Stells ✨
@pastells.bsky.social
She/Her | 31 | Chilean writer living in Canada
https://pastellus.carrd.co
History, mythology, and the classics | Posting about reading, writing, and mainly here to reblog art that inspires me 💛
https://pastellus.carrd.co
History, mythology, and the classics | Posting about reading, writing, and mainly here to reblog art that inspires me 💛
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Stells ✨
@pastells.bsky.social
· Oct 8
https://pastellus.carrd.co💛
I don't post much here because I'm terrible at keeping up with multiple social media apps, but I'm active on the accounts linked in my carrd, in case anyone wants to follow there:
pastellus.carrd.xn--co-2s72a
Still leaving this account here, though, since I'm likely too come back to it eventually
pastellus.carrd.xn--co-2s72a
Still leaving this account here, though, since I'm likely too come back to it eventually
I don't post much here because I'm terrible at keeping up with multiple social media apps, but I'm active on the accounts linked in my carrd, in case anyone wants to follow there:
pastellus.carrd.xn--co-2s72a
Still leaving this account here, though, since I'm likely too come back to it eventually
pastellus.carrd.xn--co-2s72a
Still leaving this account here, though, since I'm likely too come back to it eventually
https://pastellus.carrd.co💛
October 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I don't post much here because I'm terrible at keeping up with multiple social media apps, but I'm active on the accounts linked in my carrd, in case anyone wants to follow there:
pastellus.carrd.xn--co-2s72a
Still leaving this account here, though, since I'm likely too come back to it eventually
pastellus.carrd.xn--co-2s72a
Still leaving this account here, though, since I'm likely too come back to it eventually
Starting the day with good financial decisions...
(I deserve it, I tell myself... I haven't owned physical copies of the Fagles translations since moving to Canada AND they were on sale)
(I deserve it, I tell myself... I haven't owned physical copies of the Fagles translations since moving to Canada AND they were on sale)
May 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Starting the day with good financial decisions...
(I deserve it, I tell myself... I haven't owned physical copies of the Fagles translations since moving to Canada AND they were on sale)
(I deserve it, I tell myself... I haven't owned physical copies of the Fagles translations since moving to Canada AND they were on sale)
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Quote with a fantasy being that's NOT a vampire or a werewolf
Mermaid~
#mermaid #mermay #goth #watercolor
Mermaid~
#mermaid #mermay #goth #watercolor
May 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Quote with a fantasy being that's NOT a vampire or a werewolf
Mermaid~
#mermaid #mermay #goth #watercolor
Mermaid~
#mermaid #mermay #goth #watercolor
I'm sorry but this may genuinely be one of the funniest footnotes I've ever read
From Euripides' Electra. Yes, the quote is about Agamemnon
I'm so fond of when classicists hit us with gems like this one
From Euripides' Electra. Yes, the quote is about Agamemnon
I'm so fond of when classicists hit us with gems like this one
May 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I'm sorry but this may genuinely be one of the funniest footnotes I've ever read
From Euripides' Electra. Yes, the quote is about Agamemnon
I'm so fond of when classicists hit us with gems like this one
From Euripides' Electra. Yes, the quote is about Agamemnon
I'm so fond of when classicists hit us with gems like this one
Today on the downsides of being a perfectionist: I was thinking of how fun it would be to get a tattoo of a Roman coin, but then I realised I would specifically want to be a coin that would have been found in Caudium, and from what time period? Aurius? Denarius? What should it depict? Oh, decisions
May 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Today on the downsides of being a perfectionist: I was thinking of how fun it would be to get a tattoo of a Roman coin, but then I realised I would specifically want to be a coin that would have been found in Caudium, and from what time period? Aurius? Denarius? What should it depict? Oh, decisions
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Crocheted until 2am while listening to Carmilla last night, woke up to read Dracula's May 7th entry with my morning coffee. Am I in a vampire mood? Maybe 😅 #booksky
May 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Crocheted until 2am while listening to Carmilla last night, woke up to read Dracula's May 7th entry with my morning coffee. Am I in a vampire mood? Maybe 😅 #booksky
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May 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The yearly tradition that is Dracula Daily begun today. To no one's surprise, I'm craving chicken paprikash 😅
May 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The yearly tradition that is Dracula Daily begun today. To no one's surprise, I'm craving chicken paprikash 😅
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It is my enormous pleasure to share the most recent issue #ResDiffJournal: Res Diff 2.1 (2025)
With contributions from Maia Kotrosits (@maiakotro.bsky.social), Chance Bonar (@chancebonar.bsky.social), Chiara Bozzone and Daniela Negro, Erin Lam
#openaccess
resdifficiles.com/res-diff-2-1...
With contributions from Maia Kotrosits (@maiakotro.bsky.social), Chance Bonar (@chancebonar.bsky.social), Chiara Bozzone and Daniela Negro, Erin Lam
#openaccess
resdifficiles.com/res-diff-2-1...
Res Diff 2.1 (2025)
Maia Kotrosits, The Matter of Form: Rewriting Our Way to a Changed Field Keywords: academic writing, black studies, colonialism, crip theory, disability studies. Abstract: This essay argues that th…
resdifficiles.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It is my enormous pleasure to share the most recent issue #ResDiffJournal: Res Diff 2.1 (2025)
With contributions from Maia Kotrosits (@maiakotro.bsky.social), Chance Bonar (@chancebonar.bsky.social), Chiara Bozzone and Daniela Negro, Erin Lam
#openaccess
resdifficiles.com/res-diff-2-1...
With contributions from Maia Kotrosits (@maiakotro.bsky.social), Chance Bonar (@chancebonar.bsky.social), Chiara Bozzone and Daniela Negro, Erin Lam
#openaccess
resdifficiles.com/res-diff-2-1...
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Just to clarify.
Trans Lifeline.
Fantastic charity.
But only covers the US and Canada.
If you want to help British trans people today. Consider donating to charities like Gendered Intelligence & the LGBT foundation.
Trans Lifeline.
Fantastic charity.
But only covers the US and Canada.
If you want to help British trans people today. Consider donating to charities like Gendered Intelligence & the LGBT foundation.
April 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Just to clarify.
Trans Lifeline.
Fantastic charity.
But only covers the US and Canada.
If you want to help British trans people today. Consider donating to charities like Gendered Intelligence & the LGBT foundation.
Trans Lifeline.
Fantastic charity.
But only covers the US and Canada.
If you want to help British trans people today. Consider donating to charities like Gendered Intelligence & the LGBT foundation.
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it’s giving america is the center of the universe when you guys say average people don’t know what JK Rowling is up to when she’s blowing her billion dollar fortune on publicly terrorizing trans women
April 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
it’s giving america is the center of the universe when you guys say average people don’t know what JK Rowling is up to when she’s blowing her billion dollar fortune on publicly terrorizing trans women
Disappoint yet not at all surprising to see this kind of response to strike action.
I wish they would see how this harms both students and staff
I wish they would see how this harms both students and staff
Not at all concerning to learn that Universities UK are partnering with a company to sell an AI product that offers automated feedback on student work. Who needs staff?
April 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Disappoint yet not at all surprising to see this kind of response to strike action.
I wish they would see how this harms both students and staff
I wish they would see how this harms both students and staff
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that rome didn’t exist. but boy do certain rhetorics of empire have long afterlives.
this piece gives details.
this piece gives details.
Opinion | The Roman Empire Loved by Elon Musk and Steve Bannon Never Existed (Gift Article)
Donald Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome — and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is based on common misconceptions.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
that rome didn’t exist. but boy do certain rhetorics of empire have long afterlives.
this piece gives details.
this piece gives details.
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🎉 NEW ARTICLE! 🎉
http://www.workingcl...
Dr. Christina Hotalen (drchristinah.bsky.social) was not best pleased with Gladiator II. In this article she takes a look at the flaws, foibles, and faux pas in the film, examining its potential as an ideologically-driven story that panders to the right.
http://www.workingcl...
Dr. Christina Hotalen (drchristinah.bsky.social) was not best pleased with Gladiator II. In this article she takes a look at the flaws, foibles, and faux pas in the film, examining its potential as an ideologically-driven story that panders to the right.
This Roman historian was not entertained by Gladiator II — Working Classicists
From the minute we heard about this movie, I said to my friends there was
no WAY I would write a think piece about Gladiator II, let alone watch it,
and yet, here we are: I've both watched and think-pieced.
www.workingclassicists.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🎉 NEW ARTICLE! 🎉
http://www.workingcl...
Dr. Christina Hotalen (drchristinah.bsky.social) was not best pleased with Gladiator II. In this article she takes a look at the flaws, foibles, and faux pas in the film, examining its potential as an ideologically-driven story that panders to the right.
http://www.workingcl...
Dr. Christina Hotalen (drchristinah.bsky.social) was not best pleased with Gladiator II. In this article she takes a look at the flaws, foibles, and faux pas in the film, examining its potential as an ideologically-driven story that panders to the right.
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Process for "The Woman Who Understood Everything", colored pencil and acrylic on panel.
April 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Process for "The Woman Who Understood Everything", colored pencil and acrylic on panel.
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for trans day of visibility, sending love to all our trans siblings, friends, students, colleagues, far and wide. with big ups to the Trans in Classics collective: transinclassics.wixsite.com/site
HOME | Trans In Classics
transinclassics.wixsite.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
for trans day of visibility, sending love to all our trans siblings, friends, students, colleagues, far and wide. with big ups to the Trans in Classics collective: transinclassics.wixsite.com/site
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Okay I think this whole time I haven't quite dared to believe that my book is "real"?
I had a wonderful time writing it (don't get me wrong, it was also hellish and exhausting - I'm a nerd to my core so engaging with and bulding on so much brilliant research in itself was enough for me.
BUT ALSO 🤭
I had a wonderful time writing it (don't get me wrong, it was also hellish and exhausting - I'm a nerd to my core so engaging with and bulding on so much brilliant research in itself was enough for me.
BUT ALSO 🤭
March 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Okay I think this whole time I haven't quite dared to believe that my book is "real"?
I had a wonderful time writing it (don't get me wrong, it was also hellish and exhausting - I'm a nerd to my core so engaging with and bulding on so much brilliant research in itself was enough for me.
BUT ALSO 🤭
I had a wonderful time writing it (don't get me wrong, it was also hellish and exhausting - I'm a nerd to my core so engaging with and bulding on so much brilliant research in itself was enough for me.
BUT ALSO 🤭
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humans are fucking awesome and cool. And when a human makes art, it's like... oh my god
March 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
humans are fucking awesome and cool. And when a human makes art, it's like... oh my god
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TBC because the OP is framing this like libgen is evil: META are the bad guys here. Libgen is one of the only tools archiving rapidly disappearing digital libraries of ebooks. Now more than ever with banned books on the rise, we need resources like libgen. Meta has no right to scrape that archive.
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
TBC because the OP is framing this like libgen is evil: META are the bad guys here. Libgen is one of the only tools archiving rapidly disappearing digital libraries of ebooks. Now more than ever with banned books on the rise, we need resources like libgen. Meta has no right to scrape that archive.
This is honestly depressing considering how many upload their work to LibGen to make it available to the public and help spread knowledge, and certainly did not consent to it being used for a tool directly counterproductive to that purpose, and which will profit from what was freely available.
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This is honestly depressing considering how many upload their work to LibGen to make it available to the public and help spread knowledge, and certainly did not consent to it being used for a tool directly counterproductive to that purpose, and which will profit from what was freely available.
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I can't quite believe I'm saying this but: I wrote a book! And it's being published this May!
It's about Rome, its enduring appeal, the many different ways it has been interpreted, and how understanding this helps us see both the past and the world today more clearly.
geni.us/AllRoadsLead...
It's about Rome, its enduring appeal, the many different ways it has been interpreted, and how understanding this helps us see both the past and the world today more clearly.
geni.us/AllRoadsLead...
February 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I can't quite believe I'm saying this but: I wrote a book! And it's being published this May!
It's about Rome, its enduring appeal, the many different ways it has been interpreted, and how understanding this helps us see both the past and the world today more clearly.
geni.us/AllRoadsLead...
It's about Rome, its enduring appeal, the many different ways it has been interpreted, and how understanding this helps us see both the past and the world today more clearly.
geni.us/AllRoadsLead...
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MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS — A WORLD WITHOUT CAESARS
Support an open internet.
worldwithoutcaesars.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM