Ryan Carroll
@ryancarroll.bsky.social
PhD candidate @ UNC-Chapel Hill - C19 Anglophone literature; lover of information, narration, sensation, and interpretation - He/him
Vernon Lee is 90% Merleau-Ponty?
October 31, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Vernon Lee is 90% Merleau-Ponty?
paying a nominal fee for a library digitization
October 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
paying a nominal fee for a library digitization
great-grandfather to ferdinand de saussure. signification dynasty
August 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
great-grandfather to ferdinand de saussure. signification dynasty
I wrote for @newinquiry.bsky.social about the psycho-political agons of 90s sitcom neighbors like Kimmy Gibbler, Steve Urkel, and co.—why they showed up, why they were thrown out, and why they kept coming back. Give it a read!
thenewinquiry.com/new-neighbor...
thenewinquiry.com/new-neighbor...
June 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I wrote for @newinquiry.bsky.social about the psycho-political agons of 90s sitcom neighbors like Kimmy Gibbler, Steve Urkel, and co.—why they showed up, why they were thrown out, and why they kept coming back. Give it a read!
thenewinquiry.com/new-neighbor...
thenewinquiry.com/new-neighbor...
My article “The Form of Information and Informational Form in The Woman in White” was published in Studies in the Novel (@studiesinthenovel.bsky.social)—give it a read!!
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
May 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My article “The Form of Information and Informational Form in The Woman in White” was published in Studies in the Novel (@studiesinthenovel.bsky.social)—give it a read!!
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
And finally, the worst of them all, the Duke Blue Devil, who is inexplicably not the Chalk World character implied by the logo but rather a discount version of The Tick
March 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
And finally, the worst of them all, the Duke Blue Devil, who is inexplicably not the Chalk World character implied by the logo but rather a discount version of The Tick
UCSD’s Triton, the objective coolest
March 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
UCSD’s Triton, the objective coolest
Vanderbilt’s Commodore, an actual supervillain
March 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Vanderbilt’s Commodore, an actual supervillain
The Mt. St. Mary’s Mountaineer: Queer Eye for Larry the Cable Guy
March 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The Mt. St. Mary’s Mountaineer: Queer Eye for Larry the Cable Guy
Texas Tech’s Definitely Not Copyright Infringing Raider Red
March 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Texas Tech’s Definitely Not Copyright Infringing Raider Red
Hopping across the Mediterranean, we have Troy University’s T-Roy the Trojan, who looks like a melted Lego figure version of a classical warrior
March 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Hopping across the Mediterranean, we have Troy University’s T-Roy the Trojan, who looks like a melted Lego figure version of a classical warrior
The SECOND Peloponnesian mascot this year is Norfolk State’s Mr. Spartan, who beats out Sparty in eyebrows, Mediterranean aspect, and general menace
March 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The SECOND Peloponnesian mascot this year is Norfolk State’s Mr. Spartan, who beats out Sparty in eyebrows, Mediterranean aspect, and general menace
Michigan State’s Sparty the Spartan, whose eyebrows remain amazing
March 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Michigan State’s Sparty the Spartan, whose eyebrows remain amazing
Purdue Pete the Boilermaker, Robbie Rotten’s blue-collar great-grandfather
March 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Purdue Pete the Boilermaker, Robbie Rotten’s blue-collar great-grandfather
McNeese’s Cowboy, AKA Old West Mr. Bean
March 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
McNeese’s Cowboy, AKA Old West Mr. Bean
Robert Morris’ RoMo, who appears to be a pirate risen from the dead by dark magic
March 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Robert Morris’ RoMo, who appears to be a pirate risen from the dead by dark magic
another year, another analysis of the humanoid NCAA championship mascots. first up is an old favorite, the St. Mary’s Gael, a living 19th century caricature of a Scotsman
March 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
another year, another analysis of the humanoid NCAA championship mascots. first up is an old favorite, the St. Mary’s Gael, a living 19th century caricature of a Scotsman
Excited to share my article “Revision and the Politics of Truth-Telling in the Autobiography of Juan Francisco Manzano, which was published in Victorian Studies @victstudies.bsky.social!! Give it a read to think with me on truth, translation, and slave narrative
muse-jhu-edu/pub/3/articl...
muse-jhu-edu/pub/3/articl...
January 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Excited to share my article “Revision and the Politics of Truth-Telling in the Autobiography of Juan Francisco Manzano, which was published in Victorian Studies @victstudies.bsky.social!! Give it a read to think with me on truth, translation, and slave narrative
muse-jhu-edu/pub/3/articl...
muse-jhu-edu/pub/3/articl...
UNC’s main library, built out of off-market defective Legos
November 14, 2024 at 4:58 AM
UNC’s main library, built out of off-market defective Legos
Dispatches from another world
November 12, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Dispatches from another world
asked students to chatbot generate some opening paragraphs and loved how dependably overwritten and fake deep the phrases were
January 29, 2024 at 1:48 PM
asked students to chatbot generate some opening paragraphs and loved how dependably overwritten and fake deep the phrases were
Kevin James has been algorithmically redesigned to be confused for Tom Segura
January 26, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Kevin James has been algorithmically redesigned to be confused for Tom Segura
which proposed Antarctic flag wins the contest of champions
January 17, 2024 at 8:07 PM
which proposed Antarctic flag wins the contest of champions