Magistra Cohen (she/her)
@magistracohen.bsky.social
Formerly working w/@/for many, now writing about myth & YA @ NU. 3rd gen. Chicagoan. Self-styled Tom Joad of Latin teachers. Spirit of '76. Immoderata mulier, proud of my alumnx, #confelicity. Reminding you to💉NOW. I salt vibes.
https://linktr.ee/navacohen
https://linktr.ee/navacohen
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(My dissertation prospectus was approved, pending a few light revisions)
I guess I’m here now, so I guess I’ll introduce myself. My name is Nava & I taught Latin to young students for just shy of 25 years. Still heavily involved in pedagogy & teacher training, but working on reception of heroines of Gk myth in YA in the comp lit dept at Northwestern. Giving up 🐦 hurts.
Note: Lawrence (EW) & Ashland (NS)
A Coca-Cola ad being painted on a wall at Lawrence and Ashland
December 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Note: Lawrence (EW) & Ashland (NS)
Hands down.
December 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Hands down.
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Hard agree
Get your shingles vaccine! I had a very sore arm for the first shot; the second, I had an even sorer arm and general malaise.
It beat the heck out of what I've heard about shingles from everyone I know who has had shingles.
It beat the heck out of what I've heard about shingles from everyone I know who has had shingles.
I have literally already scheduled the shingles vaccine on my 50th birthday.
Yes, I know it will suck. I don't care. Let's go shingles vaccine.
Yes, I know it will suck. I don't care. Let's go shingles vaccine.
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Hard agree
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It's a week early, but in case you need backup.
#NoDreidels
#NoDreidels
December 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It's a week early, but in case you need backup.
#NoDreidels
#NoDreidels
I have a joke about Odysseus but it will take me ten years to tell it and I'm probably making most of it up anyway.
I have a joke about Narcissus, but I’d be seriously dating myself
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I have a joke about Odysseus but it will take me ten years to tell it and I'm probably making most of it up anyway.
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I have this joke about Cassandra that you won't believe.
I have a joke about Narcissus, but I’d be seriously dating myself
December 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I have this joke about Cassandra that you won't believe.
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I was making good progress on a Sisyphus joke, but now I'm back where I started.
December 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I was making good progress on a Sisyphus joke, but now I'm back where I started.
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Good reminder! Happy Monday, dear Bluesky friends 💜
December 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Good reminder! Happy Monday, dear Bluesky friends 💜
Starbuckaroo Bonzai
Cinnabon Jovi
Jamba Juice Newton
December 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Starbuckaroo Bonzai
Did I remember to eat and drink properly today? No. But did I get some really good writing done and make excellent headway on my chapter? Also no.
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Did I remember to eat and drink properly today? No. But did I get some really good writing done and make excellent headway on my chapter? Also no.
It's a week early, but in case you need backup.
#NoDreidels
#NoDreidels
December 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It's a week early, but in case you need backup.
#NoDreidels
#NoDreidels
Sweetgreens are made of these
Love and Johnny Rockets
QDOBAuhaus
December 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Sweetgreens are made of these
So much work to do this weekend, but unfortunately, catching up on the last two days of bsky feels like it was well worth the time. Curses, you interesting mutuals!! Getting back to work now.
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
So much work to do this weekend, but unfortunately, catching up on the last two days of bsky feels like it was well worth the time. Curses, you interesting mutuals!! Getting back to work now.
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The AP Latin essential knowledge lists some of Roman values: mercy, honesty, frugality, hard work, responsibility, courage, self-control, moral discernment, and ethical behavior. I've got a couple questions on "moral discernment":
1. How would you translate that into Latin? Is there a single word?
1. How would you translate that into Latin? Is there a single word?
December 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The AP Latin essential knowledge lists some of Roman values: mercy, honesty, frugality, hard work, responsibility, courage, self-control, moral discernment, and ethical behavior. I've got a couple questions on "moral discernment":
1. How would you translate that into Latin? Is there a single word?
1. How would you translate that into Latin? Is there a single word?
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
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Yesterday, upon the stair
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Yesterday, upon the stair
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away
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The only Russian poem I can still read…can I call it my favorite if it’s the only one?
И вот опять явилась ты,
Как мимолетное виденье,
Как гений чистой красоты.
И вот опять явилась ты,
Как мимолетное виденье,
Как гений чистой красоты.
December 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The only Russian poem I can still read…can I call it my favorite if it’s the only one?
И вот опять явилась ты,
Как мимолетное виденье,
Как гений чистой красоты.
И вот опять явилась ты,
Как мимолетное виденье,
Как гений чистой красоты.
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I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky
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Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky,
Like a patient etherised upon a table…
When the evening is spread out against the sky,
Like a patient etherised upon a table…
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky,
Like a patient etherised upon a table…
When the evening is spread out against the sky,
Like a patient etherised upon a table…
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Nam quaecumque hominēs bene cuiquam aut dīcere possunt
Aut facere, haec ā tē dictaque factaque sunt
Aut facere, haec ā tē dictaque factaque sunt
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Nam quaecumque hominēs bene cuiquam aut dīcere possunt
Aut facere, haec ā tē dictaque factaque sunt
Aut facere, haec ā tē dictaque factaque sunt
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That is not it at all,
That is not what I meant, at all.
That is not what I meant, at all.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
That is not it at all,
That is not what I meant, at all.
That is not what I meant, at all.
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I eat my peas with honey
I've done it all my life
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps them on the knife.
- Spike Milligan
I've done it all my life
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps them on the knife.
- Spike Milligan
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I eat my peas with honey
I've done it all my life
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps them on the knife.
- Spike Milligan
I've done it all my life
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps them on the knife.
- Spike Milligan
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A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”
- Stephen Crane
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”
- Stephen Crane
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”
- Stephen Crane
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”
- Stephen Crane