Ethan Evans (he/him)
@queervictorian.bsky.social
Neuroqueer | Part-time PhD student | Full-time happy chappy™️ | #Transrights
After two months off with burnout, and a new ADHD diagnosis, I’m back in the PhD and feeling ready for anything!
September 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
After two months off with burnout, and a new ADHD diagnosis, I’m back in the PhD and feeling ready for anything!
Last month, I was formally diagnosed with ADHD! Really happy 🥳
September 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Last month, I was formally diagnosed with ADHD! Really happy 🥳
A few weeks ago, I contacted the bookshop where a friend had bought a misbound George Eliot novel for my birthday. I wanted to say thanks and share the queer things I’d learned from studying it. Today, the owner surprised me with ‘a gift from the shop’. What a lovely man 🥹
March 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A few weeks ago, I contacted the bookshop where a friend had bought a misbound George Eliot novel for my birthday. I wanted to say thanks and share the queer things I’d learned from studying it. Today, the owner surprised me with ‘a gift from the shop’. What a lovely man 🥹
My goal for 2025 x
December 31, 2024 at 11:42 AM
My goal for 2025 x
Today, I disclosed my ADHD to the university. I’m going to get lots of help, and, hopefully, the PhD won’t be so hard anymore 😭
November 21, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Today, I disclosed my ADHD to the university. I’m going to get lots of help, and, hopefully, the PhD won’t be so hard anymore 😭
Gave my first lecture today 🥹
November 18, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Gave my first lecture today 🥹
Wearing my favourite trans-affirming t-shirt to campus today because my university is hosting an event on ‘academic freedom’. Events like this make me - and other LGBT+ people I know - feel anxious and deeply uncomfortable. But I won’t give up. Trans people belong.
May 22, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Wearing my favourite trans-affirming t-shirt to campus today because my university is hosting an event on ‘academic freedom’. Events like this make me - and other LGBT+ people I know - feel anxious and deeply uncomfortable. But I won’t give up. Trans people belong.
On route to see the boyfriend, I’m thinking about queerness, anxiety, and the need to pause in Eliot. Delighted to find an accidental pause in my copy of ‘Impressions of Theophrastus Such’ (1879). Page 49 is ‘missing’ and ends on a pause ‘when—’. (It then reappears later in the book around p. 112).
April 27, 2024 at 8:38 AM
On route to see the boyfriend, I’m thinking about queerness, anxiety, and the need to pause in Eliot. Delighted to find an accidental pause in my copy of ‘Impressions of Theophrastus Such’ (1879). Page 49 is ‘missing’ and ends on a pause ‘when—’. (It then reappears later in the book around p. 112).
My paper was accepted 🥹🥳 Looking forward to sharing my archival research on the surprising connection(s) between George Eliot and Edward Carpenter 🏳️🌈
April 22, 2024 at 3:27 PM
My paper was accepted 🥹🥳 Looking forward to sharing my archival research on the surprising connection(s) between George Eliot and Edward Carpenter 🏳️🌈
Does #AcademicTwitter know of any work on literary pauses, those moments when a story stops unexpectedly or steps outside of itself and reflects? Bonus points for any queer approaches. I want to think about Adam Bede, pauses, grief, interruptions of study, and my PhD with holes in it.
April 19, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Does #AcademicTwitter know of any work on literary pauses, those moments when a story stops unexpectedly or steps outside of itself and reflects? Bonus points for any queer approaches. I want to think about Adam Bede, pauses, grief, interruptions of study, and my PhD with holes in it.
First proper day of writing since losing my grandma. Not a huge word count, but it’s a start. I can do this 🥹
April 1, 2024 at 7:15 PM
First proper day of writing since losing my grandma. Not a huge word count, but it’s a start. I can do this 🥹
Ready for this to become my entire personality 🥹
March 17, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Ready for this to become my entire personality 🥹
Me at 3am: What if I made my Woolf seminar an escape room?
Also me:
Also me:
March 14, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Me at 3am: What if I made my Woolf seminar an escape room?
Also me:
Also me:
As the midterm is due an hour before today’s seminar, I’m going to give my students a moment to reflect (in private!) on their ‘slay of the day’. Because there is a slay in every day and it doesn’t always have to be linked to academic performance. Yes, I am a gay teacher 💁🏻♂️
March 14, 2024 at 9:15 AM
As the midterm is due an hour before today’s seminar, I’m going to give my students a moment to reflect (in private!) on their ‘slay of the day’. Because there is a slay in every day and it doesn’t always have to be linked to academic performance. Yes, I am a gay teacher 💁🏻♂️
More time with him. More daffodils.
March 7, 2024 at 9:30 PM
More time with him. More daffodils.
Anyone know of any queer fiction/poetry/non-fiction about taxidermy? 🤔I’m mainly working on C19th pieces, but keen to bring in contemporary examples (like this one!) where relevant.
March 6, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Anyone know of any queer fiction/poetry/non-fiction about taxidermy? 🤔I’m mainly working on C19th pieces, but keen to bring in contemporary examples (like this one!) where relevant.
Every Barthes seminar must include this picture of the (very handsome!) man himself. Sorry, I don’t make the rules 🤷🏻♂️
February 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Every Barthes seminar must include this picture of the (very handsome!) man himself. Sorry, I don’t make the rules 🤷🏻♂️
Found some shoes abandoned in the rain. It felt oddly poetic.
February 8, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Found some shoes abandoned in the rain. It felt oddly poetic.
@barthesstudies.bsky.social new covers incoming 👀
January 23, 2024 at 4:37 PM
@barthesstudies.bsky.social new covers incoming 👀
Earlier this week, I was heartened to see that someone had left period products in the men’s bathroom at university. Trans men and non binary people have periods too! 🏳️⚧️
January 19, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Earlier this week, I was heartened to see that someone had left period products in the men’s bathroom at university. Trans men and non binary people have periods too! 🏳️⚧️
My first read of 2024 is, I think, a book for the ages. Witty, raw, and incandescent. There simply aren’t enough words in the English language to describe how moved I am by this little book.
January 2, 2024 at 9:28 PM
My first read of 2024 is, I think, a book for the ages. Witty, raw, and incandescent. There simply aren’t enough words in the English language to describe how moved I am by this little book.
Motivating myself to return to the thesis tomorrow x
January 1, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Motivating myself to return to the thesis tomorrow x