Wizard of Oz as having been "shown in a dull, almost lifeless grayscale filter."
October 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Ah, yes, the committee for the first amendment, that symbol of fearless resistance to authoritarianism.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/a...
Jane Fonda Revives Her Father’s McCarthy-Era Free Speech Group
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I don't know what's under this headline and never will, but I *am* willing to bet it's among the few things Gingrich has ever said that I agree with.
September 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I'm pretty sure this movie is illegal under our president's laws...
September 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I am reading students' drafts. Always cut your first sentence.
September 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Who do Wednesday sound like and why don't I enjoy their music?
September 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My God, The fabulous Ones.
September 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I really resent the current moment for making me give any kind of a shit about Jimmy Kimmel.
September 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Post a movie you love that has a terrible rotten tomato score
September 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Reposted by Sean Desilets
If a working journalist cannot say that something true happened solely because it reflects badly on the subject, their publication has no interest in truth.
September 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We're experiencing an incredible surge in political censorship in the US, even compared to the terrible situation before the Kirk shooting. It's terrifying.
September 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Alabama Shakes in Boston.
September 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
September 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
First day of 5,342nd grade.
September 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
My ACLA seminar (Montréal, 2/26/26-3/1/26) is now accepting proposals: "Hot Priests: The Theo-erotics of Catholicism." Anybody interested in Catholicism and sexuality? Anybody know anybody interested in Catholicism and sexuality? Anyway please forward. www.acla.org/seminar/7e7d...
View Seminar | American Comparative Literature Association
www.acla.org
August 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I'm proposing this seminar for the ACLA conference in Montréal, 2/26/26-3/1/26: "Hot Priests: The Theo-erotics of Catholicism." Anybody interested in Catholicism and sexuality? Anybody know anybody interested in Catholicism and sexuality? Anyway please forward.

www.acla.org/seminar/7e7d...
View Seminar | American Comparative Literature Association
www.acla.org
August 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM