Spencer Strub
@spencerstrub.bsky.social
Medievalist, for better or worse
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Bloody hell, Thomas Aquinas was massive. I think he's the only kaiju to have been a Doctor of the Church.
April 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Bloody hell, Thomas Aquinas was massive. I think he's the only kaiju to have been a Doctor of the Church.
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"No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue."
April 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue."
"For some people can actually move their ears, either one at a time or both together... Some people produce at will without any stench such rhythmical sounds from their bottom that they appear to be making music even from that quarter... I know of a man who used to perspire at will."
reminded of my first presentation logsex (!) paper, I couldn't get through w/out laughing Augustine's proof that Edenic men could have had erections at will, w/out the disorder of sexual desire: after all, some can wiggle their ears; he knows of a man who can sweat at will; or even fart at will!
I reviewed Diarmaid MacCulloch's very good, very long book about sex and Christianity, which is (among other things) a healthy reminder that "traditional values" aren't very old at all.
April 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"For some people can actually move their ears, either one at a time or both together... Some people produce at will without any stench such rhythmical sounds from their bottom that they appear to be making music even from that quarter... I know of a man who used to perspire at will."
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Do you do fun DH/sciency things with late medieval books? Do you want to present at the New Chaucer Society congress in Freiburg, GR in July 2026? Then now is the time to apply to my panel (there are also many other fine opportunities)! Deadline is 27 April cdn.ymaws.com/newchaucerso...
April 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Do you do fun DH/sciency things with late medieval books? Do you want to present at the New Chaucer Society congress in Freiburg, GR in July 2026? Then now is the time to apply to my panel (there are also many other fine opportunities)! Deadline is 27 April cdn.ymaws.com/newchaucerso...
I reviewed Diarmaid MacCulloch's very good, very long book about sex and Christianity, which is (among other things) a healthy reminder that "traditional values" aren't very old at all.
Book Review: ‘Lower Than the Angels,’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch
In “Lower Than the Angels,” the historian Diarmaid MacCulloch traces two millenniums of libidinal frustration.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I reviewed Diarmaid MacCulloch's very good, very long book about sex and Christianity, which is (among other things) a healthy reminder that "traditional values" aren't very old at all.