Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D.
@jlphistory.bsky.social
Disability-based historian who is excited to be teaching some amazing students about dead people. Ask me about my dogs!
Pinned
Teenagers, Deaf People, & Archives! - A Book Haul for Teaching History (I know ALL the historians)
YouTube video by Joanna Loves History Books!
youtu.be
Why do historians buy so many books? Is there an "end" to Canadian history? What does it mean to "do history" and why are edited collections an important part of that? What my first book haul video and find out!
#History #c19th #HistoryBookChat #disHist #HistChild 🗃️📚💙
#History #c19th #HistoryBookChat #disHist #HistChild 🗃️📚💙
just randomly scrolling the internet like if i make the pictures/text move really fast that's the same as thinking about anything. I may need to take a walk.
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
just randomly scrolling the internet like if i make the pictures/text move really fast that's the same as thinking about anything. I may need to take a walk.
Every day I am in front of the classroom I feel like I'm doing my students a disservice because of my how my mental health affects my teaching and this dude just showed up to teach today with a ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Every day I am in front of the classroom I feel like I'm doing my students a disservice because of my how my mental health affects my teaching and this dude just showed up to teach today with a ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
If you are a woman in academia who hasn't had today's primal scream of rage about how awful the sexism is, this may help.
So I'm in the Epstein Files
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
If you are a woman in academia who hasn't had today's primal scream of rage about how awful the sexism is, this may help.
My mom, trying to remember why Larry Summers sounded familiar to her, asked me if he was one of the men I hated. Yes!
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
My mom, trying to remember why Larry Summers sounded familiar to her, asked me if he was one of the men I hated. Yes!
Every day that goes by before you read A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, based on her Diary by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich means you have one less day on this earth to appreciate what history can be. It's truly outstanding. Your life can be improved instantly by reading this book.
November 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Every day that goes by before you read A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, based on her Diary by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich means you have one less day on this earth to appreciate what history can be. It's truly outstanding. Your life can be improved instantly by reading this book.
I'm still disgusted by the existence of food and yet if I don't eat I'll either scream or cry instead of leading a pathetic conversation about psychedelic drugs I'm 1950s Saskatchewan so I'm eating a muffin. Please clap.
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I'm still disgusted by the existence of food and yet if I don't eat I'll either scream or cry instead of leading a pathetic conversation about psychedelic drugs I'm 1950s Saskatchewan so I'm eating a muffin. Please clap.
I'm lying in the dark because being alive feels like a horrible challenge today but Footnote is looking out the window at the world and she's so cute with her ears and her enjoyment of the outside world.
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I'm lying in the dark because being alive feels like a horrible challenge today but Footnote is looking out the window at the world and she's so cute with her ears and her enjoyment of the outside world.
It's me. I'm the world's leading expert on blind girls in pre-ww1 Canada and a famous youtuber.
Honestly I can't remember the name of anyone in high school other than my best friend.
Honestly I can't remember the name of anyone in high school other than my best friend.
Who was in your high school graduating class, +/- two years, that would be of interest?
For example, I took a basketball class and graduated w/all-time 8th man Jud Buechler (look it up), and may have followed Stephanie Seymour (not sure if she still WENT to school after I moved there).
For example, I took a basketball class and graduated w/all-time 8th man Jud Buechler (look it up), and may have followed Stephanie Seymour (not sure if she still WENT to school after I moved there).
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It's me. I'm the world's leading expert on blind girls in pre-ww1 Canada and a famous youtuber.
Honestly I can't remember the name of anyone in high school other than my best friend.
Honestly I can't remember the name of anyone in high school other than my best friend.
Anyway, should I make a batch of Canada War Cake for my students tomorrow? Pro: it will be an ~experiential~ learning thing for them! Con: I have to, like, do something to make it happen.
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Anyway, should I make a batch of Canada War Cake for my students tomorrow? Pro: it will be an ~experiential~ learning thing for them! Con: I have to, like, do something to make it happen.
Today this is irritating me: Why is any American running for office following me, a Canadian historian who posts about dogs and sadness, on bluesky except to indicate that they are following anyone and anything to get their attention? Dude, I literally CANNOT vote for you and also this is annoying.
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Today this is irritating me: Why is any American running for office following me, a Canadian historian who posts about dogs and sadness, on bluesky except to indicate that they are following anyone and anything to get their attention? Dude, I literally CANNOT vote for you and also this is annoying.
I support Ryan getting handed more puppies.
I am being handed fewer puppies than I want to be handed.
I was just handed this puppy.
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I support Ryan getting handed more puppies.
This has absolutely nothing to do with the farmerettes part of my lecture but I don't care I'm putting it on a lecture slide anyway.
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This has absolutely nothing to do with the farmerettes part of my lecture but I don't care I'm putting it on a lecture slide anyway.
So I did not finish all of the grading I wanted to do this week but I finished an awful lot of it and that's better than nothing considering last fall break I was so depressed I had to board the dogs for three days because I couldn't get out of bed. Improvements!
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
So I did not finish all of the grading I wanted to do this week but I finished an awful lot of it and that's better than nothing considering last fall break I was so depressed I had to board the dogs for three days because I couldn't get out of bed. Improvements!
Reposted by Joanna L. Pearce, Ph.D.
Trinket, four years ago today. In full rangy teenage puppiness, shaking off the last of her baby fuzz.
November 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trinket, four years ago today. In full rangy teenage puppiness, shaking off the last of her baby fuzz.
Well, I'm still behind on my grading but despite this week turning into an absolute nightmare I am much closer to being done my grading than I was at the beginning of the week. But still, what a nightmare this week has been.
November 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Well, I'm still behind on my grading but despite this week turning into an absolute nightmare I am much closer to being done my grading than I was at the beginning of the week. But still, what a nightmare this week has been.
Hanging out in study stream where everyone is having an indepth conversation about romance languages & gender that started because I was explaining how to pronounce epitome.
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Hanging out in study stream where everyone is having an indepth conversation about romance languages & gender that started because I was explaining how to pronounce epitome.
I love when a student writes "and can you see how important this woman's work has been to developing the whole field of women's history in Canada?" Yes! Yes I can! And I'm glad you can too! (It's about Veronica Strong-Boag, and iykyk)
November 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I love when a student writes "and can you see how important this woman's work has been to developing the whole field of women's history in Canada?" Yes! Yes I can! And I'm glad you can too! (It's about Veronica Strong-Boag, and iykyk)
Look at these perfect dogs. They have never done anything wrong in their lives.
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Look at these perfect dogs. They have never done anything wrong in their lives.
Every time this topic comes up I immediate think "And they could have THREE dogs!"
Index would lose her mind if I got a third dog, but you all know that my last post on Bluesky before disappearing into the night after winning the lotto would be a picture of me, three dogs, & some fabulous sunglasses
Index would lose her mind if I got a third dog, but you all know that my last post on Bluesky before disappearing into the night after winning the lotto would be a picture of me, three dogs, & some fabulous sunglasses
If I were wealthy, I’d spend my time perfecting so many crafts. I’d have sheds built with commercial quality equipment for each new skill. I’d have a studio with all the musical instruments I could get my hands on. I’d have a tower library. Rich people today are so weird and useless.
November 16, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Every time this topic comes up I immediate think "And they could have THREE dogs!"
Index would lose her mind if I got a third dog, but you all know that my last post on Bluesky before disappearing into the night after winning the lotto would be a picture of me, three dogs, & some fabulous sunglasses
Index would lose her mind if I got a third dog, but you all know that my last post on Bluesky before disappearing into the night after winning the lotto would be a picture of me, three dogs, & some fabulous sunglasses
One thing about the darkness (literal darkness, not emotional darkness) coming so early is that the part of me that seems to work best at night is happy to start working at 7 p.m.
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
One thing about the darkness (literal darkness, not emotional darkness) coming so early is that the part of me that seems to work best at night is happy to start working at 7 p.m.
Too much despair.
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Too much despair.
Quippy little one-liners about rape victims aren't acceptable behaviour even if you think the joke is Trump. The rest of us shouldn't have to give up looking at pictures of dogs and cats and fat happy birds so you can be so fucking witty about rape. Shut up and make a donation to RAINN. I hate you.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Quippy little one-liners about rape victims aren't acceptable behaviour even if you think the joke is Trump. The rest of us shouldn't have to give up looking at pictures of dogs and cats and fat happy birds so you can be so fucking witty about rape. Shut up and make a donation to RAINN. I hate you.
Okay, here's how we're dealing with the crushing depression today: gonna run the dishwasher and the laundry, gonna change the sheets, gonna get a coffee I shouldn't get, and then settle in for the work day. Also gotta give the dogs their morning treats for being good dogs.
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Okay, here's how we're dealing with the crushing depression today: gonna run the dishwasher and the laundry, gonna change the sheets, gonna get a coffee I shouldn't get, and then settle in for the work day. Also gotta give the dogs their morning treats for being good dogs.
My international students pay three times more tuition that domestic students in Canada and universities, particularly in Ontario, were using their tuition to make up for funding shortfalls. There's a lot going on in that sentence but none of it is "taking spaces from domestic students."
Because international student enrollment is so often used as a cudgel in discussions about immigration, this is a good time to remind people that international students aren't taking up spaces for US students at state schools, they are paying full tuition that FUNDS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR US STUDENTS.
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My international students pay three times more tuition that domestic students in Canada and universities, particularly in Ontario, were using their tuition to make up for funding shortfalls. There's a lot going on in that sentence but none of it is "taking spaces from domestic students."
Whelp, despite my best efforts I have hit the "too tired to keep grading" threshold. :( Gonna take the dogs for a walk to see if that perks me up but otherwise it may be time for bed. On the one hand I have at least started the dreaded grading but on the other hand fall break is almost over. :(
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Whelp, despite my best efforts I have hit the "too tired to keep grading" threshold. :( Gonna take the dogs for a walk to see if that perks me up but otherwise it may be time for bed. On the one hand I have at least started the dreaded grading but on the other hand fall break is almost over. :(