Dr. Kavita Mudan Finn
@kvmfinn.bsky.social
Medievalist. Early Modernist. Fan Scholar. Shakespearean. Interests: queenship, popular history, medievalism, fandoms, then&now
I want to thank my sister for keeping me diligently updated on the nail-biting election for Cat Mayor of the Somerville Bike Path.
November 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I want to thank my sister for keeping me diligently updated on the nail-biting election for Cat Mayor of the Somerville Bike Path.
So, this just got a whole lot more real...☠️⚔️🌹
September 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
So, this just got a whole lot more real...☠️⚔️🌹
Inaugurating our new--and hopefully far less breakable--cocktail glasses with a Negroni.
June 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Inaugurating our new--and hopefully far less breakable--cocktail glasses with a Negroni.
This. There are so many better insults. The man dumped a rotting bear carcass in the most visited public park in the country. He took his grandchildren swimming in sewage water. Also he is the definition of a nepo baby who has failed upward his whole life.
Or, rather more poetically, this:
Or, rather more poetically, this:
May 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This. There are so many better insults. The man dumped a rotting bear carcass in the most visited public park in the country. He took his grandchildren swimming in sewage water. Also he is the definition of a nepo baby who has failed upward his whole life.
Or, rather more poetically, this:
Or, rather more poetically, this:
Today, in "things I wish I remembered the context for":
April 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Today, in "things I wish I remembered the context for":
“How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable / Seem to me all the uses of this world.”
November 27, 2024 at 12:58 AM
“How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable / Seem to me all the uses of this world.”
“We do not recognize the validity of your time change. We require dinner.”
November 3, 2024 at 11:47 PM
“We do not recognize the validity of your time change. We require dinner.”
Ceci n’est pas mon chien.
October 18, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Ceci n’est pas mon chien.
“Thou hast made the very earth my hell.”
September 8, 2024 at 2:18 AM
“Thou hast made the very earth my hell.”
“O villain, villain, smiling damnèd villain!”
September 8, 2024 at 2:13 AM
“O villain, villain, smiling damnèd villain!”
I had the pleasure of reading @drdadabhoy.bsky.social’s fantastic book before publication and am looking forward to rereading it with my #RB4R colleagues.
September 7, 2024 at 3:41 AM
I had the pleasure of reading @drdadabhoy.bsky.social’s fantastic book before publication and am looking forward to rereading it with my #RB4R colleagues.
Sometimes a book chapter is about advancing the field or producing groundbreaking scholarship. And sometimes it's about hiding as many silly jokes in your footnotes as possible.
May 29, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Sometimes a book chapter is about advancing the field or producing groundbreaking scholarship. And sometimes it's about hiding as many silly jokes in your footnotes as possible.
She’s 7 but you’d never guess to look at her.
November 15, 2023 at 4:37 PM
She’s 7 but you’d never guess to look at her.
...but also nobody reads my academic work, so I'm still not 100% sure it counts...
October 4, 2023 at 5:45 PM
...but also nobody reads my academic work, so I'm still not 100% sure it counts...
Somewhere, 20yo me is horrified at my willingness to make appointments at 8:30am. I still am not a morning person and still do not understand morning people; I am a merely a night person with school-aged children.
September 25, 2023 at 10:13 PM
Somewhere, 20yo me is horrified at my willingness to make appointments at 8:30am. I still am not a morning person and still do not understand morning people; I am a merely a night person with school-aged children.
All the above photos are older. This is from last holiday season, when Nigel photobombed my attempt to get a card photo of my two daughters. By then, he was mostly blind, mostly deaf, and mostly senile. But he was still our sweet little old man, and we will miss him very much.
November 2, 2024 at 7:42 PM
All the above photos are older. This is from last holiday season, when Nigel photobombed my attempt to get a card photo of my two daughters. By then, he was mostly blind, mostly deaf, and mostly senile. But he was still our sweet little old man, and we will miss him very much.
He always had a somewhat contentious relationship with our basset hound Lucy, who is a year younger and a force of personality. She hasn't noticed yet that he's gone. I expect we will hear about it when she does.
November 2, 2024 at 7:35 PM
He always had a somewhat contentious relationship with our basset hound Lucy, who is a year younger and a force of personality. She hasn't noticed yet that he's gone. I expect we will hear about it when she does.
Nigel was 16 years old. We adopted him in 2009 through my MIL, whose coworker couldn't afford to keep him. He lived with us for almost 13 years. He was our sweet, reliable, little old man (see photos: he always looked old). When our kids were born, he was the dog nanny.
November 2, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Nigel was 16 years old. We adopted him in 2009 through my MIL, whose coworker couldn't afford to keep him. He lived with us for almost 13 years. He was our sweet, reliable, little old man (see photos: he always looked old). When our kids were born, he was the dog nanny.
We had to say goodbye to our oldest dog, Nigel, today. We promised ourselves we would make the call before he started having bad days. He had a neurological event this morning and, in consultation with the vet, we determined it was time.
November 2, 2024 at 7:22 PM
We had to say goodbye to our oldest dog, Nigel, today. We promised ourselves we would make the call before he started having bad days. He had a neurological event this morning and, in consultation with the vet, we determined it was time.
This just arrived for me at my local library. So looking forward to reading it.
November 2, 2024 at 7:22 PM
This just arrived for me at my local library. So looking forward to reading it.
It's the weekend and I'm avoiding work.
November 2, 2024 at 7:22 PM
It's the weekend and I'm avoiding work.
The new @Arthuriana_Jrnl (31.2) has dropped, so I can finally show off my article, on my favourite of King Arthur's knights, Sir Palomydes. So thrilled to be in this issue alongside the brilliant @Nahir_Otano, @wanchuankao, Matthew Vernon, Amelia Rutledge, and Geraldine Heng!
November 2, 2024 at 7:22 PM
The new @Arthuriana_Jrnl (31.2) has dropped, so I can finally show off my article, on my favourite of King Arthur's knights, Sir Palomydes. So thrilled to be in this issue alongside the brilliant @Nahir_Otano, @wanchuankao, Matthew Vernon, Amelia Rutledge, and Geraldine Heng!
Puns in the wild, West Village edition.
November 2, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Puns in the wild, West Village edition.
Since all the cool kids are doing it, here is the @SAAupdates seminar that I am co-convening with @mccqua and Emily Griffiths Jones (whose handle I cannot recall atm). Come talk about early modern fanfic! (Medieval too; we'll allow it.) #fanstudies
November 2, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Since all the cool kids are doing it, here is the @SAAupdates seminar that I am co-convening with @mccqua and Emily Griffiths Jones (whose handle I cannot recall atm). Come talk about early modern fanfic! (Medieval too; we'll allow it.) #fanstudies