Alicia Spencer-Hall
@aspencerhall.bsky.social
Writer. Researcher. Editor. Genderqueer femme. Crip. She/they.
// medieval lit / media / gender / disability / pop culture //
https://linktr.ee/aspencerhall
// medieval lit / media / gender / disability / pop culture //
https://linktr.ee/aspencerhall
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So I wrote a book about Twitter. Medieval Twitter to be exact---the interconnections between Twitter's textual modes & medieval literary culture(s), plus medievalists' use of Twitter and the #MedievalTwitter hashtag
www.arc-humanities.org/978194240195...
@archumanities.bsky.social #MedievalSky 🗃️
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@archumanities.bsky.social #MedievalSky 🗃️
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everyone is dunking on this because he's a sexual predator and it sucks seeing that be rehabilitated every 6 seconds so im just going to slide in here to point out how stupid your fucking umlaut looks
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
everyone is dunking on this because he's a sexual predator and it sucks seeing that be rehabilitated every 6 seconds so im just going to slide in here to point out how stupid your fucking umlaut looks
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Does anyone have advice or resources on looking for alt ac jobs for a humanities PhD?
I'm having no luck on the academic job market and need to start branching out, but I'm not really sure where to look. I'd be heartbroken to give up on teaching, but I need a job.
I'm having no luck on the academic job market and need to start branching out, but I'm not really sure where to look. I'd be heartbroken to give up on teaching, but I need a job.
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Does anyone have advice or resources on looking for alt ac jobs for a humanities PhD?
I'm having no luck on the academic job market and need to start branching out, but I'm not really sure where to look. I'd be heartbroken to give up on teaching, but I need a job.
I'm having no luck on the academic job market and need to start branching out, but I'm not really sure where to look. I'd be heartbroken to give up on teaching, but I need a job.
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Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
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I keep forgetting that this is the season for buying all the shit. So if you want to shop queer, shop small, and shop medieval weird then Sticker Church is for you
Postcards! Stickers! Gift wrap, oh my!
👇👇👇
www.sticker.church
Postcards! Stickers! Gift wrap, oh my!
👇👇👇
www.sticker.church
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I keep forgetting that this is the season for buying all the shit. So if you want to shop queer, shop small, and shop medieval weird then Sticker Church is for you
Postcards! Stickers! Gift wrap, oh my!
👇👇👇
www.sticker.church
Postcards! Stickers! Gift wrap, oh my!
👇👇👇
www.sticker.church
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Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social I hope this finds you
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social I hope this finds you
Some good news as a treat
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Some good news as a treat
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my nephews watching bluey in japanese
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
my nephews watching bluey in japanese
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You could substitute so many Labour initiatives for "Motability cuts" and this headline would still make sense. What a tragedy this Government is.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
You could substitute so many Labour initiatives for "Motability cuts" and this headline would still make sense. What a tragedy this Government is.
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
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‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
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really went dark for the sequel
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
really went dark for the sequel
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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Lol jesus, Liselotte, chill out
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Lol jesus, Liselotte, chill out
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Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
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1. It would appear that in recent reporting, the BBC is now using the phrase "biological male who identifies as a woman" when they mean to talk about a transgender woman.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
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This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
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BBC Now Calling Trans Women 'Biological Males Who Identify As Women'
These stories come in the aftermath of allegations that a small but mighty cabal of “LGBT reporters” had somehow seized control of the BBC and “censored” right-wing views.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1. It would appear that in recent reporting, the BBC is now using the phrase "biological male who identifies as a woman" when they mean to talk about a transgender woman.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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TIL: the Netflix fireplace has closed captions and said closed captions are "[fireplace crackling]"
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
TIL: the Netflix fireplace has closed captions and said closed captions are "[fireplace crackling]"
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For a small fee, I will go to your historian enemy’s seminar presentation and say “I guess I’m just wondering what the “so what” of this paper is?”
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
For a small fee, I will go to your historian enemy’s seminar presentation and say “I guess I’m just wondering what the “so what” of this paper is?”
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I read the Cheryl Hines book so you don’t have to www.patreon.com/posts/144407...
What is Cheryl Hines thinking? Nothing, apparently | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz
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November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I read the Cheryl Hines book so you don’t have to www.patreon.com/posts/144407...
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A reminder this holiday season:
Your fat friends/family can hear the way you talk about food. Please don’t let your disordered eating be our problem.
Your fat friends/family can hear the way you talk about food. Please don’t let your disordered eating be our problem.
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A reminder this holiday season:
Your fat friends/family can hear the way you talk about food. Please don’t let your disordered eating be our problem.
Your fat friends/family can hear the way you talk about food. Please don’t let your disordered eating be our problem.
New parenting hack unlocked
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November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
New parenting hack unlocked
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There is literally a 20 year old West Wing episode about Molly Orchansky and exactly why the poverty line is a problem, and this is why it’s important to take humanities and the arts seriously. It is often oracular, because it’s written by research nerds with an obsession for human behavior.
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
There is literally a 20 year old West Wing episode about Molly Orchansky and exactly why the poverty line is a problem, and this is why it’s important to take humanities and the arts seriously. It is often oracular, because it’s written by research nerds with an obsession for human behavior.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."