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Magistra Cohen (she/her)

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Formerly working w/@/for many, now writing about myth & YA @ Northwestern. Lifelong Chicagoan. Self-styled Tom Joad of Latin teachers. Immoderata mulier, proud of my alumnx, #confelicity. Reminding you to 💉 NOW. I salt vibes. https://linktr.ee/navacohen

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Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · Nov 10

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.

Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · Nov 7

(My dissertation prospectus was approved, pending a few light revisions)

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Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 1h

I am so very sorry. There is no equivalent pain to this and those who know it, recognize it. So so sorry.💔

Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 3d

Whenever I wonder whether I should just put the phone down, some incredible gem like this pops up. Amazing.

Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 3d

Am I the last one to realize that the opening part of "Faith" by George Michael is actually an organ version of "Freedom" by Wham?

Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 3d

Devon.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 3d

Uhhhh til

Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 9d

The Wire is high on my list but I am very bad at watching anything! It was a favorite of my late father (along w/the Sopranos and CYE)

Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 9d

Also Twin Peaks. And I've never even tasted a Snapple.

Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 9d

Seinfeld! (Except I saw a few episodes last year because my spouse was watching and I was in the room.)

Frasier, though.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 10d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 9d

Same, but I keep meaning to!

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Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 9d

Same, all three.

Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 9d

Seinfeld! (Except I saw a few episodes last year because my spouse was watching and I was in the room.)

Frasier, though.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 10d

Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 9d

I haven't seen Good Will Hunting. And until last year when I passively watched a few episodes that my spouse was watching, Seinfeld. (Turns out it's pretty funny & I get Friends even more now.)

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Freddie Mercury's Cat Chauffeur @libbityboo.bsky.social · 10d

let's get those covid & flu shots peeps!Older vaccines like Dtap need a booster. If you're of a certain age/have underlying conditions, check & see if you can get your shingles, pneumonia & rsv. They lowered the age for some things, ask! Don't forget to take aging parents & get your kids caught up

a man says " we got this " in front of stairs

ALT: a man says " we got this " in front of stairs

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Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 11d

I should never joke. I hurt my back. The struggle is not made up. #PreparingForMyNewDecade

Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 11d

I did another terrible thing. Will no one stop me. Truly, I have no shame. #MagistraGetsToTeach101

(the students seemed to very much appreciate the mnemonic for -ed verbs; I would write this part in 8-point font if I had such functionality on this website)

Latin sentences with questions about forms of the phrase "my wife." To the right of the sentences is a small picture of Borat with a toga superimposed over his torso.

Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 13d

I taught at a "selective enrollment" Chicago Public School for 14 years. At one point I had to survey the number of languages spoken at home among the student body (which was <300 kids). 37.

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Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 13d

It seems to have arrived! I had just gotten mine a week ago tonight at Marianos (Kroger) when CVS called to ask if I was the one who left the letter asking them to order Novavax because they had it now! Hurrah! Now I have to start thinking about our flu shots...

Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 13d

@blankpaige.bsky.social do you recognize this book?

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Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 13d

🎉🎉🎉💉😷

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Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 13d

I agree entirely. And I know I'm in the minority, but I'll add that I'm generally also perfectly happy to be wished a Merry Xmas.

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Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 13d

Li-Young Lee, "A Story"

Sad is the man who is asked for a story
and can't come up with one.

His five-year-old son waits in his lap.
Not the same story, Baba. A new one.
The man rubs his chin, scratches his ear.

In a room full of books in a world
of stories, he can recall
not one, and soon, he thinks, the boy
will give up on his father.

Already the man lives far ahead, he sees
the day this boy will go. Don't go!
Hear the alligator story! The angel story once more!
You love the spider story. You laugh at the spider.
Let me tell it!

But the boy is packing his shirts,
he is looking for his keys. Are you a god,
the man screams, that I sit mute before you?
Am I a god that I should never disappoint?

But the boy is here. Please, Baba, a story?
It is an emotional rather than logical equation,
an earthly rather than heavenly one,
which posits that a boy's supplications
and a father's love add up to silence.

Li-Young Lee, "A Story" from The City In Which I Love You. Copyright © 1990 by Li-Young Lee. Used with the permission of The Permissions Company, Inc., on behalf of BOA Editions, Ltd., boaeditions.org.

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aclclassics.bsky.social @aclclassics.bsky.social · 14d

ACL is proud to offer a new publication.
A Folded History: Poems and Mythologies brings together fifty
creative writers whose brilliant poetry and prose engage with the
ancient Mediterranean world and its reception. Edited by Rachel Hadas and Phil Walsh.
https://ow.ly/CjJy50X4XHh

The American Classical League > A Folded History: Poems and Mythologies

A Folded History: Poems and Mythologies features poems and postludes from a special issue of The Classical Outlook, with a bonus interview with editor Phil Walsh and illustrator Emma Hunter. This libellus ("little book") features forty-eight poets, including Chris Childers, Julia Griffin, Charles Martin, and A. E. Stallings, and it presents remarkable creative and critical engagements with the ancient Mediterranean world and its reception. Introduced by editor Rachel Hadas, A Folded History will be a worthy addition to your bookshelf, local library, and syllabus.

ow.ly

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Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 15d

Laura Fine is excellent. State rep, very concerned with health care issues.

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Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 15d

TIL & I’ve been here my whole life!!

Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 15d

I’m a Latin teacher. Know what they called the sewage system in Rome? That’s all I’m saying.

RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 15d

I’m a former historian. Sewage systems are sexy.

Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 15d

I'm a journalist. Sewage systems are sexy.

Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 15d

This is my mother’s cure, as well. It works!

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Magistra Cohen (she/her) @magistracohen.bsky.social · 15d

#Novavax #Nuvaxovid #Illinois

Kimberly @kimoesq.bsky.social · 15d

Confirmed at the CVS at 107 W Green in Champaign. I had to make an appointment over the phone(unclear if they do walk ins or not for this?), but they have it in stock!