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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her)

@aliciaandrz.bsky.social

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assistant prof. of Shakespeare | book: “queer pregnancy in Shakespeare’s plays” | proud CUNY alum | bylines: Chronicle, Boston Globe, LA Review of Books, Electric Lit, Catapult, American Theatre, LitHub, Huffington Post, etc aliciaandrzejewskiphd.com

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · Nov 10

hi everyone! I’m a Shakespeare prof at William & Mary & a public scholar, writing for venues on everything from early modern abortion to serpent handling. I post about my sobriety journey, pedagogy, motherhood, mental illness, & more.

I hope my Twitter community finds me, I miss them dearly.

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 4h

one of the most transformative things I was ever taught was by my professor Kandice Chuh & she told me every time I make a claim & then write “but”—to see if the “but” could actually be an “and.” if both things could be true.

it changed everything about how I write & think.

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 4h

damn straight

Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 4h

yes I agree setting up those boundaries for yourself is important. it’s exhausting to care.

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 4h

today someone said “you’re wrong to be upset with me. it must be hard being so over sensitive” &, condescension aside, I am so tired of “over sensitivity” being used as an insult. I think it’s OK, & might even be a good thing, to be deeply affected by what people do & say.

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 4h

& I was like well buy the art for me then 😂

Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 4h

my husband said the same thing!

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 5h

tomorrow is dress like a teacher day so I let my daughter into my closet to see what she could find.

I think she pulls it off. even the heels.

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 6h

my dad is in business & has very little knowledge of academia or Shakespeare or what I do (especially compared to my siblings in big law) but once I was talking about research & glanced at his phone & he was Googling “early modern poets.” it made me tear up; what more could I ask for?

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 12h

did not have someone telling me “I’m biracial so I can’t be a bigot” on my bingo card for today but, for the record, marginalized people can absolutely be bigoted, terrible, evil people—because they’re human.

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 13h

I hung all my jewelry up on my wall today because it’s art & I know it’s chaotic but now I can admire it even if I’m not wearing it.

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 20h

woke up at 2:22 & the demon was a nightmare about my family of origin. I haven’t gone back to sleep. sometimes I think the “wounds,” as my therapist calls them, are too big & infected to ever heal.

but one day I’ll get the courage to write about them & that will be a start.

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 17h

good morning from the little grey one. she says that you need to resist feeling the Sunday scaries today & instead enjoy yourself. it can all wait until tomorrow.

a little grey kitten with her paw on a blue notepad looking earnestly at you

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 18h

times are hard, my students are brilliant, & concerns over grade inflation are bullshit. I’ll give As all day every day.

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Abhijeet @bingingout.bsky.social · 1d

We all have our own outlets

A line art cartoon of a smoking woman with a beehive haircut drawn over a photo of an outlet

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 1d

but I find familiarity in lots of perspectives, like about mothering for example. even if the experiences are distinct & particular some things are shared.

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yes!

Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 1d

she’s so good.

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 1d

will go find it now ❤️

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 1d

yes the art is often about the Black experience and it is also necessarily about the HUMAN experience & we are all human.

besides, art doesn’t belong to anyone. no one can tell me I can’t consume art by these artists. I would laugh in their face. this art is mine too.

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 1d

Black people have enjoyed & taken inspiration from art by white people & their concerns forever. so you have a god-given right to enjoy & even identify with art by Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Keise Laymon, @jeremyoharris.bsky.social, Cardi B, Kehinde Wiley, whoever you want!

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 1d

I get so dismayed when fellow white people say they don’t engage with art by Black creatives because it’s not “for them.” like, it doesn’t have to be “for you”? what do you mean?

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 1d

709 days sober.

some followers are annoyed I seem to be celebrating two years sober early, suggesting pride & hubris instead of the humility needed for sobriety. it occurred to me I’m also sort of celebrating tenure prematurely. but who cares? I have faith it’s all coming.

a woman in a low cut grey shirt with brown & blonde hair and a smile

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 1d

I dreamt last night I had to seduce Trump to save my kid & escape his hotel. I complimented him profusely & said, “I’ve stayed in hotels in England, Holland, Thailand, & Brazil & yours are the best.” he looked at me & sincerely said, “really, you think so?”

that’s all it took.

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 2d

my husband & I were going to go see the new DiCaprio movie & right before he came to me & said, “Ali, I’m just not up to it tonight, watching gun violence. I just don’t want to see it.”

we stayed home & watched “is it cake?” instead. because, I thought, why do we want to see it?

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