Jay Shelat
@jshelat1.bsky.social
PhD. Assistant Professor of English at Ursinus College. Contemporary Literature. Writing a book about the War on Terror and domesticity. I know hundreds of Bollywood songs by heart. he/him. Views are my own.
https://www.jayshelat.com
https://www.jayshelat.com
DEPARTMENT MEETING GOT CANCELLED
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
DEPARTMENT MEETING GOT CANCELLED
I hope a bird shits in Kim Davis’ open mouth
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I hope a bird shits in Kim Davis’ open mouth
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First snow of the season! 📸 #photography
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
First snow of the season! 📸 #photography
I am overwhelmed!
homer simpson is sitting at a desk with a stack of books
ALT: homer simpson is sitting at a desk with a stack of books
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November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I am overwhelmed!
Did…we all watch the same Frankenstein movie?? Bc I thought it was just ok?
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Did…we all watch the same Frankenstein movie?? Bc I thought it was just ok?
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ASAP: The Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present seeks applications for the next editor(s)-in-chief of the award-winning ASAP/Journal.
Please see more information below!
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Please see more information below!
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10.1 ASAP Journal call for editors 2025 short.docx
ASAP/Journal Editor-in-Chief Search ASAP: The Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present seeks applications for the next editor(s)-in-chief of the award-winning ASAP/Journal. Elizabeth Ho w...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
ASAP: The Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present seeks applications for the next editor(s)-in-chief of the award-winning ASAP/Journal.
Please see more information below!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please see more information below!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate Teams
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate Teams
Paging @ashleyrattner.bsky.social !!!!!!!
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Paging @ashleyrattner.bsky.social !!!!!!!
A legit perfect movie
The multi Academy Award winnning epic romantic war drama "THE ENGLISH PATIENT" directed by Anthony Minghella starring Ralph Firnnes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe and Colin Firth premiered #OnThisDay in 1996 at the Mann Bruin Theatre in Los Angeles
🎬 Miramax Films
🎬 Miramax Films
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A legit perfect movie
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Marvel at what beauty is to come 📸 #photography
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Marvel at what beauty is to come 📸 #photography
This is myopic! It ignores the global conditions of perpetual violence the admin created. They didn’t show self-constraint in the “shock and awe” tactics of bombing Afghanistan & Iraq! Or in the illegal detentions in Guantánamo. Post-9/11 discourse too often singularly focuses only on the domestic
I got so much hate last time I said this:
Even after 9/11, the Bush admin did not declare martial law, cancel elections, or put non-criminals in cages. They showed self-constraint and deserve some credit for that.
Even after 9/11, the Bush admin did not declare martial law, cancel elections, or put non-criminals in cages. They showed self-constraint and deserve some credit for that.
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This is myopic! It ignores the global conditions of perpetual violence the admin created. They didn’t show self-constraint in the “shock and awe” tactics of bombing Afghanistan & Iraq! Or in the illegal detentions in Guantánamo. Post-9/11 discourse too often singularly focuses only on the domestic
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Africana Studies is going to have one hell of an update to their "what our majors have done with their degree after graduation" page.
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Africana Studies is going to have one hell of an update to their "what our majors have done with their degree after graduation" page.
I can’t sleep because I feel hopeful for the first time in ages 🥹
November 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I can’t sleep because I feel hopeful for the first time in ages 🥹
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Fading away into these early sunsets 📸 #photography
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Fading away into these early sunsets 📸 #photography
Today, before my Political Poetry class started, a student rushed into the room, slammed her hands on the lectern where I was standing, and said excitedly, “Dr. Shelat! I finally caught up on the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City like you told me to and it’s just as good as you said!” 😌🙂↕️🥹
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Today, before my Political Poetry class started, a student rushed into the room, slammed her hands on the lectern where I was standing, and said excitedly, “Dr. Shelat! I finally caught up on the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City like you told me to and it’s just as good as you said!” 😌🙂↕️🥹
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Today is only the beginning.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Today is only the beginning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Today is only the beginning.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Mahler's Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" is incredible. It's been my writing soundtrack for months now and it still never gets old.
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Mahler's Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" is incredible. It's been my writing soundtrack for months now and it still never gets old.
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if lore is to be believed, fred astaire used to dance and glide around his tailor's workshop before taking a suit home to make sure the collar always stayed glued to his neck
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 AM
if lore is to be believed, fred astaire used to dance and glide around his tailor's workshop before taking a suit home to make sure the collar always stayed glued to his neck
Today, in my Methods class, I reprised my role as the Angel in Angels in America by standing on a desk screeching “I I I I Am the Bird of America, the Bald Eagle,
Continental Principality,
LUMEN PHOSPHOR FLUOR CANDLE!”
Continental Principality,
LUMEN PHOSPHOR FLUOR CANDLE!”
November 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Today, in my Methods class, I reprised my role as the Angel in Angels in America by standing on a desk screeching “I I I I Am the Bird of America, the Bald Eagle,
Continental Principality,
LUMEN PHOSPHOR FLUOR CANDLE!”
Continental Principality,
LUMEN PHOSPHOR FLUOR CANDLE!”
A reminder that teaching literature will always be important.
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
THIS MOTHERFUCKER HELD A GREAT GATSBY PARTY WHILE 43 MILLION PEOPLE GO HUNGRY AND HEALTHCARE COSTS KEEP RISING.
November 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A reminder that teaching literature will always be important.
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
The best sweet during Halloween season is, obviously, candy corn.
The worst sweet during Thanksgiving and Christmas season is, obviously, egg nog.
The worst sweet during Thanksgiving and Christmas season is, obviously, egg nog.
November 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The best sweet during Halloween season is, obviously, candy corn.
The worst sweet during Thanksgiving and Christmas season is, obviously, egg nog.
The worst sweet during Thanksgiving and Christmas season is, obviously, egg nog.
Oh shit i totally forgot about the time change! Gonna start getting dark here by the time I finish my 4:15 classes :(
November 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Oh shit i totally forgot about the time change! Gonna start getting dark here by the time I finish my 4:15 classes :(
Everyone this season of #RHOSLC is so activated. It’s such good tv!
a woman says i love that in front of a window
ALT: a woman says i love that in front of a window
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October 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Everyone this season of #RHOSLC is so activated. It’s such good tv!
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.