Katie Warczak
@katiewarczak.bsky.social
Human companion to a horse (Impulse) and cat (Nella Larsen); Ph.D in English and African American Studies with research interests in the intersections of race, animality, disability, and pseudoscience.
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Pronouns: she/her/hers
If the text says she "had shot at the buffalo," I'm going to need people to stop saying she murdered her husband.
November 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If the text says she "had shot at the buffalo," I'm going to need people to stop saying she murdered her husband.
I need the sale of Halloween candy to stop moving backwards. It is Halloween Eve, there should NOT be a dearth of candy options at my grocery store.
The "sale" prices should also be cheaper, but that's a different rant.
The "sale" prices should also be cheaper, but that's a different rant.
October 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I need the sale of Halloween candy to stop moving backwards. It is Halloween Eve, there should NOT be a dearth of candy options at my grocery store.
The "sale" prices should also be cheaper, but that's a different rant.
The "sale" prices should also be cheaper, but that's a different rant.
It's here, it's in the world!!!! 😁
October 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It's here, it's in the world!!!! 😁
Teaching writing-intensive classes can be a lot sometimes, but man, is it worth it when you see a student take an assignment, run with it, and produce something absolutely amazing ❤️
October 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Teaching writing-intensive classes can be a lot sometimes, but man, is it worth it when you see a student take an assignment, run with it, and produce something absolutely amazing ❤️
So as someone new to #gardening, my goal for my first year tomato plant was to grow *something* (ideally a tomato, but probably just get the plant bigger). And I am happy to say I ACHIEVED THAT GOAL!!!!
October 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
So as someone new to #gardening, my goal for my first year tomato plant was to grow *something* (ideally a tomato, but probably just get the plant bigger). And I am happy to say I ACHIEVED THAT GOAL!!!!
I wish for the casual flexibility of my cat.
August 13, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I wish for the casual flexibility of my cat.
"I am ready to admit, if you insist on it, that you [Americans] have numerous defects; and, since you do nothing by halves, I am sure that you are capable of carrying them further than any other nation -- first in the world always!" (Klein viii).
Yikes and...not wrong.
archive.org/details/InTh...
Yikes and...not wrong.
archive.org/details/InTh...
August 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"I am ready to admit, if you insist on it, that you [Americans] have numerous defects; and, since you do nothing by halves, I am sure that you are capable of carrying them further than any other nation -- first in the world always!" (Klein viii).
Yikes and...not wrong.
archive.org/details/InTh...
Yikes and...not wrong.
archive.org/details/InTh...
It feels like 97 degrees here and Nella remains adamant about spending the day on the balcony.
July 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It feels like 97 degrees here and Nella remains adamant about spending the day on the balcony.
One of my favorite things about historical research is some of the WILD article titles, like this one, "Gossip About Women," which features hard-hitting news items like "Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt and her daughters have gone into bicycle training."
The Omaha Evening Bee [Omaha, NE], 14 Aug. 1895, p. 4
The Omaha Evening Bee [Omaha, NE], 14 Aug. 1895, p. 4
June 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
One of my favorite things about historical research is some of the WILD article titles, like this one, "Gossip About Women," which features hard-hitting news items like "Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt and her daughters have gone into bicycle training."
The Omaha Evening Bee [Omaha, NE], 14 Aug. 1895, p. 4
The Omaha Evening Bee [Omaha, NE], 14 Aug. 1895, p. 4
Now that the weather is warmer and Nella's love affair with the furnace has been forcibly ended, she has informed me that I need to reinstate her supervisory chair so she can continue overseeing my work from a comfortable position.
May 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Now that the weather is warmer and Nella's love affair with the furnace has been forcibly ended, she has informed me that I need to reinstate her supervisory chair so she can continue overseeing my work from a comfortable position.
I think my cat is happy I've returned from my travels.
May 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I think my cat is happy I've returned from my travels.
Reposted by Katie Warczak
Racism. I don't have to read this article to tell you that the answer to everything is America is racism. Sometimes it's racism + some other thing. But when you build a country from the ground up by displacing indigenous people and enslaving others the answer is never not racism.
What is America’s pro-natalism movement really about? | Moira Donegan
What is America’s pro-natalism movement really about? | Moira Donegan
The movement isn’t actually interested in making motherhood easier by offering things like affordable childcare. So what is their aim?
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Racism. I don't have to read this article to tell you that the answer to everything is America is racism. Sometimes it's racism + some other thing. But when you build a country from the ground up by displacing indigenous people and enslaving others the answer is never not racism.
Reposted by Katie Warczak
“The Trump Administration Threat To Transgender Adult Care Is Growing At Lightning Speed” — Friends, please be advised.
The Trump Administration Threat To Transgender Adult Care Is Growing At Lightning Speed
Many transgender adults have wondered when their care would be banned by the Trump administration. Now, we are seeing the first vectors to do so.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“The Trump Administration Threat To Transgender Adult Care Is Growing At Lightning Speed” — Friends, please be advised.
Professor in a lecture said he couldn't find anything besides the cover of a magazine featuring a story titled "Daring Davy, The Young Bear Killer."
Anyway, here's the story in full (the lecture is ongoing): dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/ob...
I definitely don't have a problem.
Anyway, here's the story in full (the lecture is ongoing): dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/ob...
I definitely don't have a problem.
April 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Professor in a lecture said he couldn't find anything besides the cover of a magazine featuring a story titled "Daring Davy, The Young Bear Killer."
Anyway, here's the story in full (the lecture is ongoing): dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/ob...
I definitely don't have a problem.
Anyway, here's the story in full (the lecture is ongoing): dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/ob...
I definitely don't have a problem.
Happy publishing centennial to the book that made me decide to go to grad school...even if it was never in the running for my dissertation 🥂
April 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Happy publishing centennial to the book that made me decide to go to grad school...even if it was never in the running for my dissertation 🥂
Reposted by Katie Warczak
Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.
March 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.
Seconded by a fellow English professor
As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address:
Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
March 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Seconded by a fellow English professor
I have a stomachache...worth it (also no, I did not eat all four, more like 1.5)
March 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I have a stomachache...worth it (also no, I did not eat all four, more like 1.5)
#BlackHistoryMonth Day #28: N. K. Jemisin's "The Ones Who Stay and Fight" (2018)
For the last of this series of posts, we turn to a short story by N. K. Jemisin, a Black speculative fiction writer whose work explores the past as well as the possibilities for the future. 1/10
For the last of this series of posts, we turn to a short story by N. K. Jemisin, a Black speculative fiction writer whose work explores the past as well as the possibilities for the future. 1/10
March 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
#BlackHistoryMonth Day #28: N. K. Jemisin's "The Ones Who Stay and Fight" (2018)
For the last of this series of posts, we turn to a short story by N. K. Jemisin, a Black speculative fiction writer whose work explores the past as well as the possibilities for the future. 1/10
For the last of this series of posts, we turn to a short story by N. K. Jemisin, a Black speculative fiction writer whose work explores the past as well as the possibilities for the future. 1/10
#BlackHistoryMonth Day #27: Gwendolyn Brooks's "The Bean Eaters" (1956)
Brooks was one of the most important Black poets of the twentieth century, and while she often wrote about race and the fight for equal rights, many of her poems also speak to the beauty of the everyday. 1/5
Brooks was one of the most important Black poets of the twentieth century, and while she often wrote about race and the fight for equal rights, many of her poems also speak to the beauty of the everyday. 1/5
February 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
#BlackHistoryMonth Day #27: Gwendolyn Brooks's "The Bean Eaters" (1956)
Brooks was one of the most important Black poets of the twentieth century, and while she often wrote about race and the fight for equal rights, many of her poems also speak to the beauty of the everyday. 1/5
Brooks was one of the most important Black poets of the twentieth century, and while she often wrote about race and the fight for equal rights, many of her poems also speak to the beauty of the everyday. 1/5
#BlackHistoryMonth Day #26: Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney's Sam and the Tigers (1996)
Lester and Pinkney were prolific children's writers and illustrators, respectively, who frequently collaborated to reclaim stories for Black children. Sam and the Tigers is one such work. 1/8
Lester and Pinkney were prolific children's writers and illustrators, respectively, who frequently collaborated to reclaim stories for Black children. Sam and the Tigers is one such work. 1/8
February 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth Day #26: Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney's Sam and the Tigers (1996)
Lester and Pinkney were prolific children's writers and illustrators, respectively, who frequently collaborated to reclaim stories for Black children. Sam and the Tigers is one such work. 1/8
Lester and Pinkney were prolific children's writers and illustrators, respectively, who frequently collaborated to reclaim stories for Black children. Sam and the Tigers is one such work. 1/8
Reposted by Katie Warczak
Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.
February 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.
#BlackHistoryMonth Day #25: James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time (1963)
Baldwin was a prominent essayist and novelist, and perhaps his most famous piece is The Fire Next Time, which features two essays discussing race relations in America and the role religion plays in it. 1/8
Baldwin was a prominent essayist and novelist, and perhaps his most famous piece is The Fire Next Time, which features two essays discussing race relations in America and the role religion plays in it. 1/8
February 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
#BlackHistoryMonth Day #25: James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time (1963)
Baldwin was a prominent essayist and novelist, and perhaps his most famous piece is The Fire Next Time, which features two essays discussing race relations in America and the role religion plays in it. 1/8
Baldwin was a prominent essayist and novelist, and perhaps his most famous piece is The Fire Next Time, which features two essays discussing race relations in America and the role religion plays in it. 1/8