Laura
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draperies.bsky.social
Laura
@draperies.bsky.social
Writer, parent, partner, friend to cats.

Current project is Prescriptive Communities: 18c Libraries and the Origins of Public Health.

Previously: https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5100/
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Someone just sent a photo of their dog, Onions, to an 11,000 person faculty listserv, adorable
December 30, 2024 at 1:43 AM
All bodies are beach bodies if you believe
December 6, 2024 at 8:01 PM
My high school had a full array of the Leavises and I used them for all of my papers. It seems inevitable that I’d have ended up in this profession, I guess.
December 3, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Oh my goodness! In 1994 I was writing half of my papers the night before they were due. Well done, even as a dodgy undergrad 😆
December 2, 2024 at 5:08 AM
I write about math and science if that qualifies me to be added. I’d be much obliged!
December 2, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Next time: vanilla ice cream 🔥
December 2, 2024 at 3:54 AM
“Self own” also sounds like the device from which I’m typing this
November 30, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Perhaps some day she’ll write a novel about a depressed, wealthy waif who used to think 36 was old but now she is 42. (Sound of me dying)
November 22, 2024 at 1:32 PM
We should have glitter links by now. Same old blue to purple since…Windows 95? Olden days, for sure.
November 20, 2024 at 3:06 AM