dr. christopher
@eatthatbee.bsky.social
Medievalist • Assistant Professor of medieval literature in Louisiana • University of California, Riverside, PhD
feelings, manuscripts, medievalism, queer studies, & haunting • he/him
opinions expressed are my own
feelings, manuscripts, medievalism, queer studies, & haunting • he/him
opinions expressed are my own
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To those who may not know me:
I’m an assistant professor of English in Louisiana; I teach medieval literature. I work at the intersection of Middle English manuscripts, aesthetics, affect, and queerness. Talk to me about the Middle English Cleanness.
I’m an assistant professor of English in Louisiana; I teach medieval literature. I work at the intersection of Middle English manuscripts, aesthetics, affect, and queerness. Talk to me about the Middle English Cleanness.
certainly the least important part of this all but that's an image of the cover of an edition of the odyssey?
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
certainly the least important part of this all but that's an image of the cover of an edition of the odyssey?
oh thank god it’s been partially restored
guys I was able to access a British Library digitized manuscript today for the first time in years. Check it out. www.bl.uk/collection/d...
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
Digitised manuscripts and archives - British Library
View more than 2,000 of our digitised manuscripts and archival documents, including the Sherborne Missal and Octateuch, Four Gospels and Synodicon.
www.bl.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
oh thank god it’s been partially restored
my dumb ass: “advertifement”
Maybe we should bring back wearing "a Choice Sort of Black Inck in Hard Balls, with that Conveniency, that you may wear them about you, without any Damage to the Inck, or your Linnen." just mix with any water or wine (except red)!
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
my dumb ass: “advertifement”
look for my upcoming article “queering straights: non-normative heterosexuality and the …”
actually you know what let me not joke about this lmao
actually you know what let me not joke about this lmao
Loving women is gay. Being attracted to women is gay. Enjoying consentual sex with women is gay.
Is anything straight anymore?
Is anything straight anymore?
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
look for my upcoming article “queering straights: non-normative heterosexuality and the …”
actually you know what let me not joke about this lmao
actually you know what let me not joke about this lmao
I'm reading Lydgate's Siege of Thebes for a class and there is something very funny about medieval notions of research and narrative responsibility.
On the subject of king Polibon's adoption of Oedipus:
"And where that he had a wif or noon;
I fynde not and thefor lat it goo." (I.465-6)
On the subject of king Polibon's adoption of Oedipus:
"And where that he had a wif or noon;
I fynde not and thefor lat it goo." (I.465-6)
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I'm reading Lydgate's Siege of Thebes for a class and there is something very funny about medieval notions of research and narrative responsibility.
On the subject of king Polibon's adoption of Oedipus:
"And where that he had a wif or noon;
I fynde not and thefor lat it goo." (I.465-6)
On the subject of king Polibon's adoption of Oedipus:
"And where that he had a wif or noon;
I fynde not and thefor lat it goo." (I.465-6)
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since chatgpt has coached another young person in a mental health crisis to their death, I am yet again tapping the sign
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
since chatgpt has coached another young person in a mental health crisis to their death, I am yet again tapping the sign
I'm sure there are some departments that have been denied hiring lines that would have something to say about this.
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I'm sure there are some departments that have been denied hiring lines that would have something to say about this.
inside us there are two wolves
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
inside us there are two wolves
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1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
the portrait between the two first ladies' portraits is so weird
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
the portrait between the two first ladies' portraits is so weird
This is why teaching the history of science is as important as teaching science.
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is why teaching the history of science is as important as teaching science.
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Tree stars could fix me.
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Tree stars could fix me.
i put more effort into the name plaque outside my office than this
then again, i’m proud of my job and care about how i perform
then again, i’m proud of my job and care about how i perform
Oh my god it's literally copy paper. Look at the seam between "Oval" and "Office"
November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
i put more effort into the name plaque outside my office than this
then again, i’m proud of my job and care about how i perform
then again, i’m proud of my job and care about how i perform
New York famously known for its lack of immigration or whatever.
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
New York famously known for its lack of immigration or whatever.
taking my grad students to a nearby university's special collections to view their medieval manuscripts and early modern material
it's a field trip!
it's a field trip!
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
taking my grad students to a nearby university's special collections to view their medieval manuscripts and early modern material
it's a field trip!
it's a field trip!
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i'm a little rusty on my anesthesiology but my middle english is pretty solid
New Job Posts Like:
Candidate should have expertise in anglophone literature and be able to teach classes ranging from the medieval period to postmodernism. Some fields of especial interest are econometrics, quantum physics, anesthesiology, kinesthesiology, the early works of John Ruskin, and
Candidate should have expertise in anglophone literature and be able to teach classes ranging from the medieval period to postmodernism. Some fields of especial interest are econometrics, quantum physics, anesthesiology, kinesthesiology, the early works of John Ruskin, and
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
i'm a little rusty on my anesthesiology but my middle english is pretty solid
"What would it pleasure me to have my throat cut
With diamonds? Or to be smothered
With cassia? Or to be shot to death with pearls?
I know death hath ten thousand several doors
For men to take their exits [...]"
- the Duchess in John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi (IV.ii.240-4)
With diamonds? Or to be smothered
With cassia? Or to be shot to death with pearls?
I know death hath ten thousand several doors
For men to take their exits [...]"
- the Duchess in John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi (IV.ii.240-4)
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"What would it pleasure me to have my throat cut
With diamonds? Or to be smothered
With cassia? Or to be shot to death with pearls?
I know death hath ten thousand several doors
For men to take their exits [...]"
- the Duchess in John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi (IV.ii.240-4)
With diamonds? Or to be smothered
With cassia? Or to be shot to death with pearls?
I know death hath ten thousand several doors
For men to take their exits [...]"
- the Duchess in John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi (IV.ii.240-4)
Something is fundamentally broken with these people.
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Something is fundamentally broken with these people.
Wow, that’s the contempt for poor people continues to surprise and depress.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Wow, that’s the contempt for poor people continues to surprise and depress.
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I was under the impression that corporations are people and can do whatever they want in the ~free market~ but ok
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I was under the impression that corporations are people and can do whatever they want in the ~free market~ but ok
Well, whether it's Fitzgerald or Tolkien, you an count on the right's incredible ability to misapprehend meaning and willfully twist narrative to their end.
The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans” face never ceases to stun me.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
November 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Well, whether it's Fitzgerald or Tolkien, you an count on the right's incredible ability to misapprehend meaning and willfully twist narrative to their end.
well no one came by for candy last night which means i’ll be eating a lot of candy in the near future
November 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
well no one came by for candy last night which means i’ll be eating a lot of candy in the near future
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If you just banked that coffee money every week and denied yourself every other instance of life’s gastronomic pleasures, however small and ordinary, you could save enough to make the down payment on that starter house in [checks notes] five hundred and seventy three years
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If you just banked that coffee money every week and denied yourself every other instance of life’s gastronomic pleasures, however small and ordinary, you could save enough to make the down payment on that starter house in [checks notes] five hundred and seventy three years
oh
New — It appears the University of Pennsylvania's email system has been hacked.
This hateful email just went out to the community (shared directly with me):
This hateful email just went out to the community (shared directly with me):
October 31, 2025 at 7:36 PM
oh