Renée Trilling
@rrtrilling.bsky.social
A USian in Canada, professing the premodern world. You can take the girl out of the Midwest… Reading, running, cooking, cats, and progressive politics (she/her)
It’s here! Fantastic stuff in this special issue of Medieval Perspectives (including some musings by yours truly). Words matter, history matters, and philology is alive and well.
September 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s here! Fantastic stuff in this special issue of Medieval Perspectives (including some musings by yours truly). Words matter, history matters, and philology is alive and well.
I bought peaches at the farmers market today and it was a Good Choice
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I bought peaches at the farmers market today and it was a Good Choice
I'm thrilled to have a small piece in this exciting special issue of Medieval Perspectives on "Medieval Words for 2025," edited by Britt Mize and Johanna Kramer, and I can't wait to read the rest of the contributions.
September 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I'm thrilled to have a small piece in this exciting special issue of Medieval Perspectives on "Medieval Words for 2025," edited by Britt Mize and Johanna Kramer, and I can't wait to read the rest of the contributions.
Number 22 of 2025. When you finish the book you brought on your trip & you browse the independent queer bookstore down the street & you find Ali Smith’s latest. She has a gift for showing humanity in all its beauty & frailty. Like her other work, this is both devastating & hopeful.
#Booksky
#Booksky
July 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Number 22 of 2025. When you finish the book you brought on your trip & you browse the independent queer bookstore down the street & you find Ali Smith’s latest. She has a gift for showing humanity in all its beauty & frailty. Like her other work, this is both devastating & hopeful.
#Booksky
#Booksky
Tell me you’ve never heard Sir Mix-a-lot without telling me you’ve never heard Sir Mix-a-lot
No one under 70 was on the creative team for this tour?
No one under 70 was on the creative team for this tour?
July 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Tell me you’ve never heard Sir Mix-a-lot without telling me you’ve never heard Sir Mix-a-lot
No one under 70 was on the creative team for this tour?
No one under 70 was on the creative team for this tour?
If the MCU has taught us anything (and it really hasn’t “taught” so much as “affirmed”), it’s that diverse coalitions can amass extraordinary power. No evil is inevitable.
July 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
If the MCU has taught us anything (and it really hasn’t “taught” so much as “affirmed”), it’s that diverse coalitions can amass extraordinary power. No evil is inevitable.
I had a spectacularly unproductive weekend, but I did manage one big achievement: finding a blanket that I can toss into my tote bag for impromptu picnics when we’re out and about around town.
July 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I had a spectacularly unproductive weekend, but I did manage one big achievement: finding a blanket that I can toss into my tote bag for impromptu picnics when we’re out and about around town.
So thrilled to be heading to Europe in the midst of record-breaking heat.
June 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
So thrilled to be heading to Europe in the midst of record-breaking heat.
#NoTyrants rally in Toronto—Canada really showed up to support their US neighbours!
June 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
#NoTyrants rally in Toronto—Canada really showed up to support their US neighbours!
Nice day for the islands
June 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Nice day for the islands
Movie announcer voice: this summer, Curtis Perry is... GARBAGE MAN!
"It's time to take out the trash!"💪
"It's time to take out the trash!"💪
June 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Movie announcer voice: this summer, Curtis Perry is... GARBAGE MAN!
"It's time to take out the trash!"💪
"It's time to take out the trash!"💪
If you see this quote post a show with an awesome theme song.
They’re zany to the max
There’s baloney in their slacks
They’re Animaniacs
They’re zany to the max
There’s baloney in their slacks
They’re Animaniacs
June 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you see this quote post a show with an awesome theme song.
They’re zany to the max
There’s baloney in their slacks
They’re Animaniacs
They’re zany to the max
There’s baloney in their slacks
They’re Animaniacs
Number sixteen of 2025. I love it when poets write novels. This is a lyrical and imaginative exploration of the ripple effects of tragedy and the secret lives of loved ones.
June 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Number sixteen of 2025. I love it when poets write novels. This is a lyrical and imaginative exploration of the ripple effects of tragedy and the secret lives of loved ones.
Wtaf. I’m more concerned with “How,” but also “Why”?
May 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Wtaf. I’m more concerned with “How,” but also “Why”?
Out here on the eastern edge of North America and it’s just breathtaking. St. John’s NL
May 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Out here on the eastern edge of North America and it’s just breathtaking. St. John’s NL
Seeing some real beauty out and about in Toronto these days
May 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Seeing some real beauty out and about in Toronto these days
Today's teaching vibes:
April 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Today's teaching vibes:
Number ten of 2025. Adichie is such a beautiful writer. This multifocal narrative explores women’s experiences as transnational subjects disrupted by living through global pandemic.
#booksky
#booksky
March 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Number ten of 2025. Adichie is such a beautiful writer. This multifocal narrative explores women’s experiences as transnational subjects disrupted by living through global pandemic.
#booksky
#booksky
Very funny, Spotify.
March 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Very funny, Spotify.
“16 underage women”? I believe the word you are looking for, @nytimes.com, is “girls.”
March 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“16 underage women”? I believe the word you are looking for, @nytimes.com, is “girls.”
Come learn Latin in Toronto this summer! @uoftcms.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Come learn Latin in Toronto this summer! @uoftcms.bsky.social
Number six of 2025. Queer awakening meets historical reckoning, in a plot twist I did not see coming. This book made me sympathize deeply with a character whose motivations I don’t fully understand, but whose happiness became very important to me.
#BookSky
#BookSky
February 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Number six of 2025. Queer awakening meets historical reckoning, in a plot twist I did not see coming. This book made me sympathize deeply with a character whose motivations I don’t fully understand, but whose happiness became very important to me.
#BookSky
#BookSky
Number five of 2025. It’s clear why this was a prize winner; a deeply meditative exploration of how leaving the earth allows people to think differently, and not just in a “we’re all tiny specks on a big blue marble flying through the void” kind of way. Highly recommend.
#BookSky
#BookSky
February 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Number five of 2025. It’s clear why this was a prize winner; a deeply meditative exploration of how leaving the earth allows people to think differently, and not just in a “we’re all tiny specks on a big blue marble flying through the void” kind of way. Highly recommend.
#BookSky
#BookSky
Drink Canadian 🇨🇦
February 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Drink Canadian 🇨🇦