Devin Garofalo
@devingarofalo.bsky.social
Writing and teaching about C19 literature, empire, race, and climate collapse. Editor of Victorian Poetry (JHUP). Lover of all things goth. She / her.
The soundtrack is great, 10/10! Seeing the movie on Sunday, preparing for the train wreck.
February 14, 2026 at 4:06 AM
The soundtrack is great, 10/10! Seeing the movie on Sunday, preparing for the train wreck.
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What it was like being a bushel of grass in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl ‘field of dreams’ | CBC Radio
What it was like being a bushel of grass in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl ‘field of dreams’ | CBC Radio
Andrew Athias was one of hundreds of human bushels of grass who helped make up the sugarcane field setting of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show performance on Sunday.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:29 AM
What it was like being a bushel of grass in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl ‘field of dreams’ | CBC Radio
Ditto. Really tried to remain optimistic. At least I just taught it in both of my classes, I’ve done my duty and ruined the movie before the fact. Fully expecting to receive email rants from students over the weekend.
February 11, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Ditto. Really tried to remain optimistic. At least I just taught it in both of my classes, I’ve done my duty and ruined the movie before the fact. Fully expecting to receive email rants from students over the weekend.
I really hoped we wouldn’t be bored but alas. The Twilightification of this truly magnificent beast of a novel continues.
February 11, 2026 at 2:12 AM
I really hoped we wouldn’t be bored but alas. The Twilightification of this truly magnificent beast of a novel continues.
The edgelord line killed me, I live for this kind of review.
February 11, 2026 at 2:10 AM
The edgelord line killed me, I live for this kind of review.
“Instances of masturbation, voyeurism, adultery, and BDSM-lite simply lack the smack of taboo.” It seems we will be bored.
February 11, 2026 at 2:07 AM
“Instances of masturbation, voyeurism, adultery, and BDSM-lite simply lack the smack of taboo.” It seems we will be bored.
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One thing that sticks out in this dreadful story is that the metric admins use to judge "success" is tenure line employment of program grads, but CMU's own English Dept. appears to be at least 60% non-tenure line faculty (teaching professors, adjuncts, "special faculty"). Crisis of reproduction.
Computational Cultural Studies replaces Literature and Cultural Studies sounds like a David Lodge novel without the humor.
This is bleak as hell. Who cares about literature when you’ve got computers?
Way to go Carnegie Mellon. Our tech oligarchs will not reward your loyalty
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Way to go Carnegie Mellon. Our tech oligarchs will not reward your loyalty
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February 10, 2026 at 3:20 PM
One thing that sticks out in this dreadful story is that the metric admins use to judge "success" is tenure line employment of program grads, but CMU's own English Dept. appears to be at least 60% non-tenure line faculty (teaching professors, adjuncts, "special faculty"). Crisis of reproduction.
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It's here! I hosted a symposium on close reading at Emory in November. Matt Seybold recorded it for his podcast, American Vandal, and the first of three episodes is out today. Catch me, @johannawinant.bsky.social, @becimay.bsky.social, @bakaari.bsky.social + more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Close Reading For The 21st Century Symposium (Vandal Live at Emory)
Podcast Episode · The American Vandal · S12 E4 · 1 sec
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February 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
It's here! I hosted a symposium on close reading at Emory in November. Matt Seybold recorded it for his podcast, American Vandal, and the first of three episodes is out today. Catch me, @johannawinant.bsky.social, @becimay.bsky.social, @bakaari.bsky.social + more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
WOULD EAT HER FOR LUNCH! I mean, I haven’t seen it of course but it seems like the film version of the McSweeney’s piece minus the satire. Also her defense of JE’s casting being this is just the world of the novel as pictured at age 14 — no shit and also that is in fact an (the?) issue, girl.
February 10, 2026 at 5:36 AM
WOULD EAT HER FOR LUNCH! I mean, I haven’t seen it of course but it seems like the film version of the McSweeney’s piece minus the satire. Also her defense of JE’s casting being this is just the world of the novel as pictured at age 14 — no shit and also that is in fact an (the?) issue, girl.
The scare quotes are doing some real (too) heavy lifting. 😂 I feel v confident that there is no way I will be bored, which seems like an endorsement. I really hope that proves true.
February 10, 2026 at 5:24 AM
The scare quotes are doing some real (too) heavy lifting. 😂 I feel v confident that there is no way I will be bored, which seems like an endorsement. I really hope that proves true.
I already have a few and I haven’t seen it yet. 😂 (I approve of the costumes, why are people upset about this, nothing about this movie is screaming Robert Eggers.) I, too, will need yr takes. Yr seeing it, yes???
February 10, 2026 at 5:19 AM
I already have a few and I haven’t seen it yet. 😂 (I approve of the costumes, why are people upset about this, nothing about this movie is screaming Robert Eggers.) I, too, will need yr takes. Yr seeing it, yes???
I do feel like this is going be the film analog of a particular genre of Top Chef episode: why did you call it X, it isn’t X at all, if you’d just called it Y it would have been perfect, but no you had to go and call it X, 5/10, could have been 10/10.
February 10, 2026 at 5:03 AM
I do feel like this is going be the film analog of a particular genre of Top Chef episode: why did you call it X, it isn’t X at all, if you’d just called it Y it would have been perfect, but no you had to go and call it X, 5/10, could have been 10/10.
“Fennell surveys Brontë’s saga of doomed passion, obsession, and multigenerational resentment and sums it up as the story of two incredibly messy bitches who can’t stay away from one another.”
February 10, 2026 at 4:59 AM
“Fennell surveys Brontë’s saga of doomed passion, obsession, and multigenerational resentment and sums it up as the story of two incredibly messy bitches who can’t stay away from one another.”
Someone on Reddit said Bad Bunny has more yards than New England and I can’t stop laughing.
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Someone on Reddit said Bad Bunny has more yards than New England and I can’t stop laughing.
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oh my god this is the most sensitive and gorgeously attentive review, i am crying
Barbara Leckie reviewing @nathankhensley.bsky.social's beautiful book: www.review19.org/view_doc.php...
ACTION WITHOUT HOPE: VICTORIAN LITERATURE AFTER CLIMATE COLLAPSE by NATHAN K. HENSLEY, Reviewed by Barbara Leckie
Review 19: Assessing New Books on English and American Literature of the Nineteenth Century
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February 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
oh my god this is the most sensitive and gorgeously attentive review, i am crying
Happy Bad Bunny Day to all who are celebrating!
February 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Happy Bad Bunny Day to all who are celebrating!
Thx so much Stephanie! Working on it now. The last time I did this there was an image I had to source through Wikimedia & press said no. Any tips on how to make a case for that kind of image? I think it won’t come to that but wd love to know how you make that stick (w a painting out of copyright).
February 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Thx so much Stephanie! Working on it now. The last time I did this there was an image I had to source through Wikimedia & press said no. Any tips on how to make a case for that kind of image? I think it won’t come to that but wd love to know how you make that stick (w a painting out of copyright).
Thank you, thank you!!
February 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Thank you, thank you!!
THANK YOU, I think I was thinking of ArtUK, v grateful for all of this.
February 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
THANK YOU, I think I was thinking of ArtUK, v grateful for all of this.
AMAZING, thank you.
February 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
AMAZING, thank you.
I’ve learned that if you screen grab a still / freeze frame from a film (vs using one of the studio’s promotional stills) you can reproduce it endlessly which is still blowing my mind. Everyone will be grateful for the severed finger from “Furiosa.” 😂
February 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I’ve learned that if you screen grab a still / freeze frame from a film (vs using one of the studio’s promotional stills) you can reproduce it endlessly which is still blowing my mind. Everyone will be grateful for the severed finger from “Furiosa.” 😂
TY!!! I have an email thread from years ago that I’m trying to track down that might have some answers, will return with info if I can find it.
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
TY!!! I have an email thread from years ago that I’m trying to track down that might have some answers, will return with info if I can find it.
@nathankhensley.bsky.social do you know what I’m talking about? 😂😭🤔
February 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
@nathankhensley.bsky.social do you know what I’m talking about? 😂😭🤔