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In one sense, yes, I am writing a book about anthropocentrism in EM England for Routledge and here for scholarly vibes but in a real & much more accurate sense I just want/need to be silly.
In one sense, yes, I am writing a book about anthropocentrism in EM England for Routledge and here for scholarly vibes but in a real & much more accurate sense I just want/need to be silly.
Lmaoooo someone tell this to my career
January 7, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Lmaoooo someone tell this to my career
I think so!
January 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I think so!
Love an accident of early modern spelling, which on the final line has given way to a pun so drippily acidic that modern English could only dream of it
Gascoigne on the health benefits of hunting:
Gascoigne on the health benefits of hunting:
January 7, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Love an accident of early modern spelling, which on the final line has given way to a pun so drippily acidic that modern English could only dream of it
Gascoigne on the health benefits of hunting:
Gascoigne on the health benefits of hunting:
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“Please,” cried Frog, “please go away!” But no one went away.
January 4, 2026 at 2:37 AM
“Please,” cried Frog, “please go away!” But no one went away.
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The whole point of being an academic is that you need to be willing to spend three days creating a 700-word footnote that you will later delete. And you need to LIKE IT.
December 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The whole point of being an academic is that you need to be willing to spend three days creating a 700-word footnote that you will later delete. And you need to LIKE IT.
If anyone who is good at material text would like to tell me more about the typeface please step up, because until that point my reaction will never progress beyond "PHWOOOOAAAAAR"
December 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If anyone who is good at material text would like to tell me more about the typeface please step up, because until that point my reaction will never progress beyond "PHWOOOOAAAAAR"
Back to my chapter on Gascoigne & let me get a tea towel for I am once again drooling over the sexy, sexy type of the 1561 edition of Du Fouilloux's La Vénerie:
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
December 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Back to my chapter on Gascoigne & let me get a tea towel for I am once again drooling over the sexy, sexy type of the 1561 edition of Du Fouilloux's La Vénerie:
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
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Found the 'people named after birds' page of the will register
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Found the 'people named after birds' page of the will register
Today is #WorldSoilDay and I am thinking about that EM gardening text I read which said burying onions and garlic would keep moles away.
In reality, of course, the moles were likely underground making bolognese with the ingredients delivered to their door.
In reality, of course, the moles were likely underground making bolognese with the ingredients delivered to their door.
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today is #WorldSoilDay and I am thinking about that EM gardening text I read which said burying onions and garlic would keep moles away.
In reality, of course, the moles were likely underground making bolognese with the ingredients delivered to their door.
In reality, of course, the moles were likely underground making bolognese with the ingredients delivered to their door.
Almost managed it
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Almost managed it
Taking my writing on Hester Pulter to the next level at this writing retreat by attempting to get "snowed in" at this particular "countrey grange"
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Taking my writing on Hester Pulter to the next level at this writing retreat by attempting to get "snowed in" at this particular "countrey grange"
Animal with early modern book? This post has my seal of approval 💯 ✅
November 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Animal with early modern book? This post has my seal of approval 💯 ✅
Neither an early modern animal nor a writer but "a real handsome man" is absolutely sending me today. Howling.
www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo...
www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo...
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Neither an early modern animal nor a writer but "a real handsome man" is absolutely sending me today. Howling.
www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo...
www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo...
Shout out for this one!
I’m so grateful for this recognition for THE TAME AND THE WILD! @harvardpress.bsky.social
Congratulations to HAHR board member Marcy Norton, whose book The Tame and the Wild: People and Animals After 1492 has been awarded a number of prizes from the American Historical Association and the Conference on Latin American History. penntoday.upenn.edu/news/history...
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Shout out for this one!
Can also highly recommend Chapelgarth!
October 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Can also highly recommend Chapelgarth!
10/10 no notes
LOOK at the Bosch Beast piñatas!
October 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
10/10 no notes
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Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
September 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
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Le cochon dormant
Marcu de Bye, 1657. (Musée du Louvre)
Marcu de Bye, 1657. (Musée du Louvre)
September 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Le cochon dormant
Marcu de Bye, 1657. (Musée du Louvre)
Marcu de Bye, 1657. (Musée du Louvre)
Never not thinking about the Wile E. Coyote slapstick of Lion vs. Unicorn
(Edward Topsell, Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes, 1607)
(Edward Topsell, Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes, 1607)
September 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Never not thinking about the Wile E. Coyote slapstick of Lion vs. Unicorn
(Edward Topsell, Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes, 1607)
(Edward Topsell, Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes, 1607)
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The Lark | Elemental Edition
A poem by Hester Pulter (ca. 1605-1678) concerning the topics of larks, death, grief, and afterlife. Elemental Edition, edited by Leah Knight (Brock University) and Wendy Wall (Northwestern University...
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August 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Imagine being Mr Pulter, like
Dearest wife, how goes the poetry?
Ok so there is a LARK & the LARK's NEST gets CHOPPED IN HALF by a mower & some of the CHICKS get CHOPPED IN HALF & others get BEHEADED and 1 CHICK gets MUTILATED but SURVIVES & is then DRAGGED ABOUT by the mower's son and then DIES.
Dearest wife, how goes the poetry?
Ok so there is a LARK & the LARK's NEST gets CHOPPED IN HALF by a mower & some of the CHICKS get CHOPPED IN HALF & others get BEHEADED and 1 CHICK gets MUTILATED but SURVIVES & is then DRAGGED ABOUT by the mower's son and then DIES.
August 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Imagine being Mr Pulter, like
Dearest wife, how goes the poetry?
Ok so there is a LARK & the LARK's NEST gets CHOPPED IN HALF by a mower & some of the CHICKS get CHOPPED IN HALF & others get BEHEADED and 1 CHICK gets MUTILATED but SURVIVES & is then DRAGGED ABOUT by the mower's son and then DIES.
Dearest wife, how goes the poetry?
Ok so there is a LARK & the LARK's NEST gets CHOPPED IN HALF by a mower & some of the CHICKS get CHOPPED IN HALF & others get BEHEADED and 1 CHICK gets MUTILATED but SURVIVES & is then DRAGGED ABOUT by the mower's son and then DIES.
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This is a later version, 1670, of a print originally made around 1642-1646 to advertise the performances of the elephant 'Hansken' which was drawn by Rembrandt around 1637. (British Museum)
August 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This is a later version, 1670, of a print originally made around 1642-1646 to advertise the performances of the elephant 'Hansken' which was drawn by Rembrandt around 1637. (British Museum)
Stop normalizing grind culture and normalize whatever this is
August 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Stop normalizing grind culture and normalize whatever this is
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![A cat in a book from 1663. The title of the book: "Parnassus Medicinalis Illustratus. Oder: Ein neues/ und dergestalt/ vormahln noch nie gesehenes Thier- Kräuter- Und Berg-Buch" (SUB Göttingen. Exemplar mit der Signatur: 4 MAT MED 42/3]).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wwym6cglvbd5odxfkykn2uh2/bafkreiehkhjzuju56d5fupgm6fnus7omtr33gxbm2f5wm3hb76kya4k54y@jpeg)
June 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM