Colby Townsend
@colbytownsend.bsky.social
Dual PhD student (English/religious studies) @ IU Bloomington studying religion and literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He/him
2019 letter from pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to pedophile Larry Nassar about pedophile Donald Trump.
“Dear L[arry]. N[assar].
As you know by now, I have taken the “short route” home. Good luck! We shared one thing…our love & caring for young ladies and the hope they’d reach their full potential…
“Dear L[arry]. N[assar].
As you know by now, I have taken the “short route” home. Good luck! We shared one thing…our love & caring for young ladies and the hope they’d reach their full potential…
December 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
2019 letter from pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to pedophile Larry Nassar about pedophile Donald Trump.
“Dear L[arry]. N[assar].
As you know by now, I have taken the “short route” home. Good luck! We shared one thing…our love & caring for young ladies and the hope they’d reach their full potential…
“Dear L[arry]. N[assar].
As you know by now, I have taken the “short route” home. Good luck! We shared one thing…our love & caring for young ladies and the hope they’d reach their full potential…
I could not be more excited to dig into Sonia Hazard’s new book.
November 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I could not be more excited to dig into Sonia Hazard’s new book.
There are only three of us Romanticists (of roughly 140 or so grad students) in the English department at IU Bloomington and one of us made this amazing mug and it was not me. One of the best gifts I’ve ever received.
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
There are only three of us Romanticists (of roughly 140 or so grad students) in the English department at IU Bloomington and one of us made this amazing mug and it was not me. One of the best gifts I’ve ever received.
I’ve got you covered!
February 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I’ve got you covered!
Your periodic reminder that bibliographies of bibliographies exist.
February 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Your periodic reminder that bibliographies of bibliographies exist.
I am very excited to announce that my friend, Abby Clayton, and I have just signed an advanced contract with the University of Illinois Press for an edited collection titled Printing New Religion: Transatlantic Movements in the Long Nineteenth Century.
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I am very excited to announce that my friend, Abby Clayton, and I have just signed an advanced contract with the University of Illinois Press for an edited collection titled Printing New Religion: Transatlantic Movements in the Long Nineteenth Century.
Trump and his cabinet picks.
November 13, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Trump and his cabinet picks.
Enjoying some religious studies PhD exam reading at the Lily Library of Liane Feldman’s new book.
October 12, 2023 at 4:59 PM
Enjoying some religious studies PhD exam reading at the Lily Library of Liane Feldman’s new book.
Finally. I highly recommend getting this affordable, erudite, and fun new edition of Moby-Dick, edited by @jeffreyinsko.bsky.social.
July 26, 2023 at 7:27 PM
Finally. I highly recommend getting this affordable, erudite, and fun new edition of Moby-Dick, edited by @jeffreyinsko.bsky.social.