Katie Fontes
@catullabubble.bsky.social
I’m an American educator with experience living and working in the UK, China, Thailand, and the US. I love critiquing monarchy, politics, and pop culture! 👩🏽🏫🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇳🇹🇭
A gift guide for the holidays! open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
The CatullaBubble Gift Guide
Great gift ideas for those with distinct tastes.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A gift guide for the holidays! open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
A gift guide for the holidays! open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
The CatullaBubble Gift Guide
Great gift ideas for those with distinct tastes.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A gift guide for the holidays! open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
The magic of autumn: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
Witchcraft
The autumnal spells we cast.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The magic of autumn: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
A new bookshop, and the science of reading: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
The Bookshop
How we read, and how to teach others to read.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A new bookshop, and the science of reading: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
My musings on language and collecting words: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
Watch Your Language
From 'puta' to poetry: why I can't stop collecting words.
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September 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
My musings on language and collecting words: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
As I prepare to start another school year as an ESL teacher, I reflect on the first lesson I ever taught in China: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
The First Day of School
A teacher's reflections on 10 years of first days.
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August 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
As I prepare to start another school year as an ESL teacher, I reflect on the first lesson I ever taught in China: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
New life updates! A new job, travel, and recovery: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
SO EXCITED.
A summer life update.
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July 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New life updates! A new job, travel, and recovery: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
My travel reflections on visiting Iowa: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
An Iowa Story
Love, life, and politics in the Hawkeye State.
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June 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
My travel reflections on visiting Iowa: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
Do Jubilee debate videos showcase rational discussion, or just spectacle? I summarize hours of content to get a sense: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
I watched hours of Jubilee debate videos so you don’t have to.
Do Jubilee debaters have rational discussions?
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June 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Do Jubilee debate videos showcase rational discussion, or just spectacle? I summarize hours of content to get a sense: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
Musings on my newest video on the royals and my content: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
I posted a video about the royal family.
My most recent musings about the royals and my content.
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June 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Musings on my newest video on the royals and my content: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
I encourage everyone to start a commonplace book! open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
commonplace book pages i'm proud of.
Ideas to start your own commonplace book.
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May 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I encourage everyone to start a commonplace book! open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
Celebrating May 1st and hardworking educators: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
A Belated Happy International Workers Day
A shout-out to the amazing workers who keep our country going.
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May 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Celebrating May 1st and hardworking educators: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
How I’m trying to reframe my negative thoughts: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
Happiness is a verb.
How I try to stay positive in the dark times.
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April 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
How I’m trying to reframe my negative thoughts: open.substack.com/pub/katiefon...
Reflections on teaching at a Title 1 school:
My Teaching at Boston Public Schools
The highs and lows of Charlestown High.
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April 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Reflections on teaching at a Title 1 school:
Some musings on teaching in China:
My Teaching in China
The day-to-day of teaching halfway across the world.
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April 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Some musings on teaching in China:
What’s been good television recently?:
what i'm watching.
What's good on TV these days?
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March 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
What’s been good television recently?:
I’m slowly getting out of my depressive episode:
i'm getting better...slowly...
A trip to Puerto Rico helped.
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March 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I’m slowly getting out of my depressive episode:
My bipolar diagnosis:
The pain of bipolar disorder
I'm still coming to terms with my diagnosis.
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February 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
My bipolar diagnosis:
To my amazing husband George:
a belated birthday wish to my husband.
He is truly an amazing man.
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February 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
To my amazing husband George:
On gratitude:
gratitude.
A practice I need to strengthen.
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February 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
On gratitude:
Depression and anxiety on the highway:
On battling depression and anxiety on the highway.
Depression is an absolute bitch.
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January 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Depression and anxiety on the highway:
I’m an ESL educator and I have a demo lesson today that I’m super anxious about. This is my first foray back into a classroom in months. Please send me some love ❤️
January 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I’m an ESL educator and I have a demo lesson today that I’m super anxious about. This is my first foray back into a classroom in months. Please send me some love ❤️
The trauma of teaching:
Mass Schools Aren’t A Cult…Are They? (Part 4)
How my cult school in Thailand helped me recognize the group-think going around Massachusetts public schools.
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January 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The trauma of teaching:
My phone call with John Odgren, the perpetrator of the Lincoln-Sudbury murder: https://buff.ly/3PKOyrn
The Memory of James: The Lincoln-Sudbury Murder Time Forgot (Part 4)
My phone call with John Odgren.
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January 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My phone call with John Odgren, the perpetrator of the Lincoln-Sudbury murder: https://buff.ly/3PKOyrn
I feel like I lived a whole social media lifetime downloading 小红书, having TikTok down, back up again, and finally deciding that I’d rather just have none of them. 🙃
January 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I feel like I lived a whole social media lifetime downloading 小红书, having TikTok down, back up again, and finally deciding that I’d rather just have none of them. 🙃