Kathleen Alves
@katalves18c.bsky.social
english associate prof, 2YC stan, 18c lit and med, unapologetic Filipinx, optimistic misanthrope, petty moralist. Opinions my own. She/her
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Kathleen Alves
@katalves18c.bsky.social
· May 31
If you are inclined to read about funny novels in the 18th century, periods, labor and birth, hysteria etc you can pre-order the book! www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/delaware/bod...
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hot take: newspapers should not be run by people who dislike reading and thinking
February 4, 2026 at 3:12 PM
hot take: newspapers should not be run by people who dislike reading and thinking
Andre 3000: "I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a 'Rap' Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time"
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Andre 3000: "I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a 'Rap' Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time"
I asked my students in a questionnaire what helps them learn and what gets in the way of their learning and I thought I'd share the responses:
Helps: prof speaking slower, examples, space to think/process, incremental assignments, interactive lessons, positive reinforcement, practice, fun, slow
Helps: prof speaking slower, examples, space to think/process, incremental assignments, interactive lessons, positive reinforcement, practice, fun, slow
February 2, 2026 at 1:34 PM
I asked my students in a questionnaire what helps them learn and what gets in the way of their learning and I thought I'd share the responses:
Helps: prof speaking slower, examples, space to think/process, incremental assignments, interactive lessons, positive reinforcement, practice, fun, slow
Helps: prof speaking slower, examples, space to think/process, incremental assignments, interactive lessons, positive reinforcement, practice, fun, slow
Accidentally bought spicy guacamole from whole foods but, as I expected, it was NOT spicy.
Wypipo spicy = a degree above bland
Wypipo spicy = a degree above bland
February 2, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Accidentally bought spicy guacamole from whole foods but, as I expected, it was NOT spicy.
Wypipo spicy = a degree above bland
Wypipo spicy = a degree above bland
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Faculty did not ask for this. The chancellor did this while claiming austerity and collecting a million dollars in salary and benefits. While TAMU is closing women's and gender studies programs out of pointed cruelty, the CSU is doing the same out of willful starving of resources and layoffs.
The CSU/OpenAI contract is set to expire June 30, 2026.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
February 1, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Faculty did not ask for this. The chancellor did this while claiming austerity and collecting a million dollars in salary and benefits. While TAMU is closing women's and gender studies programs out of pointed cruelty, the CSU is doing the same out of willful starving of resources and layoffs.
Truly wondering if they think doing all this makes them "high value" males and not the absolute loser dipshits they are
January 29, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Truly wondering if they think doing all this makes them "high value" males and not the absolute loser dipshits they are
I've watched Righteous Gemstones, Fallout, and starting Justified, and I'm convinced that Walton Goggins has the word "daddy" in his rider
January 29, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I've watched Righteous Gemstones, Fallout, and starting Justified, and I'm convinced that Walton Goggins has the word "daddy" in his rider
Since I became perimenopausal: "Anyway, every single day that I don’t go to jail is truly a miracle of ancestral prayers."
Amen
Amen
A woman, who I honestly believe meant well, just told me that filler would help, “soften the lines around my mouth.”
Anyway, every single day that I don’t go to jail is truly a miracle of ancestral prayers.
Anyway, every single day that I don’t go to jail is truly a miracle of ancestral prayers.
January 28, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Since I became perimenopausal: "Anyway, every single day that I don’t go to jail is truly a miracle of ancestral prayers."
Amen
Amen
Gonna decompress on this snowy day/preapocalypse by starting Fallout
January 25, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Gonna decompress on this snowy day/preapocalypse by starting Fallout
Stocking up on the essentials for this weekend's storm: nerds gummy clusters, haribo sour gummy bears, salt and vinegar kettle chips
January 23, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Stocking up on the essentials for this weekend's storm: nerds gummy clusters, haribo sour gummy bears, salt and vinegar kettle chips
I think about this all the time.
I don’t believe in hell but these people really make me wish I did.
January 22, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I think about this all the time.
Rereading Sasha Turner's Contested Bodies this morning and am reminded that ameliorative laws don't work since those charged with enforcing the laws held investments in enslavement. Truly still in the long eighteenth century.
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Rereading Sasha Turner's Contested Bodies this morning and am reminded that ameliorative laws don't work since those charged with enforcing the laws held investments in enslavement. Truly still in the long eighteenth century.
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Haven't checked out the #Sinners syllabus yet? Well, w/ a record of 16 Oscar nominations, it's high time to do so! bsky.app/profile/disc...
January 22, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Haven't checked out the #Sinners syllabus yet? Well, w/ a record of 16 Oscar nominations, it's high time to do so! bsky.app/profile/disc...
It's Comet's 12th birthday, the 1st without his brother. Grateful to love this sweet boy, but sad that Jax isn't here.
January 19, 2026 at 6:17 PM
It's Comet's 12th birthday, the 1st without his brother. Grateful to love this sweet boy, but sad that Jax isn't here.
Draw me, etc etc
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Draw me, etc etc
2 mini schnauzer days in a row!!
January 10, 2026 at 12:43 AM
2 mini schnauzer days in a row!!
Breaking news: there's a mini schnauzer in my house
January 9, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Breaking news: there's a mini schnauzer in my house
My parents are dogsitting Comet for the week. I open up my messages to find this
December 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
My parents are dogsitting Comet for the week. I open up my messages to find this
Awkward family photos are the literal best and should be cherished as the heirlooms they are.
this is demonic. sorry to say but if you do this you should be shipped to a desert island away from the rest of us who still have human souls
![All Things Motherhood Jasmen Powell • 6d • S
Hot take, but an honest one.
I think Al is going to replace a big part of traditional photography, especially when it comes to fa... See more
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December 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Awkward family photos are the literal best and should be cherished as the heirlooms they are.
Comet and I have been peopling for 2 straight days. Grateful for the loves in our lives AND the quiet on this couch
December 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Comet and I have been peopling for 2 straight days. Grateful for the loves in our lives AND the quiet on this couch
My 16 YO, after watching "Wake Up, Dead Man": Do you think this was pro or anti Catholicism?
December 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My 16 YO, after watching "Wake Up, Dead Man": Do you think this was pro or anti Catholicism?
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Part of the unique joy of this collection was writing for other disabled people and creating crip kinship from afar. Thank you Mialise and @nervetowrite.bsky.social for this generous conversation.
Read here: www.nervetowrite.com/post/an-inte...
Read here: www.nervetowrite.com/post/an-inte...
December 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Part of the unique joy of this collection was writing for other disabled people and creating crip kinship from afar. Thank you Mialise and @nervetowrite.bsky.social for this generous conversation.
Read here: www.nervetowrite.com/post/an-inte...
Read here: www.nervetowrite.com/post/an-inte...
My favorite typo (so far) from a student paper: "all the girls were required to take hoe economics"
December 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
My favorite typo (so far) from a student paper: "all the girls were required to take hoe economics"
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Book submissions for the George E. Haggerty Prize in LGBTQ+ Studies in 18th-Century Scholarship are now open—Jan 15 deadline. If you published a peer reviewed book in 2024 or 25, please submit! $500 cash prize. RT’s appreciated 🙏🏼 asecs.org/resources/ol...
George E. Haggerty Prize in LGBTQ+ Studies in Eighteenth-Century Scholarship – ASECS
asecs.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Book submissions for the George E. Haggerty Prize in LGBTQ+ Studies in 18th-Century Scholarship are now open—Jan 15 deadline. If you published a peer reviewed book in 2024 or 25, please submit! $500 cash prize. RT’s appreciated 🙏🏼 asecs.org/resources/ol...
Hell yes, I'm so drunk with power and so romantic it's like a Hallmark movie everyday
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Hell yes, I'm so drunk with power and so romantic it's like a Hallmark movie everyday