Dinah Roe
@preraphsrule.bsky.social
C19th literature. Victorian Poetry. Pre-Raphaelitism. Caregiving / Care. Editing Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti (Longman). Visit the Poetry By Carers project website https://carerspoetry.org/ for poems by caregivers.
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'From next year, universities will be required to cover the employer’s share of a new supplementary health and welfare insurance scheme, known as the PSC, and make increased contributions to a special pension fund for employees, the CAS.' 1/2
French universities fear ‘collapse’ as unfunded extra costs mount
New health and welfare payments mandated in country’s budget will leave institutions ‘unable to fulfil their mission’, scholars say
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
'From next year, universities will be required to cover the employer’s share of a new supplementary health and welfare insurance scheme, known as the PSC, and make increased contributions to a special pension fund for employees, the CAS.' 1/2
This is the kind of excellent stuff up to which I wish more academics would get. 🤣
Is Taylor Swift the new FW Taylor? No. She's the new Jonathan Swift, which is worse. Here's why only Veblen can help us.
I reviewed the latest album in order to get it out of my system.
tgpbennett.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/p...
I reviewed the latest album in order to get it out of my system.
tgpbennett.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/p...
Protecting the Family: A few more notes on “the new Taylorism”
On my birthday this year (kind of a big one too!), Taylor Swift swooped in and stole my thunder with yet another album. Adding insult to injury, my university PR team then asked if I might write so…
tgpbennett.wordpress.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This is the kind of excellent stuff up to which I wish more academics would get. 🤣
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If you think that “the slow vanishing of employee benefits” is a better trade politically than “the other lot saying you broke your promise on income tax”, you are out of your tree: www.ft.com/content/1160...
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If you think that “the slow vanishing of employee benefits” is a better trade politically than “the other lot saying you broke your promise on income tax”, you are out of your tree: www.ft.com/content/1160...
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I asked about this, and one of our excellent librarians discovered that in fact AI summaries/"Research Assistant" can be switched off at the level of the library. Something to request. support.proquest.com/s/article/Eb...
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I asked about this, and one of our excellent librarians discovered that in fact AI summaries/"Research Assistant" can be switched off at the level of the library. Something to request. support.proquest.com/s/article/Eb...
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If you or anyone you know would be interested in a GREAT Victorian studies conference in the spring, here's the CFP. Proposals due Dec 6. Especially let anyone within driving distance of Cincinnati know! The lovely @nathankhensley.bsky.social will be keynote speaker. midwestvictorian.org/conference/
Conference
“The Underground: Prohibition, Abolition, Expression”2026 Call for Papers April 10-12, 2026, hosted by Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Baker Street Station on the Metropolitan Railway, 1863 &#…
midwestvictorian.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you or anyone you know would be interested in a GREAT Victorian studies conference in the spring, here's the CFP. Proposals due Dec 6. Especially let anyone within driving distance of Cincinnati know! The lovely @nathankhensley.bsky.social will be keynote speaker. midwestvictorian.org/conference/
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Thought for the day:
On Bluesky, it's "nice" to "Like", but it's (more) effective to Repost. Be effective. (You can also be nice).
On Bluesky, it's "nice" to "Like", but it's (more) effective to Repost. Be effective. (You can also be nice).
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thought for the day:
On Bluesky, it's "nice" to "Like", but it's (more) effective to Repost. Be effective. (You can also be nice).
On Bluesky, it's "nice" to "Like", but it's (more) effective to Repost. Be effective. (You can also be nice).
The other hero of this story is clearly his mom, Félicité Garzon Delvaux:
'“Art and museums are living spaces,” she said. “Life without art is not life.”'
'“Art and museums are living spaces,” she said. “Life without art is not life.”'
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The other hero of this story is clearly his mom, Félicité Garzon Delvaux:
'“Art and museums are living spaces,” she said. “Life without art is not life.”'
'“Art and museums are living spaces,” she said. “Life without art is not life.”'
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I just donated. Oxford people, join if you can.
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I just donated. Oxford people, join if you can.
I was just teaching Shelley's 'Ode to the West Wind', and autumn leaves started blowing into the classroom through the windows, right on cue. At these moments, I don't care that I'm a bajillion dollars in debt for my education. Worth it. ❤️✊
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45134/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45134/...
Ode to the West Wind
I O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, Pest...
www.poetryfoundation.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I was just teaching Shelley's 'Ode to the West Wind', and autumn leaves started blowing into the classroom through the windows, right on cue. At these moments, I don't care that I'm a bajillion dollars in debt for my education. Worth it. ❤️✊
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45134/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45134/...
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Somewhat astonishingly, here it is, a book, a thing in the world... More, including acknowledgements, soon❤️
October 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Somewhat astonishingly, here it is, a book, a thing in the world... More, including acknowledgements, soon❤️
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Even I thought this was one of mine!
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Even I thought this was one of mine!
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"Hello wall"
Such a simply device but so powerful for anyone that's ever felt unheard.
RIP Pauline Collins
Such a simply device but so powerful for anyone that's ever felt unheard.
RIP Pauline Collins
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Hello wall"
Such a simply device but so powerful for anyone that's ever felt unheard.
RIP Pauline Collins
Such a simply device but so powerful for anyone that's ever felt unheard.
RIP Pauline Collins
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Fellow writer/media types: I'm writing a Wuthering Heights essay pegged to the forthcoming Emerald Fennell adaptation and need a Warner Brothers contact so that I can either procure a screener or attend a press screening. Can someone help me? Signal boosts appreciated!
November 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Fellow writer/media types: I'm writing a Wuthering Heights essay pegged to the forthcoming Emerald Fennell adaptation and need a Warner Brothers contact so that I can either procure a screener or attend a press screening. Can someone help me? Signal boosts appreciated!
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Put simply, this government’s policy seems to be ‘who needs education?’. I predict this is going to lead to some problems.
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Put simply, this government’s policy seems to be ‘who needs education?’. I predict this is going to lead to some problems.
Admittedly I haven't seen the show, but I loathe this genre (educated, ambitious city-dwelling woman brought down to earth / humbled by men in her hometown). 🙄
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Admittedly I haven't seen the show, but I loathe this genre (educated, ambitious city-dwelling woman brought down to earth / humbled by men in her hometown). 🙄
See also 'Ozymandias'. Other Shelley poems are available. 😬
If I see that quote from the Great Gatsby about Tom and Daisy being careless people one more time… I get it! They were rich and selfish and — look! — some people now are rich and selfish. Now stop being so lazy and post something you’ve thought of yourself!
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
See also 'Ozymandias'. Other Shelley poems are available. 😬
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WHO WANTS A HUG 🤗🌳
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
WHO WANTS A HUG 🤗🌳
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The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
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Some call it mass uncontrolled migration. Others call it the British empire.
November 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Some call it mass uncontrolled migration. Others call it the British empire.
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UK to launch pilot scheme that helps homeless people access banking
Five biggest banks take part in programme that will also help domestic abuse victims recover their credit score www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Five biggest banks take part in programme that will also help domestic abuse victims recover their credit score www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK to launch pilot scheme that helps homeless people access banking
Five biggest banks take part in programme that will also help domestic abuse victims recover their credit score
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
UK to launch pilot scheme that helps homeless people access banking
Five biggest banks take part in programme that will also help domestic abuse victims recover their credit score www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Five biggest banks take part in programme that will also help domestic abuse victims recover their credit score www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."
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Breaking news: US stocks have dropped as jitters over highly elevated valuations for many artificial intelligence companies intensified and top Wall Street executives said markets were vulnerable to a pullback. on.ft.com/4hIMmhj
November 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Breaking news: US stocks have dropped as jitters over highly elevated valuations for many artificial intelligence companies intensified and top Wall Street executives said markets were vulnerable to a pullback. on.ft.com/4hIMmhj