Nissa Ren Cannon
@nissaren.bsky.social
Teaching research writing @PWRStanford, writing about interwar expatriate infrastructure (& passports & steamships & newspapers), book reviews editor @JMPS, MSA board member, SFUSD parent
Flashback to that time in 1966 Seventeen Magazine found my dad on the beach and put him in their photoshoot.
December 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Flashback to that time in 1966 Seventeen Magazine found my dad on the beach and put him in their photoshoot.
On the flip side, this slide from my student meant to show a bunch of famous couples left me wondering if there even is a youth culture I'm missing?
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
On the flip side, this slide from my student meant to show a bunch of famous couples left me wondering if there even is a youth culture I'm missing?
11 year old and I are working on our sushi skills.
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
11 year old and I are working on our sushi skills.
Now is obviously the perfect time for me to remind you of two early 20th c. passport facts that always entertain me: (1) the most common adjective used to describe peoples' facial features (forehead, nose, mouth, you name it!) was "medium"; and (2) Ezra Pound had an imperial chin.
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Now is obviously the perfect time for me to remind you of two early 20th c. passport facts that always entertain me: (1) the most common adjective used to describe peoples' facial features (forehead, nose, mouth, you name it!) was "medium"; and (2) Ezra Pound had an imperial chin.
Just gonna stick with this look.
November 1, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Just gonna stick with this look.
Can't believe I've only this year realized my inevitable lazy Halloween form.
October 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Can't believe I've only this year realized my inevitable lazy Halloween form.
Wish me luck on my annual experiment to see if one (1) student will comment on my Halloween earrings.
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Wish me luck on my annual experiment to see if one (1) student will comment on my Halloween earrings.
I want you to know that the audience of a Rilo Kiley show in Berkeley looks exactly how you imagine
October 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I want you to know that the audience of a Rilo Kiley show in Berkeley looks exactly how you imagine
There are few things that make me happier than the fact that William James’ house looks like this at Halloween.
October 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
There are few things that make me happier than the fact that William James’ house looks like this at Halloween.
Met these dudes today
October 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Met these dudes today
Moon lighting up the bay on the way in to Boston. See you soon @moderniststudies.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Moon lighting up the bay on the way in to Boston. See you soon @moderniststudies.bsky.social
Hi @moderniststudies.bsky.social friends! We hope you'll join Friday's workshop "What Do People Do All Day (Off the Tenure Track)?" A conversation about understanding and navigating precarity (whether you're contingent or want to best support your colleagues). Workshop registration not necessary!
October 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Hi @moderniststudies.bsky.social friends! We hope you'll join Friday's workshop "What Do People Do All Day (Off the Tenure Track)?" A conversation about understanding and navigating precarity (whether you're contingent or want to best support your colleagues). Workshop registration not necessary!
Love that a selling point of refrigeration was “you can go visiting whenever you like”
September 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Love that a selling point of refrigeration was “you can go visiting whenever you like”
Women demand pockets, c. 1928
September 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Women demand pockets, c. 1928
These are our Classy bibs.
August 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
These are our Classy bibs.
Tomorrow I’ll be the parent of a middle schooler, but tonight he still let me read him my favorite kids book
August 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Tomorrow I’ll be the parent of a middle schooler, but tonight he still let me read him my favorite kids book
Cottagecore influencers have nothing on this pic of me as a flower girl in 1986.
August 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Cottagecore influencers have nothing on this pic of me as a flower girl in 1986.
Local Costco selling “chicken paws.”
August 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Local Costco selling “chicken paws.”
That is a good diagram, but this is the greatest i.redd.it/0125782jhfj7...
August 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
That is a good diagram, but this is the greatest i.redd.it/0125782jhfj7...
May Birkhead chapter now in print in this spectacular (and truly ground breaking!) volume.
July 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
May Birkhead chapter now in print in this spectacular (and truly ground breaking!) volume.
Something for everyone.
July 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Something for everyone.
I just love that each and every photo of Natalie Barney--even her passport application--shows a woman with hair that could not be contained.
July 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I just love that each and every photo of Natalie Barney--even her passport application--shows a woman with hair that could not be contained.
If you're looking for a title for a Sylvia Beach biography, might I recommend "Keeping a book shop on behalf of myself"?
July 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you're looking for a title for a Sylvia Beach biography, might I recommend "Keeping a book shop on behalf of myself"?
Gave a grad/postdoc workshop on responding to "Revise and Resubmits," and basically just showed memes the whole time:
July 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Gave a grad/postdoc workshop on responding to "Revise and Resubmits," and basically just showed memes the whole time: