Clare
@claresears.bsky.social
Teacher & Writer • Queer & Trans History • Historical Fiction • Television Studies • Author of Arresting Dress: Cross-Dressing, Law, and Fascination in 19th Century San Francisco (Duke UP)
NEW BOOK! Killing Eve (Fall 2026, WSU Press)
NEW BOOK! Killing Eve (Fall 2026, WSU Press)
This resonates but I wonder if class plays a role? The vast majority of students I know (mostly working-class young adults) have never been hungrier for knowledge. They know that AI is a scam. They're angry & eager to learn. Perhaps it’s different for those who attend college because it’s expected?
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This resonates but I wonder if class plays a role? The vast majority of students I know (mostly working-class young adults) have never been hungrier for knowledge. They know that AI is a scam. They're angry & eager to learn. Perhaps it’s different for those who attend college because it’s expected?
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
book piracy discourse but it’s not about this book or pirate?
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
book piracy discourse but it’s not about this book or pirate?
is it just me or is pluribus a clever meta commentary on the relationship between writers & fans? from the opening book reading - to the slippage from love potion plot-notes to truth serum antics - to the global fandom hivemind vs the “anti” - to the grumpy/sunshine trope writ large? plus lesbians ✨
two women are standing in front of an airplane with the letters ee on it
ALT: two women are standing in front of an airplane with the letters ee on it
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November 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
is it just me or is pluribus a clever meta commentary on the relationship between writers & fans? from the opening book reading - to the slippage from love potion plot-notes to truth serum antics - to the global fandom hivemind vs the “anti” - to the grumpy/sunshine trope writ large? plus lesbians ✨
i had almost forgotten about this! so happy for the opportunity to talk about weird dead things and methods with @mayadeane.bsky.social @jeannethornton.bsky.social and @olivasthewriter.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
i had almost forgotten about this! so happy for the opportunity to talk about weird dead things and methods with @mayadeane.bsky.social @jeannethornton.bsky.social and @olivasthewriter.bsky.social
book marketing strategy: i know a superfan or two
October 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
book marketing strategy: i know a superfan or two
New book alert! 📚 KILLING EVE - featuring exclusive interviews with Phoebe Waller-Bridge & Sally Woodward Gentle - drops Fall 2026. Part of WSU's TV Milestones series 📺🔪🪓 Share the news!
a blue sign that says killing eve on a light blue background
Alt: a blue sign that says killing eve on a light blue background
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October 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
New book alert! 📚 KILLING EVE - featuring exclusive interviews with Phoebe Waller-Bridge & Sally Woodward Gentle - drops Fall 2026. Part of WSU's TV Milestones series 📺🔪🪓 Share the news!
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Welcome to OTHERSIDE, a magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! This October, we’ll be fundraising on Kickstarter. Until then, you can join us on our Patreon! We’ll open for submissions in January 2026.
See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)
See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)
March 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Welcome to OTHERSIDE, a magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! This October, we’ll be fundraising on Kickstarter. Until then, you can join us on our Patreon! We’ll open for submissions in January 2026.
See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)
See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)
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teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
AGAINST AI
against-a-i.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
San Francisco had a similar law (1867) that existed alongside bans on cross-dressing, indecency, and carrying baskets on poles through the streets - a common practice among many Chinese workers. then, as now, the policing of poverty, disability, gender, sexuality, and immigration went hand-in-hand
July 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
San Francisco had a similar law (1867) that existed alongside bans on cross-dressing, indecency, and carrying baskets on poles through the streets - a common practice among many Chinese workers. then, as now, the policing of poverty, disability, gender, sexuality, and immigration went hand-in-hand
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THIS IS THE BEST ONE MAMDANI GET TO WORK
is this really the world you want your children to live in, and your children’s children,
June 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
THIS IS THE BEST ONE MAMDANI GET TO WORK
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First as farce, then as farce
June 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
First as farce, then as farce
this is a great thread and reminds me to recommit to buying books - academic and otherwise - where and when I can
Here's a long thread on an issue dear to my heart. This Tuesday evening I’m doing an Intellectual Publics with Macarena Gomez-Barris on publishing. Like last year’s conversation with Denise Cruz, or the prior year’s with Racquel Gates, we will talk about how to find a publisher, turn a thesis... 1/
Remember to register!
Ken Wissoker in conversation with Macarena Gómez-Barris
Tues June 3rd at 6:30pm ET via Zoom
bit.ly/impossibleti...
Ken Wissoker in conversation with Macarena Gómez-Barris
Tues June 3rd at 6:30pm ET via Zoom
bit.ly/impossibleti...
June 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
this is a great thread and reminds me to recommit to buying books - academic and otherwise - where and when I can
Hot Gays in the City🔥 not too long to wait
May 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hot Gays in the City🔥 not too long to wait
friends, i did it! i finished writing my killing eve book 🔪❤️ i haven’t finished a writing project this big in years, and i haven’t finished one this fun… ever? can’t wait to share all the secret bits soon #killingeve
April 29, 2025 at 4:44 AM
friends, i did it! i finished writing my killing eve book 🔪❤️ i haven’t finished a writing project this big in years, and i haven’t finished one this fun… ever? can’t wait to share all the secret bits soon #killingeve
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We could just be reading great books, watching good movies, and eating fruit. Instead we have to survive/fight miserable power hoarders. What a waste of limited time.
February 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
We could just be reading great books, watching good movies, and eating fruit. Instead we have to survive/fight miserable power hoarders. What a waste of limited time.
i remember sobbing in the california state archives when i first read the hand-written notes of asylum doctors. i couldn't shake the feeling for days. no training, reading, or thinking that "i already knew" had prepared me for that. now i treat it like witnessing. awful, painful, and necessary too
Doing historical research isn’t just an intellectual enterprise; it’s emotional and embodied.
I legit almost threw up earlier this morning while researching etymology related to the year 1712.
If you’re a historian and/or do archival research, how do you handle the SHOCK of revelation?
I legit almost threw up earlier this morning while researching etymology related to the year 1712.
If you’re a historian and/or do archival research, how do you handle the SHOCK of revelation?
November 25, 2024 at 4:43 AM
i remember sobbing in the california state archives when i first read the hand-written notes of asylum doctors. i couldn't shake the feeling for days. no training, reading, or thinking that "i already knew" had prepared me for that. now i treat it like witnessing. awful, painful, and necessary too
I wrote Arresting Dress, a history of anti-crossdressing laws in nineteenth-century San Francisco
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October 18, 2024 at 4:04 PM
I wrote Arresting Dress, a history of anti-crossdressing laws in nineteenth-century San Francisco
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Upset is correct! We can still vote NO on the obscene tentative agreement , which our chapter union leadership were not informed about when the agreement was announced. They terms are unacceptable. Press accounts have been misleading and inaccurate.
If you know any CSU faculty, you might know that though the strike ended, they are still rightfully pissed off . . .
January 24, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Upset is correct! We can still vote NO on the obscene tentative agreement , which our chapter union leadership were not informed about when the agreement was announced. They terms are unacceptable. Press accounts have been misleading and inaccurate.
i LOVE that I am 32nd in line for @jamiattenberg.bsky.social new book at the library ✍️❤️
January 23, 2024 at 5:17 AM
i LOVE that I am 32nd in line for @jamiattenberg.bsky.social new book at the library ✍️❤️
Thrilled to have my story “How You Enter” published in this incredible MQR special issue, edited by the amazing Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/mqr-issue-624-fall-2023/
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/mqr-issue-624-fall-2023/
November 7, 2023 at 3:52 PM
Thrilled to have my story “How You Enter” published in this incredible MQR special issue, edited by the amazing Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/mqr-issue-624-fall-2023/
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/mqr-issue-624-fall-2023/