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Magistra Cohen (she/her)
@magistracohen.bsky.social
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Formerly working w/@/for many, now writing about myth & YA @ Northwestern. Lifelong Chicagoan. Self-styled Tom Joad of Latin teachers. Immoderata mulier, proud of my alumnx, #confelicity. Reminding you to 💉 NOW. I salt vibes.

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What's your sign?
Manbag.
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Me too!!
Sony Dream Machine.
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Tuxedo cat. Tabby cat.
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Repost with an iconic fictional band.
captain geech and the shrimp shack shooters.
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Here's my Penny, who is also a scowler! (And Pete, for good measure.)
Scowling tabby and bemused tuxedo cat.
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Post a perfect album from the '90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
Night on Earth original soundtrack recording. A film by Jim Jarmusch. Music by Tom Waits. Original songs by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.
October 31, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Cats.
October 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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October 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Will no one stop me #MagistraGetsToTeach101
(P.S. I can't get any of my kids to respond to my GenX pop culture question: is that lady problematic or am I okay to include her on a slide?)
Bizarre mnemonic to teach the Latin word IGITUR, which means therefore. Some lady named Iggy pictured with the word IGITUR on her forehead, highlighting the fact that the syllable fore appears in the meaning of igitur and in the word forehead. Bizarre mnemonic to teach the Latin word IGITUR, which means therefore. Iggy Pop pictured with the word IGITUR on his forehead, highlighting the fact that the syllable fore appears in the meaning of igitur and in the word forehead.
October 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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I did another terrible thing. Will no one stop me. Truly, I have no shame. #MagistraGetsToTeach101

(the students seemed to very much appreciate the mnemonic for -ed verbs; I would write this part in 8-point font if I had such functionality on this website)
Latin sentences with questions about forms of the phrase "my wife." To the right of the sentences is a small picture of Borat with a toga superimposed over his torso.
October 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Li-Young Lee, "A Story" Sad is the man who is asked for a story and can't come up with one. His five-year-old son waits in his lap. Not the same story, Baba. A new one. The man rubs his chin, scratches his ear. In a room full of books in a world of stories, he can recall not one, and soon, he thinks, the boy will give up on his father. Already the man lives far ahead, he sees the day this boy will go. Don't go! Hear the alligator story! The angel story once more! You love the spider story. You laugh at the spider. Let me tell it! But the boy is packing his shirts, he is looking for his keys. Are you a god, the man screams, that I sit mute before you? Am I a god that I should never disappoint? But the boy is here. Please, Baba, a story? It is an emotional rather than logical equation, an earthly rather than heavenly one, which posits that a boy's supplications and a father's love add up to silence. Li-Young Lee, "A Story" from The City In Which I Love You. Copyright © 1990 by Li-Young Lee. Used with the permission of The Permissions Company, Inc., on behalf of BOA Editions, Ltd., boaeditions.org.
October 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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I suppose it makes more sense if I also post the preceding slide
Imperfect Tense Translation. Broadcasting from WKUB. Was Kept Used to Began to. A man sits at an old-time microphone reading from a script. The mike says WKUB.
September 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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I'm a little embarrassed but also shameless

#MagistraGetsToTeach101
Slide teaching students how to translate the imperfect tense from Latin: Imperfect Tense Translation. Broadcasting from…WKUB-ED. or translate with -ED if an adverb like saepe or semper indicates ongoing action. Pictured: Ed Sheeran sitting at an old-fashioned microphone that says WKUB, which stands for "was, kept, used to, began to."
September 28, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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I am a sherson.
💉🎉🎉🎉🥳😷
Label with words Nuvaxovid Covid.
September 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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My little arsenal pictured below. Wishing all who celebrate and also those who don’t a new year of health! 🍎🍯
A small arsenal of antiviral defense: Xlear, generic Nasocort (that’s just for allergy, but it likes hanging around the other sprays), CPC mouthspray, Profi, Enovid (from before they changed the name to Nowonder which is not nearly as fun to say), and an amber mister of home brewed hypochlorous.
September 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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...but my first office hours of the quarter have ended with no students stopping by to see me, despite my best efforts to convince them to drop by. 😔
OFFICE HOURS are time that I have set aside for YOU. I value this opportunity to connect and work together outside the classroom. Office hours are a safe space where you can ask questions, build your skills, discuss your ideas, and find the help and support that you need. What might we discuss during office hours? *Confusion over grammar topic(s) *Review of reading passage(s) *Questions about previous or upcoming quizzes *Study strategies *Reading recommendations *Classics/Ancient Antiquity *Academic concerns *Something we’ve mentioned briefly during class *You name the topic! My door is open. Feel free to stop by unannounced.
September 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Penny and Petey were keeping me company tonight!
Tabby cat with flashing eyes. Tuxedo cat with flashing eyes.
September 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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If you need a break, try this one.
Vertumnus is an oil painting produced by the Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo in 1591 that consists of multiple fruits, vegetables and flowers that come together to create a portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. Although Arcimboldo's colleagues commented that Vertumnus was scherzo, or humorous, there were intentional political meanings behind the piece, particularly regarding the choice of fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Arcimboldo's choice to include these items was also an intentional reference to the Roman god, Vertumnus. (Wikipedia).
September 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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there's a reason viral count is highest in Yolo County tho

#FAFO
Detail from post that reads "Summer sees a rise in COVID as states unite for vaccine guidance. Wastewater levels show high viral activity in Yolo County while flu season approaches."
September 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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When you see this, post about something that's brought you joy today. #TinyJoys #MagistraGetsToTeach101
A lending library of accessible Latin books for my Latin 101 students that I set up and coded today.
September 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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A #TinyJoy of my tiny kittens. Look how little & sweet!
Poor quality picture taken in the dark of a tabby cat and a tuxedo cat. In the background there is an air purifier and a scratching post. Next to the tabby there is a very scratched-up stuffed carrot that once belonged to my kids when they were teething and needed to chew things, but now belongs to my cats, just like everything else in my house.
September 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Just yesterday, in fact.
Night on Earth. Original soundtrack recording. A film by Jim Jarmusch. Music by Tom Waits. Original songs by Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan.
September 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Epidemiologist's Nightmare, baby!!
(Now can I please get my Novavax?) 💉💉💉😷😷😷💉💉💉
100% Epidemiologist's Nightmare.
September 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Great test! Going to have my husband take it this weekend and looking forward to the long form. (I would have been crushed had I missed any, BTW.)
100% Epidemiologist's Nightmare.
September 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Cat with flashing eyes.
September 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM