Robin Bates
@britlitgirl.bsky.social
Shax prof. & hot mess express. Prefer to spend my time with dogs, good books, blue ridge mtns, & kind people. She/Her
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Robin Bates
@britlitgirl.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Welcome new followers! If you're new to Bluesky, hope you are enjoying it as much as I am! I post mostly about books, Shakespeare, teaching, and my dog (Imogen). Also sometimes my partner's Beagles.
I bought two new bookcases and no longer have books jammed on top of books in the old bookcases, or stacks of books on the floor. Please clap.
December 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I bought two new bookcases and no longer have books jammed on top of books in the old bookcases, or stacks of books on the floor. Please clap.
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I’m very happy the Booker longlist is now public and I can once again actually talk to people about great books I’ve read recently thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
The Booker Prize 2025 | The Booker Prizes
The longlist for the Booker Prize 2025 has been announced, and features a previous winner plus two debut novelists
thebookerprizes.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I’m very happy the Booker longlist is now public and I can once again actually talk to people about great books I’ve read recently thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
We couldn't possibly pull off a multi-day secluded vote session on our teaching load.
You guys, a conclave of old cardinals can decide on a POPE faster than an academic search committee can decide on the four people we're bringing to campus for an assistant professor search.
May 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
We couldn't possibly pull off a multi-day secluded vote session on our teaching load.
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As you approach the speed of light, time appears to stand almost entirely still. An interesting correlated law of physics is that as you approach the end of the semester, your ability to grade papers also slows down until a single paper takes roughly 16,000 light years to grade 🤔🤔🤔
April 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
As you approach the speed of light, time appears to stand almost entirely still. An interesting correlated law of physics is that as you approach the end of the semester, your ability to grade papers also slows down until a single paper takes roughly 16,000 light years to grade 🤔🤔🤔
Every time I click on the cute outfit for the jeans but it's some other item being sold. And the "shop this outfit" or "style this this look" button does not include the jeans. I just want cute jeans, y'all.
April 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Every time I click on the cute outfit for the jeans but it's some other item being sold. And the "shop this outfit" or "style this this look" button does not include the jeans. I just want cute jeans, y'all.
Dude in Heathrow just asked me if they use Euros or do they "still use the pounds here."
How... can you be in a country and not know that about it?
I told him politely about Brexit. He didn't know.
How... can you be in a country and not know that about it?
I told him politely about Brexit. He didn't know.
March 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Dude in Heathrow just asked me if they use Euros or do they "still use the pounds here."
How... can you be in a country and not know that about it?
I told him politely about Brexit. He didn't know.
How... can you be in a country and not know that about it?
I told him politely about Brexit. He didn't know.
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"Write in the way, and with the practices, that make you feel powerful. The world is a better place, and you are likely better, after you have spent time alone in your mind, trying to figure out what haunts you." —Rita Bullwinkel
March 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"Write in the way, and with the practices, that make you feel powerful. The world is a better place, and you are likely better, after you have spent time alone in your mind, trying to figure out what haunts you." —Rita Bullwinkel
Goodnight, Bluesky 🌛
February 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Goodnight, Bluesky 🌛
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It is important to be doing historical trans studies that looks at the betrayal and failures of institutions, the criminalization and biopolitical control of gender nonconforming people & bodies, the implications of alterity, the roles of hierarchy, the restriction of travel and physical agency,
February 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It is important to be doing historical trans studies that looks at the betrayal and failures of institutions, the criminalization and biopolitical control of gender nonconforming people & bodies, the implications of alterity, the roles of hierarchy, the restriction of travel and physical agency,
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Our people and our peers are both misled,
Our treasure seiz’d
Our treasure seiz’d
February 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Our people and our peers are both misled,
Our treasure seiz’d
Our treasure seiz’d
Everyone in academia should be required to take a workshop on the difference between restricted and unrestricted funds. Especially anyone in an administrative role.
January 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Everyone in academia should be required to take a workshop on the difference between restricted and unrestricted funds. Especially anyone in an administrative role.
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You ever click a link, hit a paywall and just sigh in relief? Like thank you god for saving me from myself cause we both know I was about to read some bullshit.
January 20, 2025 at 6:11 AM
You ever click a link, hit a paywall and just sigh in relief? Like thank you god for saving me from myself cause we both know I was about to read some bullshit.
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Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...
January 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...
When my school went hybrid, my schedule got rearranged to a split schedule, with the MWF composition online on M and the TR composition online on R. I was also serving as dept chair. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I cried several times a week.
As everyone knows, the thing professors are actually most afraid of is teaching two of the same prep on different days when one has a holiday and the other doesn’t.
January 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
When my school went hybrid, my schedule got rearranged to a split schedule, with the MWF composition online on M and the TR composition online on R. I was also serving as dept chair. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I cried several times a week.
I'll know I've reached my full potential when I can reliability type Tolstoy correctly instead of Tolstory.
January 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'll know I've reached my full potential when I can reliability type Tolstoy correctly instead of Tolstory.
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I just finished watching The Man on the Inside tonight. It was dear & funny. And a lot for me, since my retired business prof & former engineer dad moved into senior living last year, 1 year after we lost my mom. So I had to get through it slowly. Some things were *very* close.
January 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I just finished watching The Man on the Inside tonight. It was dear & funny. And a lot for me, since my retired business prof & former engineer dad moved into senior living last year, 1 year after we lost my mom. So I had to get through it slowly. Some things were *very* close.
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I know too much mythology to have good feelings about this.
January 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I know too much mythology to have good feelings about this.
New Year's blessings from Imogen: May your 2025 be snuggly 🎉
January 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New Year's blessings from Imogen: May your 2025 be snuggly 🎉
Can y'all please please stop with the this-was-the-worst-year-ever stuff?
December 31, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Can y'all please please stop with the this-was-the-worst-year-ever stuff?
Oathbreakers is fascinating and every so often it feels very close 👀
December 31, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Oathbreakers is fascinating and every so often it feels very close 👀
Without downloading any new pics, what's your energy going into 2025?
December 29, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Without downloading any new pics, what's your energy going into 2025?
Merry Christmas, Bluesky 🎄
December 25, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Merry Christmas, Bluesky 🎄