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Leah Pope Parker
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Baker of hand pies. Scholar of medieval literature and disability: www.leahpopeparker.com She/they. Views: own. Cat: Æthelthryth. Book: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12571891 Banner: close-up of swirling shades of yellow in oil paint, vaguely floral.
It’s hand pie season! Thus: pepperoni pizza hand pies.
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
You can see Shannon’s work on my index in the #OpenAccess ebook (doi.org/10.3998/mpub...) and pictured here. Seriously, how do you make a useful index entry on “disability” in a book that’s entirely about disability?? I highly recommend hiring a professional to figure that out for your book.
September 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Remember how parents used to take pictures of kids with newspapers when History™️ was on the front page? Very proof-of-life vibes?

Here’s proof of how alive and thrilled Æthelthryth is on the day a box of my book arrived! Happy birthday to me!

doi.org/10.3998/mpub... #MedievalSky #DisabilitySky
August 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Took my early copy of the book on a walkabout to Winchester Cathedral, built partly on top of the Old Minster, home of St Swithun’s crutch-covered shrine from ch 2. Also where the cover portrait of St Æthelthryth was made! doi.org/10.3998/mpub... #MedievalSky #DisabilitySky @uofmpress.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It’s a real physical book! Æthelthryth seems to enjoy seeing her patron saint adorning the advance copy. Cats and saints front and center! doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
#MedievalSky #SkyStorians #DisabilitySky
June 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Look at this beautiful book cover. That shiny lady? That’s Saint Æthelthryth. Heck yes I named my cat after her.
May 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Come for the crip ancestors (including disabled saints!), stay for the generative juxtaposition of medieval Christianity and Buddhism. #medievalsky #disability #cripsky
April 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Finally finished reading through my proofs! A favorite passage from ch. 6.
Citation: Me, pp. 214-15 of Light of the Everlasting Life: Disability and Crip Eschatology in Old English Literature, forthcoming in August from @uofmpress.bsky.social
#CripSky #Disability #MedievalSky
April 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I love a lot of lines in chapter 5, “Cynewulf’s Wounds,” that make little sense out of context, probably including this one.
Citation: Me, p. 199 of Light of the Everlasting Life, forthcoming August from @uofmpress.bsky.social
#CripSky #Disability #MedievalSky
April 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Back at it: I remember writing this line in a Madison cafe for the dissertation version, but it’s still my favorite in chapter 4.
Citation: Me, p. 158 of Light of the Everlasting Life, forthcoming in August from @uofmpress.bsky.social
#CripSky #MedievalSky #Skystorians
March 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Favorite line from ch.4 (after the cat joke that shall remain secret). About the portrait of St. Æthelthryth in the Benedictional of St. Æthelwold. Citation: Me, p. 138 of Light of the Everlasting Life, forthcoming in August from @uofmpress.bsky.social
#CripSky #Disability #MedievalSky #Skystorians
March 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Chapter 2 has some bangers if I do say so myself. Citation: Me, p. 81 of Light of the Everlasting Life: Disability and Crip Eschatology in Old English Literature, forthcoming in August from @uofmpress.bsky.social
#CripSky #Disability #MedievalSky #Skystorians
March 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hit some bumps in progress this week, but finally found my favorite moment in chapter one. Citation: Me, p. 71 of Light of the Everlasting Life, forthcoming in August from @uofmpress.bsky.social
#CripSky #Disability #MedievalSky #Skystorians
March 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The winning line from the intro, over an eight-way tie for second place. Citation: Me, p. 12 of Light of the Everlasting Life: Disability and Crip Eschatology in Old English Literature, forthcoming in August from @uofmpress.bsky.social
#CripSky #Disability #MedievalSky #Skystorians
March 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I started with the conclusion (it’s short!) and I like this sentence. Citation: Me, p. 248 of Light of the Everlasting Life: Disability and Crip Eschatology in Old English Literature, forthcoming in August from @uofmpress.bsky.social

#BookSky #CripSky #DisabilitySky #MedievalSky #Skystorians
March 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM