Kathleen Lubey
@kathylubey.bsky.social
i study pornography, profess literature, cook food, sip cocktails. kathleenlubey.com
a perfectly timed ray of light, as i finish an article and wonder if it's garbage!
@kathylubey.bsky.social (Annual Kathy Lubey appreciation post, as I once again think about how smart her book is!)
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
a perfectly timed ray of light, as i finish an article and wonder if it's garbage!
I got to do a lightning round about my devotion to Clarissa with @sinsleyh.bsky.social, and she has honored me beyond measure by pairing it with one by Frances Ferguson. Swoon!
open.substack.com/pub/clarissa...
open.substack.com/pub/clarissa...
Toward an Oral History of Clarissa
contributed by Stephanie Hershinow
open.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I got to do a lightning round about my devotion to Clarissa with @sinsleyh.bsky.social, and she has honored me beyond measure by pairing it with one by Frances Ferguson. Swoon!
open.substack.com/pub/clarissa...
open.substack.com/pub/clarissa...
as the world burns, can I recommend having your students read "To His Coy Mistress" out loud to cleanse your soul
October 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
as the world burns, can I recommend having your students read "To His Coy Mistress" out loud to cleanse your soul
oh no, I think my students don’t think I’m funny. I have no pedagogy without jokes
September 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
oh no, I think my students don’t think I’m funny. I have no pedagogy without jokes
I mostly hate everything but gods do I LOVE my students
September 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I mostly hate everything but gods do I LOVE my students
Had a fun and digressive gab about Haywood’s Fantomina on @didntreadit.bsky.social ! Contains a hot take on All Fours, memories of teenage horniness, and a warning against teaching Tess of the D’urbervilles during a pandemic
open.spotify.com/episode/2hWR...
open.spotify.com/episode/2hWR...
Vintage Smut With Things to Say: Eliza Haywood's "Fantomina," with Kathleen Lubey
Didn't Read It · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Had a fun and digressive gab about Haywood’s Fantomina on @didntreadit.bsky.social ! Contains a hot take on All Fours, memories of teenage horniness, and a warning against teaching Tess of the D’urbervilles during a pandemic
open.spotify.com/episode/2hWR...
open.spotify.com/episode/2hWR...
just wanna scream into the void that i truly cannot believe the world we're living (hahaha i mean dying) in
March 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
just wanna scream into the void that i truly cannot believe the world we're living (hahaha i mean dying) in
Eighteenth-Century Studies is looking for a new Reviews Editor. I'm finishing up my term and happy to answer questions about it!
asecs.org/publications...
asecs.org/publications...
Eighteenth-Century Studies – ASECS
asecs.org
March 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Eighteenth-Century Studies is looking for a new Reviews Editor. I'm finishing up my term and happy to answer questions about it!
asecs.org/publications...
asecs.org/publications...
I just did this, do this, now. The vote is in the morning.
New Yorkers: Call Sen. Gillibrand’s office to vote NO on cloture and NO on the Republican Spending Bill.
They vote in the morning.
☎️: (202) 224-4451
They vote in the morning.
☎️: (202) 224-4451
March 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I just did this, do this, now. The vote is in the morning.
Friends, give me audiobook recommendations! I usually prefer listening to nonfiction and reading fiction in physical books. Go!
March 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Friends, give me audiobook recommendations! I usually prefer listening to nonfiction and reading fiction in physical books. Go!
the world is terrible but this is the poncho set my godmother made me in 1978
March 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
the world is terrible but this is the poncho set my godmother made me in 1978
when you show up to dinner and Jack has not one but two bottles of wine breathing on the table 👇
I had a gloriously irresponsible and vinous evening with @kathylubey.bsky.social and you didn’t.
February 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
when you show up to dinner and Jack has not one but two bottles of wine breathing on the table 👇
boosting for the nighttime crew
CFPs for Restoration/Early 18th C forum are up for #mla2026: Up Close and Literary, and Political Imperatives. Propose your papers--and please share!
February 21, 2025 at 5:01 AM
boosting for the nighttime crew
CFPs for Restoration/Early 18th C forum are up for #mla2026: Up Close and Literary, and Political Imperatives. Propose your papers--and please share!
February 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
CFPs for Restoration/Early 18th C forum are up for #mla2026: Up Close and Literary, and Political Imperatives. Propose your papers--and please share!
cheeseball author with her book
More delightful #MLA25 author appearances: @kathylubey.bsky.social with her book What Pornography Knows
#MLA2025
#MLA2025
January 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
cheeseball author with her book
glad i didn't have to be the first to say it
January 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
glad i didn't have to be the first to say it
Calling all trans studies and 18th c folks! Come to our #MLA2025 panel on "Gender and Embodiment: Trans Studies Approaches," Sat Jan. 11, 5:15-6:30. Happy hour beverages encouraged.
January 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Calling all trans studies and 18th c folks! Come to our #MLA2025 panel on "Gender and Embodiment: Trans Studies Approaches," Sat Jan. 11, 5:15-6:30. Happy hour beverages encouraged.
oh, just a necklace of my book cover for What Pornography Knows! what a gift. ahem, also available in full-size paperback 😂
www.sup.org/books/litera... #pornstudies
www.sup.org/books/litera... #pornstudies
December 10, 2024 at 7:31 PM
oh, just a necklace of my book cover for What Pornography Knows! what a gift. ahem, also available in full-size paperback 😂
www.sup.org/books/litera... #pornstudies
www.sup.org/books/litera... #pornstudies
Coming soon(ish) from Routledge, with co-editors Lisa Sigel, Colette Colligan, and @sarahebull.bsky.social !! #pornstudies
December 3, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Coming soon(ish) from Routledge, with co-editors Lisa Sigel, Colette Colligan, and @sarahebull.bsky.social !! #pornstudies
side-smile pie vibes
November 28, 2024 at 3:37 AM
side-smile pie vibes
that special pleasure of Outlook being down
November 25, 2024 at 5:53 PM
that special pleasure of Outlook being down
okay FINE hi again over here
November 12, 2024 at 11:31 PM
okay FINE hi again over here
Re-upping for the Wednesday crowd: MLA Restoration/Early 18th C forum has two guaranteed sessions, on Caribbean Restorations and Trans Studies Approaches. Submit by March 15! (Info below in the janky pics)
February 28, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Re-upping for the Wednesday crowd: MLA Restoration/Early 18th C forum has two guaranteed sessions, on Caribbean Restorations and Trans Studies Approaches. Submit by March 15! (Info below in the janky pics)