Patrick McKelvey
@pmckelveyphd.bsky.social
Performance historian, disability historian.
Disability Works: Performance After Rehabilitation (NYU, 2024)
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https://nyupress.org/9781479824878/disability-works/
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[Bernie Sanders meme]: I am once again asking for a Judging Amy reboot.
January 23, 2026 at 4:04 AM
[Bernie Sanders meme]: I am once again asking for a Judging Amy reboot.
Rose Nylund:
The world and the United States would be better if Denmark annexed us.
We would have democracy, peace, health care, excellent education, bike lanes, and more herring.
We would have democracy, peace, health care, excellent education, bike lanes, and more herring.
January 18, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Rose Nylund:
Reposted by Patrick McKelvey
Yes in thunder. My syllabus statement:
January 17, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Yes in thunder. My syllabus statement:
Jane Dont's drag dares to ask the question: what if Jinkx Monsoon was Julie Klausner?
January 18, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Jane Dont's drag dares to ask the question: what if Jinkx Monsoon was Julie Klausner?
Alison Bechdel using ChaptGPT to "draw"? More like "YIKES to watch out for" amirite?
vtdigger.org/2026/01/14/v...
vtdigger.org/2026/01/14/v...
Vermont Conversation: Cartoonist Alison Bechdel on hope, humor, and 'waking up' in dark times - VTDigger
“Who can draw when the world is burning?” the Vermont author asks in her new graphic novel, "Spent."
vtdigger.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Alison Bechdel using ChaptGPT to "draw"? More like "YIKES to watch out for" amirite?
vtdigger.org/2026/01/14/v...
vtdigger.org/2026/01/14/v...
“where have all the cowboys gone?” But about organic raspberries sourced from a company with ethical labor practices.
Watch this space.
Watch this space.
January 16, 2026 at 2:07 AM
“where have all the cowboys gone?” But about organic raspberries sourced from a company with ethical labor practices.
Watch this space.
Watch this space.
Not only does planet fitness not have towel service they make you rub mud on the treadmill when you’re done
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Not only does planet fitness not have towel service they make you rub mud on the treadmill when you’re done
I'm not saying DD Fuego should have been safe, but I AM saying I'm sad we won't see her Mamie Gummer on Snatch Game
January 13, 2026 at 1:14 AM
I'm not saying DD Fuego should have been safe, but I AM saying I'm sad we won't see her Mamie Gummer on Snatch Game
Not gay as in happy queer as in power walking to the new Ragtime cast recording
January 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Not gay as in happy queer as in power walking to the new Ragtime cast recording
I am at a straight person’s birthday party and someone on the dance floor was talking about their new washer and dryer
January 11, 2026 at 1:39 AM
I am at a straight person’s birthday party and someone on the dance floor was talking about their new washer and dryer
All 7 Lauren Bacall High Point Coffee Commercials In A Row - Best Quality
YouTube video by FYI
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January 10, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Writing about AIDS and employment discrimination and Scrivener does not recognize the word “precarious” or the word “serostatus”
January 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Writing about AIDS and employment discrimination and Scrivener does not recognize the word “precarious” or the word “serostatus”
Titus AND Ronicus? In this economy?
Give us a film about Shakespeare writing Titus Andronicus you cowards
January 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Titus AND Ronicus? In this economy?
Scene: Morning drive to NHC
[song on radio ends]
Radio host: I hate to say it Paula, but I have no idea where all the cowboys have gone! But you know what I do know? Where all the hubcaps have gone. The side of the road!
[song on radio ends]
Radio host: I hate to say it Paula, but I have no idea where all the cowboys have gone! But you know what I do know? Where all the hubcaps have gone. The side of the road!
January 8, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Scene: Morning drive to NHC
[song on radio ends]
Radio host: I hate to say it Paula, but I have no idea where all the cowboys have gone! But you know what I do know? Where all the hubcaps have gone. The side of the road!
[song on radio ends]
Radio host: I hate to say it Paula, but I have no idea where all the cowboys have gone! But you know what I do know? Where all the hubcaps have gone. The side of the road!
Shelby, our 12 year old whippet, has never noticed a screen in her life (not a phone, not a TV, not a laptop, even if one dad was FaceTiming the other and she clearly heard the virtual dad). Drag Race UK Season 7 Snatch Game? Watched the episode in full. Didn't blink.
January 7, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Shelby, our 12 year old whippet, has never noticed a screen in her life (not a phone, not a TV, not a laptop, even if one dad was FaceTiming the other and she clearly heard the virtual dad). Drag Race UK Season 7 Snatch Game? Watched the episode in full. Didn't blink.
not to be homophobic against cooking utensils but sometimes spatulas are to effete to function
January 7, 2026 at 1:55 AM
not to be homophobic against cooking utensils but sometimes spatulas are to effete to function
I can't stop thinking about "Griffin in Summer," a very funny and smart and sweet account of queer childhood and the melodrama of heterosexual realism.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2856...
www.imdb.com/title/tt2856...
Griffin in Summer (2024) ⭐ 6.8 | Comedy, Drama
1h 33m
www.imdb.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I can't stop thinking about "Griffin in Summer," a very funny and smart and sweet account of queer childhood and the melodrama of heterosexual realism.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2856...
www.imdb.com/title/tt2856...
It wasn’t long ago that people assumed that without Butch O’Hare, Femme O’Hare was invisible. Makes you think.
January 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
It wasn’t long ago that people assumed that without Butch O’Hare, Femme O’Hare was invisible. Makes you think.
This season of Drag Race is wild. Six queens are from Florida and two queens have health insurance.
January 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
This season of Drag Race is wild. Six queens are from Florida and two queens have health insurance.
Mariska Hargitay in Oh, Mary!
December 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Mariska Hargitay in Oh, Mary!
Heated Rivalry but for dressage
December 27, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Heated Rivalry but for dressage
I’m working on a comprehensive cultural history of the figure of the gelato lesbian. Any examples besides Roman Holiday?
December 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I’m working on a comprehensive cultural history of the figure of the gelato lesbian. Any examples besides Roman Holiday?
We are watching a hallmark
Christmas movie directed by Andrew Lawrence about how Matthew Lawrence and Joey Lawrence want to sleep with the same advertising executive. Joey Lawrence just said: as my grandma says, the more the merrier.
Christmas movie directed by Andrew Lawrence about how Matthew Lawrence and Joey Lawrence want to sleep with the same advertising executive. Joey Lawrence just said: as my grandma says, the more the merrier.
December 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
We are watching a hallmark
Christmas movie directed by Andrew Lawrence about how Matthew Lawrence and Joey Lawrence want to sleep with the same advertising executive. Joey Lawrence just said: as my grandma says, the more the merrier.
Christmas movie directed by Andrew Lawrence about how Matthew Lawrence and Joey Lawrence want to sleep with the same advertising executive. Joey Lawrence just said: as my grandma says, the more the merrier.
Rope is a Christmas movie
December 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Rope is a Christmas movie