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Leanne MacDonald
@medievalmac.bsky.social
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Medievalist. Teaching writing, medieval literature, and gender. she/her
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I have some great news for @monicamedhist.bsky.social! You have been exonerated!
A screenshot of the Google AI overview that reads "Monica Green is a historian who researched the Black Death, but she is not the cause of the plague. The Black Death's death toll is estimated to have killed 40% to 60% of the population in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa during the 14th century, with a total of 50 million people in Europe alone."
November 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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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?
Icon of Saint Christopher as a cynocephalus, or dog-headed man
October 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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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.
Classic cover of Wide Sargasso Sea with Jean Rhys, picturing a white woman with black hair dressed in a nineteenth century shawl. She is surrounded by tropical plants.
July 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Hang in there, Joan!
Joan of Arc in the protocol of the parliament of Paris (1429). Drawing by Clément de Fauquembergue. French National Archives A fifteenth century marginal drawing of a woman with long hair holding a sword in her left hand and a banner with a Christogram
May 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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I mean, it's looking like a more viable system of government every day. Can't wait for Day 1 of ICMS! #medievalsky #icms2025
A bathroom selfie of me wearing a grey blazer and a t-shirt that says "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government" and a graphic of the hand of the Lady of the Lake holding Excalibur aloft.
May 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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January 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Anakin Padme meme, in which Anakin says "You might think you are smarter than medieval people, but you're not!" Padme, smiling, says "Because medieval people were intelligent human beings, right?" Anakin stares in silence, and Padme repeats the same question with a more serious face.
January 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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If you see this, post something orange.
A close up image of a bright orange California poppy against a blurry green grass background and a bee hovering in the center.
January 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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I am going through @kathyjc.bsky.social and Edwards' Arthurian lit anthology to prep for a summer course, and laughed out loud at this. I wonder how many false leads the messengers followed with this methodology before they found the genuine article?
A screenshot from Cawsey and Edwards' Broadview Anthology of Medieval Arthurian Literature that reads "There were boys playing ball there. Suddenly two of the boys began to quarrel, and the one taunted the other "You're no good, you fatherless bastard!" Then the messengers interrogated the boys about this other boy, and they sought out his mother to see whether he had any father."
January 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Looks like there's been a bit of bot activity
A screenshot of recent follows, including five with variations on the name Alex and flirtatious profile pics, and one impersonating Guillermo del Toro.
January 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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We'll see what these guys have to say about that.
November 20, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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I still use this to teach dangling modifiers every semester, and my students never think it's as funny as I do.
October 17, 2023 at 4:34 PM
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Quests are getting way too easy these days.
October 7, 2023 at 2:22 AM