Dr. Amanda J Summers
@amandajsummers.bsky.social
Philly Philly. Go Birds. And also a historian, I guess 🤷🏻♀️
Postdoc @ Queen’s
PhD from Temple
Writes on colonial LatAm/Caribbean/Iberian Atlantic - embodied experiences of incarceration/sex/violence - identity performativity through gender/race/religions.
Postdoc @ Queen’s
PhD from Temple
Writes on colonial LatAm/Caribbean/Iberian Atlantic - embodied experiences of incarceration/sex/violence - identity performativity through gender/race/religions.
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Following me you get: random thoughts of a junior scholar who is interested in the 16th-17th century Latin America and Caribbean. I write about the Inquisition, prisons, women getting arrested just for living their lives*, and other fun stuff.
*magic, poison, sex....you know...
Following me you get: random thoughts of a junior scholar who is interested in the 16th-17th century Latin America and Caribbean. I write about the Inquisition, prisons, women getting arrested just for living their lives*, and other fun stuff.
*magic, poison, sex....you know...
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Yesterday I gave a guest lecture in a colleague's class. They had just wrapped up the ODYSSEY and had discussed other epics like the RAMAYANA before reading an excerpt from my FEATHERED SERPENT, DARK HEART OF SKY: MYTHS OF MEXICO.
I discussed an "Aztec" equivalent to "arete" and "dharma."
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I discussed an "Aztec" equivalent to "arete" and "dharma."
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February 18, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Yesterday I gave a guest lecture in a colleague's class. They had just wrapped up the ODYSSEY and had discussed other epics like the RAMAYANA before reading an excerpt from my FEATHERED SERPENT, DARK HEART OF SKY: MYTHS OF MEXICO.
I discussed an "Aztec" equivalent to "arete" and "dharma."
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I discussed an "Aztec" equivalent to "arete" and "dharma."
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some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
February 18, 2026 at 7:41 PM
some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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Also, please forgive me for ALWAYS ranting about this but:
You can't really write good stuff out of thin air. You DO need to READ.
Yes, I get and champion the Three Morning Pages, the Shitty First Draft, the 15-30 Minutes Writing Sprint, BUT you DO need to read.
Read to improve your writing.
You can't really write good stuff out of thin air. You DO need to READ.
Yes, I get and champion the Three Morning Pages, the Shitty First Draft, the 15-30 Minutes Writing Sprint, BUT you DO need to read.
Read to improve your writing.
February 18, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Also, please forgive me for ALWAYS ranting about this but:
You can't really write good stuff out of thin air. You DO need to READ.
Yes, I get and champion the Three Morning Pages, the Shitty First Draft, the 15-30 Minutes Writing Sprint, BUT you DO need to read.
Read to improve your writing.
You can't really write good stuff out of thin air. You DO need to READ.
Yes, I get and champion the Three Morning Pages, the Shitty First Draft, the 15-30 Minutes Writing Sprint, BUT you DO need to read.
Read to improve your writing.
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Who do I know who is a book critic and who also grew up with Samantha the American Girl Doll. Because there is a book coming this fall, for adults, about Samantha as an adult woman. And I want to cover that shit.
February 17, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Who do I know who is a book critic and who also grew up with Samantha the American Girl Doll. Because there is a book coming this fall, for adults, about Samantha as an adult woman. And I want to cover that shit.
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"SNAP cuts are taking a toll on the thousands of Pennsylvanians losing benefits: ‘I fell into a downward spiral’"
"In PA, 144,000 SNAP recipients could see benefits cut this year — an estimated 45,000 in Philadelphia and 12,000 in the collar counties, according to the state Department"
"In PA, 144,000 SNAP recipients could see benefits cut this year — an estimated 45,000 in Philadelphia and 12,000 in the collar counties, according to the state Department"
Advocates and SNAP recipients fret over Trump administration changes to federal food program
In Pennsylvania, around 144,000 SNAP recipients could see benefits cut this year — an estimated 45,000 in Philadelphia and 12,000 in the collar counties, according to the state Department
share.inquirer.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:18 PM
"SNAP cuts are taking a toll on the thousands of Pennsylvanians losing benefits: ‘I fell into a downward spiral’"
"In PA, 144,000 SNAP recipients could see benefits cut this year — an estimated 45,000 in Philadelphia and 12,000 in the collar counties, according to the state Department"
"In PA, 144,000 SNAP recipients could see benefits cut this year — an estimated 45,000 in Philadelphia and 12,000 in the collar counties, according to the state Department"
My dad tried to teach me to drive. He used to be a trucker before he was a pastor. He had a collection of old Volkswagens (bugs and a bus):
1) Had me, at age 12, drive the bus down a “mountain” in the Poconos after the break line went out over night…
1) Had me, at age 12, drive the bus down a “mountain” in the Poconos after the break line went out over night…
okay one of my best friends just told me her driver's ed teacher was named
wait for it
Mr. Streetman
... and now, because the horrors are horroring, I wish to hear from Bluesky about all your great and bad and terrible and fun driver's ed stories
wait for it
Mr. Streetman
... and now, because the horrors are horroring, I wish to hear from Bluesky about all your great and bad and terrible and fun driver's ed stories
February 18, 2026 at 1:44 PM
My dad tried to teach me to drive. He used to be a trucker before he was a pastor. He had a collection of old Volkswagens (bugs and a bus):
1) Had me, at age 12, drive the bus down a “mountain” in the Poconos after the break line went out over night…
1) Had me, at age 12, drive the bus down a “mountain” in the Poconos after the break line went out over night…
WHO WATCHES LOVE IS BLIND????
The first couple is meeting and they’re playing the Jet 2 holiday song……… THEY KNOWWWWWW
The first couple is meeting and they’re playing the Jet 2 holiday song……… THEY KNOWWWWWW
February 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM
WHO WATCHES LOVE IS BLIND????
The first couple is meeting and they’re playing the Jet 2 holiday song……… THEY KNOWWWWWW
The first couple is meeting and they’re playing the Jet 2 holiday song……… THEY KNOWWWWWW
I love this for him
Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.
66 years old going 66 mph.
66 years old going 66 mph.
February 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I love this for him
I realized over coffee that I will be working I. Europe after the semester ends until my postdoc has run its course.
God and I need to have a chat. What if we have it on the Camino.
Send me your pilgrimage tips.
God and I need to have a chat. What if we have it on the Camino.
Send me your pilgrimage tips.
February 16, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I realized over coffee that I will be working I. Europe after the semester ends until my postdoc has run its course.
God and I need to have a chat. What if we have it on the Camino.
Send me your pilgrimage tips.
God and I need to have a chat. What if we have it on the Camino.
Send me your pilgrimage tips.
H-net sent out two courses this summer being held by folks in Spain - intro to the Archive of Simancas and the Archive of the Indies. Simancas remains my favorite place I have worked, such kind archivists in the most beautiful location and a plethora of fascinating documents.
February 16, 2026 at 1:58 PM
H-net sent out two courses this summer being held by folks in Spain - intro to the Archive of Simancas and the Archive of the Indies. Simancas remains my favorite place I have worked, such kind archivists in the most beautiful location and a plethora of fascinating documents.
We are on semester break this week.
After some maintenance work today, am I actually going to get an uninterrupted 6 days to only work on taking my diss to book???
After some maintenance work today, am I actually going to get an uninterrupted 6 days to only work on taking my diss to book???
February 16, 2026 at 1:26 PM
We are on semester break this week.
After some maintenance work today, am I actually going to get an uninterrupted 6 days to only work on taking my diss to book???
After some maintenance work today, am I actually going to get an uninterrupted 6 days to only work on taking my diss to book???
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CFP! Check it out! ageofrevolutions.com/2026/02/15/r...
Reinterpreting the Caribbean Age of Revolutions – Slave Revolts, their Non-Slave Participants and Proto-Citizenship CFP
Call for Papers: Two Parts Part One: Graduate Workshop on Early modern Caribbean and Atlantic Slavery and Emancipation We welcome graduate students working on topics related to early modern Caribbe…
ageofrevolutions.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.
February 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.
I’m screaming. The morning news is saying Kurt Cobain didn’t really kill himself, that it was a staged suicide.
Like, every grunge kid in the 90s told you so! Hahaha
Like, every grunge kid in the 90s told you so! Hahaha
February 16, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I’m screaming. The morning news is saying Kurt Cobain didn’t really kill himself, that it was a staged suicide.
Like, every grunge kid in the 90s told you so! Hahaha
Like, every grunge kid in the 90s told you so! Hahaha
So…
No one on staff for The Simpsons has ever seen Philly?
Not even a picture?
Just some Instagram level stereotype references?
No one on staff for The Simpsons has ever seen Philly?
Not even a picture?
Just some Instagram level stereotype references?
February 16, 2026 at 1:12 AM
So…
No one on staff for The Simpsons has ever seen Philly?
Not even a picture?
Just some Instagram level stereotype references?
No one on staff for The Simpsons has ever seen Philly?
Not even a picture?
Just some Instagram level stereotype references?
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Let’s make a Bad Bunny theory 101 list!
Hier kommt die Leseliste für Bad Bunny Theorie 101.
Ich mach mich da jetzt endlich auch mal dran.
Ich mach mich da jetzt endlich auch mal dran.
Übrigens auch auf deutsch, kann beides sehr empfehlen:
Dussel, Enrique: Kölner Vorlesungen, Thuria + Kant (darin auch seine Auseinandersetzung mit der Kritischen Theorie)
Cusicanqui, Silvia Riveira: Ch’ixinakax utxiwa
Eine Reflexion über Praktiken und Diskurse der Dekolonisierung, Unrast
Dussel, Enrique: Kölner Vorlesungen, Thuria + Kant (darin auch seine Auseinandersetzung mit der Kritischen Theorie)
Cusicanqui, Silvia Riveira: Ch’ixinakax utxiwa
Eine Reflexion über Praktiken und Diskurse der Dekolonisierung, Unrast
February 15, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Let’s make a Bad Bunny theory 101 list!
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I'm not sure that enough people know about the St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology. Remarkable Open Access resource
www.saet.ac.uk
www.saet.ac.uk
St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
www.saet.ac.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:47 AM
I'm not sure that enough people know about the St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology. Remarkable Open Access resource
www.saet.ac.uk
www.saet.ac.uk
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Reminder that I have a starter pack of cat accounts run by real people who post original content with meaningful ALT text! go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN
February 14, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Reminder that I have a starter pack of cat accounts run by real people who post original content with meaningful ALT text! go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN
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Happy Valentine’s Day all! ❤️ What could be more romantic than listening to me dragging Hernán Cortés for filth on #YDTM? I had a great time with Jen Brister & @gregjenner.bsky.social & even got to call William Prescott a dirty old man on the BBC 😂 What a result!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
You're Dead to Me - Hernán Cortés and Malintzin: the Spanish conquest of Mexico - BBC Sounds
Join Greg and his guests in 16th-century Mexico to learn about Cortés and Malintzin.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Happy Valentine’s Day all! ❤️ What could be more romantic than listening to me dragging Hernán Cortés for filth on #YDTM? I had a great time with Jen Brister & @gregjenner.bsky.social & even got to call William Prescott a dirty old man on the BBC 😂 What a result!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox
February 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox
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in this house we don't celebrate Valentine's Day, we celebrate Captain Cook got Cooked Day
February 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
in this house we don't celebrate Valentine's Day, we celebrate Captain Cook got Cooked Day
Last Valentine’s Day I watched the Eagles victory parade before spending the evening with my soul’s perfect match.
This year, I do not get to do either of those things.
It is bullshit.
I would like to go back to last year please.
This year, I do not get to do either of those things.
It is bullshit.
I would like to go back to last year please.
February 14, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Last Valentine’s Day I watched the Eagles victory parade before spending the evening with my soul’s perfect match.
This year, I do not get to do either of those things.
It is bullshit.
I would like to go back to last year please.
This year, I do not get to do either of those things.
It is bullshit.
I would like to go back to last year please.
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"You're going to punch me? yes, you're going to get in trouble for that"
"Okay"
"Okay"
February 13, 2026 at 11:15 PM
"You're going to punch me? yes, you're going to get in trouble for that"
"Okay"
"Okay"