Vicki M. Richardson
@richardsonv.bsky.social
I am currently finishing my dissertation exploring the social construction of diseases. I focus on the gendered and racialized diseases of Chlorosis, Pica, and Cachexia Africana during the 18th and early 19th century British Atlantic World.
You know you’re in the right profession when you ask a grammar question about this sentence and no one blinks eye, “Is it, ‘The pregnant woman WAS described as ripping apart live chickens and consuming them raw’? OR is it ‘The pregnant woman IS described as ripping apart live chickens…’?” 😆
December 23, 2024 at 6:26 PM
You know you’re in the right profession when you ask a grammar question about this sentence and no one blinks eye, “Is it, ‘The pregnant woman WAS described as ripping apart live chickens and consuming them raw’? OR is it ‘The pregnant woman IS described as ripping apart live chickens…’?” 😆