joseph p. derosier
@derosierjoseph.bsky.social
medievalist always thinking about the present, gender, and race.
this account has no affiliation and reflects my perspectives, not those of my employer or any professional organizations to which i belong.
this account has no affiliation and reflects my perspectives, not those of my employer or any professional organizations to which i belong.
just look a these toe beans!
November 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
just look a these toe beans!
just about everything is awful but two months ago I adopted this kitten who has recovered from a near-death experience before being saved by the person from whom I adopted her and now she's living her best life and is everything to me
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
just about everything is awful but two months ago I adopted this kitten who has recovered from a near-death experience before being saved by the person from whom I adopted her and now she's living her best life and is everything to me
Ocean Vuong tells us that the novel, is in fact, a bottom that contains multitudes.
May 23, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Ocean Vuong tells us that the novel, is in fact, a bottom that contains multitudes.
pushing my boundaries on what makes for a first-year seminar and think this is going to be really great
May 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
pushing my boundaries on what makes for a first-year seminar and think this is going to be really great
Easter is late this year & the pelicans arrived early to S. Wisconsin so I'm recalling that medieval bestiaries wrote that the pelican killed her unruly children and then decided to bring them back three days later by piercing her breast & feeding them with her blood, just like Christ's sacrifice.
April 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Easter is late this year & the pelicans arrived early to S. Wisconsin so I'm recalling that medieval bestiaries wrote that the pelican killed her unruly children and then decided to bring them back three days later by piercing her breast & feeding them with her blood, just like Christ's sacrifice.
Super excited to get this in the mail today!
March 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Super excited to get this in the mail today!
today was a wild ride of Iphis and Ianthe starting with Ovid, then The Ovide moralisé, John Gower, Christine de Pizan, and Arthur Golding.
February 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
today was a wild ride of Iphis and Ianthe starting with Ovid, then The Ovide moralisé, John Gower, Christine de Pizan, and Arthur Golding.
well, this was my students' experience of their first hagiography (La vie de Sainte Eufrosine)
February 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
well, this was my students' experience of their first hagiography (La vie de Sainte Eufrosine)
we finally have snow in Wisconsin!
February 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
we finally have snow in Wisconsin!
well it looks like the T and Q are gone; they won't stop there (also I haven't seen "LGB" since 1998)
February 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
well it looks like the T and Q are gone; they won't stop there (also I haven't seen "LGB" since 1998)
wild starting off the semester on MLK, Jr. Day while the Inauguration promises to usher in fascism and then to start off my cinéma class with Melville's Silence de la mer, a tale of naïveté, occupation, and delusions that fascism will bring unity
January 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
wild starting off the semester on MLK, Jr. Day while the Inauguration promises to usher in fascism and then to start off my cinéma class with Melville's Silence de la mer, a tale of naïveté, occupation, and delusions that fascism will bring unity
the one thing I have from my maternal grandfather is a 1961 Lincoln Library of Essential Information and the only keepsake I found in it was a card for Saint Anthony of Padua under the entry for Trigonometry
January 4, 2025 at 3:49 AM
the one thing I have from my maternal grandfather is a 1961 Lincoln Library of Essential Information and the only keepsake I found in it was a card for Saint Anthony of Padua under the entry for Trigonometry
me & my gram ten days from her 95th Christmas
December 16, 2024 at 3:13 AM
me & my gram ten days from her 95th Christmas
my first gallery opening, co-curated by students!
December 7, 2024 at 3:20 AM
my first gallery opening, co-curated by students!
cranberry curd tart with a hazelnut crust
November 28, 2024 at 9:58 PM
cranberry curd tart with a hazelnut crust
miso-and-maple-pecan butter mochi cake
this was really good
this was really good
November 18, 2024 at 2:20 AM
miso-and-maple-pecan butter mochi cake
this was really good
this was really good
god as if it wasn't bad enough being an elder millennial now i'm an elder here
November 17, 2024 at 10:40 PM
god as if it wasn't bad enough being an elder millennial now i'm an elder here
student zines about their favorite « friches » (abandoned spaces) and the ecosystems therein for my Advanced French Language and Ecocriticism class!
September 21, 2024 at 2:11 AM
student zines about their favorite « friches » (abandoned spaces) and the ecosystems therein for my Advanced French Language and Ecocriticism class!
prepping for a class in spring that's gonna be a real banger
September 21, 2024 at 1:22 AM
prepping for a class in spring that's gonna be a real banger
the painted boats of Saint-Louis are stunning
January 9, 2024 at 7:07 AM
the painted boats of Saint-Louis are stunning
I found out where Jesus saves, finally!
December 20, 2023 at 1:10 AM
I found out where Jesus saves, finally!
This Google Doodle was definitely a pick-me-up in the midst of grading. Viva Varda!
December 14, 2023 at 4:10 AM
This Google Doodle was definitely a pick-me-up in the midst of grading. Viva Varda!
tarte aux pommes for my senior seminar today to celebrate the end of the semester
December 8, 2023 at 2:54 AM
tarte aux pommes for my senior seminar today to celebrate the end of the semester