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Tita Chico
@titachico.bsky.social
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Prof of English (18thc) @ U of Maryland
*Devices of Enlightenment* (current)
*On Wonder* (2025)
*The Experimental Imagination* (2018/20)

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November 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Books I bought yesterday. 📚🤓
October 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Thank you, @literaryhub.bsky.social, for the shout-out in today's *Lit Hub Daily* for my piece in @publicbooks.bsky.social about Hope Strickland's extraordinary film, "I'll Be Back!"

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October 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland. Bravo!! 👏🏽
October 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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July 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Authentic Footage from Hadrian's Wall.
July 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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One of us is 94 today!!
May 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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What a pleasure to soak up the vision and imagination of the “Austen & Turner” exhibition at Harewood House.

Congratulations to @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social and @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social for this feast of art, material culture, and engagement. Bravo!!
May 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Delighted to see @sgj.bsky.social’s fantastic
novel here at the famed Hodges Figgis Bookshop in Dublin! 🥰🥰
Book THE BUFFALO HUNTER, signed copy, by Stephen Graham Jones.
April 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Timeline cleanse.

Spring in Bristol.
March 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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8 things you can do to support undocumented students

Please support undocumented students.

Please share.
8 things you can do to support undocumented students: 1. DO NOT INQUIRE ABOUT A STUDENT’S IMMIGRATION STATUS Students may have legitimate fears about disclosing this information. Educators and other personnel should not make assumptions about students’ immigration status. 2. USE INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE such as undocumented student,” “undocumented immigrant,” "unauthorized" or "illegalized,” “people without documents,” or “people without legal status.” The term “illegal alien” can make students feel unwelcome. 3. LEARN THE FACTS Every academic year, 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school in the United States. Currently, around 5-10% of these 65,000 high school graduates move on to a higher education institution(Gonzales, 2009). Maryland allows undocumented students to pay in-state tuition under certain conditions. 4. DONATE Donate to fundraisers such as the Terp Crisis Fund or the Undoc Students UMD Opportunity Fund to help undocumented students on our campus. 5. CONVEY ASSURANCE OF CONFIDENTIALITY in discussing the topic if a student chooses to disclose their immigration status. 6. ESTABLISH WELCOMING SPACES while respecting student privacy, where undocumented students have the opportunity to learn and engage with their peers without fear or intimidation. 7. BE SENSITIVE to the limits that undocumented students face in your classroom activities and discussions. Not every student is eligible to register to vote, to travel out of the country, or feels comfortable discussing their family’s migration story. 8. SHARE RESOURCES Include links on your syllabus or canvas page for students to access for themselves, peers, loved ones, etc., on their own terms and at their own discretion.
March 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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My representative in Congress has no voting power--I live in Washington DC, as do hundreds of thousands of others--but sending stuff w/ Resistbot is for all of us. Please do so, particularly if you have voting representation.

resist.bot/petitions/PE...
March 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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timeline cleanse.

lap cat laptop humour
drawing of a white cat sitting on a laptop keyboard with this string of text below: noteboo55598thegvhe9rg9geruthewt
March 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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I will never tire of making myself giggle.
Spam text reads: "Hi, this is Emma Carter, a recruiter with Lucas Group.We have a great opportunity for a Merchandise Reviewer with flexible hours (20-60 minutes/day) and pay $70-$620/day, based on experience. Requirements: • Age: 25-75. • US citizens or visa holders. WhatsApp on the same number. Answer "YES"/OK if you qualify and want more details." My response: "Hi Emma! But you already owe me $2500 from my past work for you. I need payment ASAP."
December 19, 2024 at 9:55 PM
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10/10 recommend!

“Byron: A Life In Motion” @ NYPL

Curated by Liz Denlinger
Byron: A Life in Motion
December 18, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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Happy anniversary to my favorite copy editor comment of all time.

"You use 'long eighteenth century' a lot in this book, but each century is exactly as long as another."
"You use "long eighteenth century" a lot in this book, but each century is exactly as long as another. I do see in your bibliography that there is a book that uses this. If you want to keep "long" here, please provide a brief explanation of what you mean. After that, I see no need to keep reminding your readers of it..
December 1, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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I love your brutalist book bunkers.

Taking you at your word, of course and always. I offer mine for admiration.

The Dupont Metro Station. Truly a brutalist book bunker!
DC Metro Dupont Metro Station. Outstanding brutalist architecture.
November 14, 2024 at 4:37 AM
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If you see this, I invite you to post a picture (from whatever device you are using) without explanation.
Two people wearing Ulla Johnson HARRIS WALZ hoodie jackets.
November 5, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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Tonight, we went to hear the future President of the United States, Kamala Harris, speak at the Ellipse.

Along with 75,000 other supporters.

#gotv
Vice President Harris speaking at the Ellipse —here projected onto a large screen.
October 30, 2024 at 3:01 AM
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Spotted in Maryland.

#gotv

President Harris and Senator Alsobrooks -- ftw!!!
Harris Walz with a cat yard sign, Angela Alsobrooks yard sign; a yard covered in fall leaves.
October 29, 2024 at 12:21 AM
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Today was take your mother—the first Dr Chico!—to work. She came to my undergrad class and we had a great time later getting coffee at the library. And paying homage to UMD’s Testudo.
Middle aged daughter and elderly mother smiling in the sunny day, in front of the library on the UMD campus.
October 18, 2024 at 1:40 AM
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Working on my 500 postcards to swing states.

#GOTV

This shit is real.

All hands on deck for the Tues, Nov 5 election.
October 12, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #116,862!

*I feel ... special?

lol
September 16, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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Today’s energy.

Plus, out in a walk, an older woman—I’d say late 80s—all smiles said that she would give me a million dollars for this t-shirt.

We are not going back, my friends.
Elizabeth Warrren red t-shirt reading “IMPOLITE ARROGANT WOMEN MAKE HISTORY.”
August 21, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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Brilliantly generative and generous presentations and conversation featuring Kai Pyle and @nikkihessell.bsky.social at #NASSR2024

🙏🏽🙏🏽
Panel title: Spheres of Knowledge in Romantic-Era Anishinaabewaki: A Coversation Kai Pyle, “Reading for Romanticism and Biskaabliyang: European and Indigenous Social Movements in Jane Johnston Schoolcraft’s poetry” Nikki Hessell, “Treaty-Making, Walter Scott, and Romantic Waterways”
August 17, 2024 at 8:14 PM