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Megan L. Cook

@meganlcook.bsky.social

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Your favorite medievalist's favorite medievalist. Middle English literature and/in early modern books, with a side of textual editing. In progress: Dirtbag Medievalism, Chaucer's Readers: 1400-2000, Lydgate's Shorter Works

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2h

You will! Confidence and calmness go a long way

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2h

I pill cats on restricted diets weekly at the shelter! It can be done

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2h

Yes, you of course! Thank you

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 2h

oh no.

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 5h

I read his book on the civil war, and learned a lot!

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you!

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 5h

Aw man, of course. Kevin Sharpe rocked. His Robert Cotton book was so important when I was working on my diss, as both a source and a model for the kind of literary historical work (on antiquarians, specifically) that I wanted to do

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 5h

If no one responds I am going to assume all I need to do is reread Christopher Hill (which I am happy to do)

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 6h

LL Bean sends everyone a catalogue and we all stock up on flannel nightgowns and long underwear

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 7h

Terrified he died but delighted that it’s just him talking about cocaine

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 7h

Tim Curry was a 20-something stage actor living in London in the seedy, sex-drenched 1970s when he auditioned for a new B-movie musical called “The Rocky Horror Show.” In a new interview, Curry discusses the cult classic, David Bowie, Studio 54, and more. http://nyer.cm/Z9RkgrI

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 6h

Relatedly, I miss having a wood stove. We have the world's most embarrassing electric fireplace, installed by the previous owners. You can cycle through 5 or 6 LED lighting options for the fake logs and fake flames, and turn on a looped audio to simulate the crackling of a real fire.

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 6h

"Turn it down til there's snow on the ground" and "No heat til the Pilgrims eat" seem to be positions most warmly (hah) embraced by those with wood stoves

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 6h

Currently on "Mainers encouraging one another not to turn the heat on yet" tiktok

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 8h

More context here (it's from Eagah): www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTGP...

MST3K: Eegah - Watch Out For Snakes

YouTube video by MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 8h

I think we all have phrases we reach for repeatedly in grading; one of mine is "watch out for repetition" and every time I use it, I think of this MST3K clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpb6...

Watch out for snakes!

YouTube video by Jesse Gauntt

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 8h

I am looking for recommendations for recent scholarship about the English Civil War from a literary historical perspective, what have you got? Realizing that both my knowledge and confidence in that knowledge crater c. 1640.

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 9h

yikes!

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Tobias Barrington Wolff @tobiasbwolff.bsky.social · 10h

Pulitzer Prize winning historian Benjamin Nathans of the University of Pennsylvania provides a defining piece of iconic imagery in making the case for universities to stand together and repudiate the subservience the Regime is seeking to impose.

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 10h

I was commissioned to make a zine for the No Kings 2 protest on Saturday Oct 18th!

If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.

drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...

Hand holding a black and white illustrated zine of two people holding signs that say “we marched! Now what?”

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 10h

(I am a college professor— it happens, and a surprising number of my students waive their FERPA rights 🫤)

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 10h

Email from a parent

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 1d

Your kids are so cool (this would have been my dream theme at their age), and your husband and MIL are very talented!

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 1d

MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 1d

HOW THE FUCK IS DIANE KEATON DEAD BUT THAT OLD BITCH WOODY ALLEN STILL ALIVE???

Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 1d

I don't have an answer, but a friend once attended an Elvis Costello concert that had to be paused midway through because a fight broke out during "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding"

Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 1d

What would be the wildest concert for a fight to break out at?

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear: I am still assigning whole books to my students! But getting through a Waverly novel for research purposes takes months

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