Leanne MacDonald
@medievalmac.bsky.social
Medievalist. Teaching writing, medieval literature, and gender. she/her
I have some great news for @monicamedhist.bsky.social! You have been exonerated!
November 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I have some great news for @monicamedhist.bsky.social! You have been exonerated!
Burning question from my medieval lit class about Saint Christopher: After he was blessed with the gift of human speech, did he talk like Scooby Doo?
October 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Burning question from my medieval lit class about Saint Christopher: After he was blessed with the gift of human speech, did he talk like Scooby Doo?
Just read Wide Sargasso Sea for the first time. Great novel, but I was really hoping it would shed more light on the whole eel situation.
July 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Just read Wide Sargasso Sea for the first time. Great novel, but I was really hoping it would shed more light on the whole eel situation.
Hang in there, Joan!
May 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Hang in there, Joan!
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Ooo, ooo, I know this one!
May 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Ooo, ooo, I know this one!
They nailed the translation of Kid Rock 😆
Department of Government Efficiency = Cur scalpellum adhibeamus cum gladio uti possimus?: “Why use a scalpel when you can use a saw?”
More Latin Mottoes for Trump-Era Goverment Entities
Read the first installment, published during Trump’s first term. - - -United States Department of Agriculture Ad salmonellam “Towards salmonella” I...
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May 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
They nailed the translation of Kid Rock 😆
I think I am in a math textbook, because the Amtrak employee just came out and said two trains are coming from east and west, and the one going east is late, and she's not sure which one will arrive first.
May 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I think I am in a math textbook, because the Amtrak employee just came out and said two trains are coming from east and west, and the one going east is late, and she's not sure which one will arrive first.
I mean, it's looking like a more viable system of government every day. Can't wait for Day 1 of ICMS! #medievalsky #icms2025
May 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I mean, it's looking like a more viable system of government every day. Can't wait for Day 1 of ICMS! #medievalsky #icms2025
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It's election day!!! (Canada, please 🙏 don't make me have to listen to PP's whiny-ass voice for the next few years.) VOTE VOTE VOTE #AnythingButConservative
63. Hey Rosetta! & Yukon Blonde, "Land You Love" #CanCon 🇨🇦 youtu.be/ZnU8V7gsjok?... (See quote-skeet for context)
Land You Love by Hey Rosetta! & Yukon Blonde
YouTube video by Sovereign Sentience
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April 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's election day!!! (Canada, please 🙏 don't make me have to listen to PP's whiny-ass voice for the next few years.) VOTE VOTE VOTE #AnythingButConservative
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It's election day in Canada! Go vote!
April 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It's election day in Canada! Go vote!
Sending love to everyone affected by this unimaginable loss ❤️
We are now broadcasting live about the Lapu Lapu Day tragedy.
We'll have ongoing coverage for an hour or two, as we talk to members of the Flipino community and wait for an update from police.
We'll have ongoing coverage for an hour or two, as we talk to members of the Flipino community and wait for an update from police.
Several people killed, others injured after vehicle drives into Vancouver street festival crowd | CBC News
Vancouver police say several people have been killed and multiple others injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party Saturday evening.
www.cbc.ca
April 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Sending love to everyone affected by this unimaginable loss ❤️
Just voted! I'm going to be out of town for advance and regular voting, and I wasn't sure about the timing of a mail ballot, but it's very easy to do seven days a week at the Elections Canada office. Let's keep Canada from falling to the dark side!
April 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just voted! I'm going to be out of town for advance and regular voting, and I wasn't sure about the timing of a mail ballot, but it's very easy to do seven days a week at the Elections Canada office. Let's keep Canada from falling to the dark side!
The point of having official languages is to protect minority language speakers, not oppress them.
As a Canadian uni student, I was surprised that the US didn't have an official lang - I assumed they were like flags. Then my Linguistics prof explained the English-as-an-Official-Language movement...
As a Canadian uni student, I was surprised that the US didn't have an official lang - I assumed they were like flags. Then my Linguistics prof explained the English-as-an-Official-Language movement...
President Donald Trump will soon sign an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States, marking the first time the country will have a federally recognized national language in its nearly 250-year history.
Trump to sign executive order designating English official language of U.S.
The order will rescind a mandate “that required agencies and recipients of federal funding to provide extensive language assistance to non-English speakers,” the White House said.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The point of having official languages is to protect minority language speakers, not oppress them.
As a Canadian uni student, I was surprised that the US didn't have an official lang - I assumed they were like flags. Then my Linguistics prof explained the English-as-an-Official-Language movement...
As a Canadian uni student, I was surprised that the US didn't have an official lang - I assumed they were like flags. Then my Linguistics prof explained the English-as-an-Official-Language movement...
I once talked to an American academic at a conference in Canada who was genuinely surprised that the prices she had been seeing on menus all week and paying by credit card were in a different currency.
Genuinely I'm starting to think many Americans truly think Canada is a territory and not a sovereign nation.
February 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I once talked to an American academic at a conference in Canada who was genuinely surprised that the prices she had been seeing on menus all week and paying by credit card were in a different currency.
Anonymous feedback on my new medieval literature course helpfully points out that I spelled Le Morte Darthur incorrectly. I may have to duel over an apostrophe tomorrow.
February 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Anonymous feedback on my new medieval literature course helpfully points out that I spelled Le Morte Darthur incorrectly. I may have to duel over an apostrophe tomorrow.
In grade 5 I signed a petition asking the school to buy more alto recorders. I didn't play alto recorder, but I was persuaded that sharing them was gross.
I got detention and had to talk with the music teacher about recklessly putting my signature on things that I didn't know anything about.
I got detention and had to talk with the music teacher about recklessly putting my signature on things that I didn't know anything about.
February 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
In grade 5 I signed a petition asking the school to buy more alto recorders. I didn't play alto recorder, but I was persuaded that sharing them was gross.
I got detention and had to talk with the music teacher about recklessly putting my signature on things that I didn't know anything about.
I got detention and had to talk with the music teacher about recklessly putting my signature on things that I didn't know anything about.
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Alexander Pope wrote poems that were so mean grown men quit writing, and Kendrick is firmly in his tradition
February 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Alexander Pope wrote poems that were so mean grown men quit writing, and Kendrick is firmly in his tradition
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"The Belle Da Costa Greene Award of $2,000 will be granted annually to a medievalist of color for research and travel. The award may be used to visit archives, attend conferences, or to facilitate writing and research."
DUE 15 FEB
More on award & Greene:
www.medievalacademy.org/page/GreeneA...
DUE 15 FEB
More on award & Greene:
www.medievalacademy.org/page/GreeneA...
The Belle Da Costa Greene Award - The Medieval Academy of America
3/6/2025 » 3/9/2025(Re)Animating the Middle Ages: Adapting the Medieval in Animated Media
www.medievalacademy.org
February 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"The Belle Da Costa Greene Award of $2,000 will be granted annually to a medievalist of color for research and travel. The award may be used to visit archives, attend conferences, or to facilitate writing and research."
DUE 15 FEB
More on award & Greene:
www.medievalacademy.org/page/GreeneA...
DUE 15 FEB
More on award & Greene:
www.medievalacademy.org/page/GreeneA...
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Saint Marinos did not raise an entire child as a trans single dad to get this kind of disrespect
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_...
Marina the Monk - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
February 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Saint Marinos did not raise an entire child as a trans single dad to get this kind of disrespect
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_...
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I can. In fact, the Canadian version is so great, I can't think of an American equivalent. 🧵
February 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I can. In fact, the Canadian version is so great, I can't think of an American equivalent. 🧵
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Goals
January 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Goals
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Loads of spelling mistakes in this.
January 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Loads of spelling mistakes in this.