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depoulet.bsky.social
Liza Shapiro, PhD
@depoulet.bsky.social
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Queens kid | CUNY adjunct prof | Soviet birth certificate holder | compulsive cheese eater | I think about gender and bodies and affect and the history of medicine and eugenics

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depoulet.bsky.social
When you’re of the Soviet Jewish ilk you have the menorah and your little елочка ready to go for Ded Moroz (the Soviet Santa replacement).
Brightly lit menorah with all candles burning in background with a lit up new year’s tree in the foreground.
December 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
depoulet.bsky.social
May the world have more light and warmth in it for us all.
Brightly colored menorah in the shape of a caterpillar sitting on a log with flowers, butterflies, and mushrooms.
December 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
depoulet.bsky.social
I’d say this is Turkmen-esque, but their statues are actually made of gold and not whatever gold shellac is on Christmas ornaments.
September 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
depoulet.bsky.social
May JK Rowling, the UK Supreme Court, and all the transphobes and TERFS never know this kind of peace. Fuck all the gender essentialists.
A ginger cat sleeps hugging his front paws in the foreground while a black and white cow cat sleeps in the background with her paw stretched out next to him.
April 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
depoulet.bsky.social
So many children have been killed since October 7th in Israel and Gaza with people worldwide losing their collective shit to spout murderous slogans and fire up millennia old hatreds. Here are two cats spooning.
White cat with gray markings licks her paw while spooning a sleeping orange cat on a fluffy gray cushion.
October 22, 2023 at 6:57 PM
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Kind of a fan that this light gives a preview of what I’d look like when I go gray.
A selfie of me standing outside, looking incredulous, with a blue sky and tree in the background.
October 14, 2023 at 5:26 PM
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My co-educator yesterday.
Image of white cat with cow spots lounging on teal ottoman with a black and white stuffed animal.
October 12, 2023 at 3:55 PM