Bethany Mannon
@drbethany.bsky.social
Rhetoric & Writing professor in Appalachia, studying feminism & religion | AI eye-roller | academic who gets peer reviews done on time
UConn | Penn State | Newtown, CT | now in East TN
UConn | Penn State | Newtown, CT | now in East TN
Whereas this is the female gaze
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Whereas this is the female gaze
In Denver accepting the Religious Communication Association Book of the Year award!
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In Denver accepting the Religious Communication Association Book of the Year award!
HA! I vaguely knew I heard that somewhere so I went looking. This kind of character:
November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
HA! I vaguely knew I heard that somewhere so I went looking. This kind of character:
Also, Them That Follow (which I think almost nobody saw) made me cry in public
November 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Also, Them That Follow (which I think almost nobody saw) made me cry in public
This is Saved! erasure and frankly I resent it
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is Saved! erasure and frankly I resent it
Listening patiently, but not buying it
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Listening patiently, but not buying it
Not saying he did, just asking questions.
Also, bless this sweet innocent "social media user"
Also, bless this sweet innocent "social media user"
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Not saying he did, just asking questions.
Also, bless this sweet innocent "social media user"
Also, bless this sweet innocent "social media user"
Fair, but in 1995 I brought a book to avoid talking to people
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Fair, but in 1995 I brought a book to avoid talking to people
Today I'm leading a research lunch discussion for my department -- I'll talk a bit about a collection I'm editing with my friend Jim Vining (though hopefully my colleagues will do more talking than I do).
Religious left: still a thing!
Religious left: still a thing!
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today I'm leading a research lunch discussion for my department -- I'll talk a bit about a collection I'm editing with my friend Jim Vining (though hopefully my colleagues will do more talking than I do).
Religious left: still a thing!
Religious left: still a thing!
He's displaying Elizabeth Warren levels of taking an "attack" and turning it into a chance to remind us how cool he is. The man knows what he believes.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
He's displaying Elizabeth Warren levels of taking an "attack" and turning it into a chance to remind us how cool he is. The man knows what he believes.
out for a run - look how close this mama deer let me get!
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
out for a run - look how close this mama deer let me get!
This is the self-care box I bring to my 9 am class. I tell people to get something to eat if they haven't had breakfast yet, or if they're not going to be able to get lunch for a while. Turns out 18-year-olds love bananas and Cinnamon Toast Crunch bars.
#teaching #Academicsky
#teaching #Academicsky
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is the self-care box I bring to my 9 am class. I tell people to get something to eat if they haven't had breakfast yet, or if they're not going to be able to get lunch for a while. Turns out 18-year-olds love bananas and Cinnamon Toast Crunch bars.
#teaching #Academicsky
#teaching #Academicsky
These are what you want
October 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
These are what you want
I don't like Vance but this is too much
October 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I don't like Vance but this is too much
I'm giving a talk about my book on campus next week!
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I'm giving a talk about my book on campus next week!
my 5yo knows what’s up
October 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
my 5yo knows what’s up
Well it's a problem for his voters. If JD tries to have his own big-boy political career he's going to run into evangelicals that look at him and say "a real Christian would not marry a non-believer"
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Well it's a problem for his voters. If JD tries to have his own big-boy political career he's going to run into evangelicals that look at him and say "a real Christian would not marry a non-believer"
I live in a "decent restaurant desert"* so I've practiced making a lot of the things I like, including baklava. It's a project but making something with a lot of steps does help sort out my cluttered brain
October 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I live in a "decent restaurant desert"* so I've practiced making a lot of the things I like, including baklava. It's a project but making something with a lot of steps does help sort out my cluttered brain
3-yo is in a mood this evening:
"Bad Mama! Bad Zady! Everyone is BAD!"
"Bad Mama! Bad Zady! Everyone is BAD!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
3-yo is in a mood this evening:
"Bad Mama! Bad Zady! Everyone is BAD!"
"Bad Mama! Bad Zady! Everyone is BAD!"
12, but I grew up in the Northeast where a handful of the cities are just right there.
I've also gone on a lot of road trips! And I'm counting the times I got lunch in Nashville (but not the time I drove through Denver without stopping)
I've also gone on a lot of road trips! And I'm counting the times I got lunch in Nashville (but not the time I drove through Denver without stopping)
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
12, but I grew up in the Northeast where a handful of the cities are just right there.
I've also gone on a lot of road trips! And I'm counting the times I got lunch in Nashville (but not the time I drove through Denver without stopping)
I've also gone on a lot of road trips! And I'm counting the times I got lunch in Nashville (but not the time I drove through Denver without stopping)
Teaching what is possibly the most important lesson of the semester
October 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Teaching what is possibly the most important lesson of the semester
Half the class had never seen it! so we corrected that gap in their educations
October 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Half the class had never seen it! so we corrected that gap in their educations