@marquisedusud.bsky.social
Academic, art historian, obsessed with Scotland, gardening, and books. Spends far too much time in anatomical museums. Will eat cake.
First I had to stockpile Canadian blueberries and maple syrup, and now this?! Guess I'm making a Trader Joe's run this afternoon.
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
First I had to stockpile Canadian blueberries and maple syrup, and now this?! Guess I'm making a Trader Joe's run this afternoon.
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IT’S ELECTION DAY, AMERICA!
Remember to get out and VOTE!!!
Remember to get out and VOTE!!!
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
IT’S ELECTION DAY, AMERICA!
Remember to get out and VOTE!!!
Remember to get out and VOTE!!!
Always golden.
Dolly Parton releases “9 to 5” 45 yrs ago today.
“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”
“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Always golden.
You should come to this, y'all. Hope to see you there!
Booking is now live for our exciting online workshop Object Stories in Health and Medicine 1700-1900!
See the full programme and grab a ticket here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
See the full programme and grab a ticket here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
Object stories in health and medicine, 1700-1900 - University of Birmingham
This event is aimed at researchers across the medical humanities and histories of medicine and psychiatry working with material culture.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
You should come to this, y'all. Hope to see you there!
As a former grantee, I have to say that this program changed my teaching and my scholarship in profoundly positive ways. Worth applying!
An information session for those interested in learning about Rare Book School’s 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 will be held via Zoom at 6 p.m. ET on 29 October. Register at rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/lang
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
As a former grantee, I have to say that this program changed my teaching and my scholarship in profoundly positive ways. Worth applying!
This takes me back to the years when the only station we could watch on our black-and-white TV was PBS. (They were good years!) RIP Prunella Scales, you gave us some great laughs!
will be celebrating the life of Prunella Scales by shouting BASIL! periodically all day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=60WV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=60WV...
Fawlty Towers: The best of Sybil
YouTube video by Fawlty's Vault
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October 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This takes me back to the years when the only station we could watch on our black-and-white TV was PBS. (They were good years!) RIP Prunella Scales, you gave us some great laughs!
Iconography matters, mes amis. A useful guide.
Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
October 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Iconography matters, mes amis. A useful guide.
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This photo of Trump destroying the White House, while he destroys our nation is going to be in the history books.
October 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This photo of Trump destroying the White House, while he destroys our nation is going to be in the history books.
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Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster
October 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster
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It's 55º degrees out and overcast -- what I like to call "Scottish weather". It's also peak fall color, with red maples everywhere. I'm sipping a cup of Grasshopper tea (mint and vanilla), and today I'm wearing BPAL's Belle Époque (sweet opium, Lily of the Valley, vanilla, mandarin, red sandalwood).
October 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It's 55º degrees out and overcast -- what I like to call "Scottish weather". It's also peak fall color, with red maples everywhere. I'm sipping a cup of Grasshopper tea (mint and vanilla), and today I'm wearing BPAL's Belle Époque (sweet opium, Lily of the Valley, vanilla, mandarin, red sandalwood).
I finished this book two weeks ago, and I am *still* thinking about it. A beautiful meditation on what it means to encounter the natural world on its own terms.
It's our pleasure to announce that the inaugural winner of the Wainwright Prize Book of the Year is...
Raising Hare, @chloedalton.bsky.social (@canongate.co.uk)
#WainwrightPrize #StoriesThatConnect
Raising Hare, @chloedalton.bsky.social (@canongate.co.uk)
#WainwrightPrize #StoriesThatConnect
October 3, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I finished this book two weeks ago, and I am *still* thinking about it. A beautiful meditation on what it means to encounter the natural world on its own terms.
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Rocky Horror was my first outlet and introduction into queer culture growing up in ultra-conservative Omaha, Nebraska. It was nothing short of a lifeline for so many of us at the time
The Rocky Horror Picture Show opened on US screens 50 years ago today. Initially a major box office bomb, cult cinema outsiders and queer audiences quickly took up the film’s mantle and turned it into a unique and exciting way of engaging with the movies. Remember kids, don’t dream it—be it!!
September 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Rocky Horror was my first outlet and introduction into queer culture growing up in ultra-conservative Omaha, Nebraska. It was nothing short of a lifeline for so many of us at the time
Sorry, but this is peak art historian humor, as anyone who has ever taught on William Blake's work can tell you!
Wordsworth: welcome to the meeting of Romantic Poets. We need to set our agenda, and I am recommending clouds, flowers, or possibly clouds shaped like flowers
Percy Shelley: or the severed head of a tyrant
William Blake: or thicc Satan
Wordsworth: or what???
Blake: I have produced a sketch-
Percy Shelley: or the severed head of a tyrant
William Blake: or thicc Satan
Wordsworth: or what???
Blake: I have produced a sketch-
September 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Sorry, but this is peak art historian humor, as anyone who has ever taught on William Blake's work can tell you!
Buh-bye. Account deleted. I verified, and yes this is in the new terms of service (as of 9/16/25). This, plus the AI email spam every week, was just one bridge too far for me. If you want to read my work and can't track it down, just contact me -- I'm happy to share it!
Academia dot edu licensing agreement says it can use your likeness and voice and publications in any manner they want, world wide.
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
September 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Buh-bye. Account deleted. I verified, and yes this is in the new terms of service (as of 9/16/25). This, plus the AI email spam every week, was just one bridge too far for me. If you want to read my work and can't track it down, just contact me -- I'm happy to share it!
Sharing this, as I happen to published in one of the books listed -- Rethinking the Public Fetus. It's a great book!
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September 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Sharing this, as I happen to published in one of the books listed -- Rethinking the Public Fetus. It's a great book!
As a historian who double-majored in French and art history, I *also* appreciate close reading, and must sadly concur with the following statement regarding recent political developments:
What a terrible evening to have advanced primary source analysis skills.
September 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
As a historian who double-majored in French and art history, I *also* appreciate close reading, and must sadly concur with the following statement regarding recent political developments:
As a historian of the 19th century, I *always* appreciate a gilded age reference or two. This is brilliant.
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
As a historian of the 19th century, I *always* appreciate a gilded age reference or two. This is brilliant.
The shooting happened while I was sitting in my classroom with 13 students, a mile away, and we knew nothing about it. My god make this madness stop.
Minnesota is heartbroken.
From the officers responding, to the clergy and teachers providing comfort, to the hospital staff saving lives, we will get through this together.
Hug your kids close.
From the officers responding, to the clergy and teachers providing comfort, to the hospital staff saving lives, we will get through this together.
Hug your kids close.
August 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The shooting happened while I was sitting in my classroom with 13 students, a mile away, and we knew nothing about it. My god make this madness stop.
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There's a vigil tonight at 8pm, Lynnhurst Park, for victims of the Annunciation shooting. It's being organized by Moms Demand Action and Protect MN. Please share to your networks. #minneapolis #twincities #mpls
August 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
There's a vigil tonight at 8pm, Lynnhurst Park, for victims of the Annunciation shooting. It's being organized by Moms Demand Action and Protect MN. Please share to your networks. #minneapolis #twincities #mpls
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The men selling their own children born of rape: that's what the Confederate flag stands for.
from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"
August 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The men selling their own children born of rape: that's what the Confederate flag stands for.
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This is masculinity too
I love this so much and I am absolutely tearing up about it. The gentleness and plainness of this, the way he just lets her be her (and she seems so damn lovely, who wouldn’t?), the generosity.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
August 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This is masculinity too