Helen Kapstein
@wordbird20.bsky.social
postcolonial scholar, mama, cat lady, alto (not necessarily in that order)
My institution, #CUNY, is happy to pay someone up to $200,000 to “advance AI.” Meanwhile, I fight the good fight to keep it the fuck out of my classroom, for a heck of a lot less.
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
My institution, #CUNY, is happy to pay someone up to $200,000 to “advance AI.” Meanwhile, I fight the good fight to keep it the fuck out of my classroom, for a heck of a lot less.
#Petroforms the book is real and I’m talking about it tomorrow at John Jay College. @wvupress.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
#Petroforms the book is real and I’m talking about it tomorrow at John Jay College. @wvupress.bsky.social
Thank you so much! I’m very excited that it’s about to come out. Event in NYC Oct 15 if anyone is in town.
October 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thank you so much! I’m very excited that it’s about to come out. Event in NYC Oct 15 if anyone is in town.
Saw this wonderfully original documentary tonight at the Foreign Press Association. Highly recommend: youtu.be/OMytTsr2psM?... #Khartoummovie
September 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Saw this wonderfully original documentary tonight at the Foreign Press Association. Highly recommend: youtu.be/OMytTsr2psM?... #Khartoummovie
I thought they were all in love with Diane!!
June 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I thought they were all in love with Diane!!
Move over, Nadine Gordimer! According to Google AI, I wrote Burger’s Daughter!!
May 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Move over, Nadine Gordimer! According to Google AI, I wrote Burger’s Daughter!!
Ripped from the 19th century headlines?!?
May 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Ripped from the 19th century headlines?!?
So excited to see my book in the @wvupress.bsky.social fall catalogue!!
April 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
So excited to see my book in the @wvupress.bsky.social fall catalogue!!
Even my products are concerned in the current conjuncture.
March 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Even my products are concerned in the current conjuncture.
Wow. It’s a more complete cv for me than my own…
March 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Wow. It’s a more complete cv for me than my own…
Pepper’s busy prepping.
March 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Pepper’s busy prepping.
I’m going to go with someone should have thought twice before printing this at @latimes.com…
January 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I’m going to go with someone should have thought twice before printing this at @latimes.com…
Made these this morning!
December 25, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Made these this morning!
We’re tired. G’night.
December 23, 2024 at 3:34 AM
We’re tired. G’night.
Moi! On romance novels and petrofeminism.
December 23, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Moi! On romance novels and petrofeminism.
Yes. These are wonderful. And now we know what he does in the off season.
December 16, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Yes. These are wonderful. And now we know what he does in the off season.
Teaching Victor LaValle’s “Destroyer” alongside “Frankenstein” and realizing I need to share a BLM timeline cuz my students were 6…7…8 years old (!) when Trayvon Martin was killed?! Damn.
ps can’t figure out italics or uploading images to Bluesky yet…
ps can’t figure out italics or uploading images to Bluesky yet…
December 4, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Teaching Victor LaValle’s “Destroyer” alongside “Frankenstein” and realizing I need to share a BLM timeline cuz my students were 6…7…8 years old (!) when Trayvon Martin was killed?! Damn.
ps can’t figure out italics or uploading images to Bluesky yet…
ps can’t figure out italics or uploading images to Bluesky yet…
In the NY area? Want to get in the holiday mood? Come hear The Dessoff Choirs this weekend. (Use code “alto” for a discount.)
December 3, 2024 at 4:45 PM
In the NY area? Want to get in the holiday mood? Come hear The Dessoff Choirs this weekend. (Use code “alto” for a discount.)
We went away and now the cats are clingy.
December 1, 2024 at 2:33 AM
We went away and now the cats are clingy.
Energy humanities gift guide suggestion? Energy hums meets game studies?
November 28, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Energy humanities gift guide suggestion? Energy hums meets game studies?