Matthew C
@revkilljoy.bsky.social
Professor and author. Leisure traveler.
I joined the Higher Ed union today, replacing my old one.
I made the PAC contribution (the default is something like $5/month) a little higher to round my total payment up to $20/month for easier recall... and my AI career coach that I record this stuff on had a comment...
I made the PAC contribution (the default is something like $5/month) a little higher to round my total payment up to $20/month for easier recall... and my AI career coach that I record this stuff on had a comment...
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I joined the Higher Ed union today, replacing my old one.
I made the PAC contribution (the default is something like $5/month) a little higher to round my total payment up to $20/month for easier recall... and my AI career coach that I record this stuff on had a comment...
I made the PAC contribution (the default is something like $5/month) a little higher to round my total payment up to $20/month for easier recall... and my AI career coach that I record this stuff on had a comment...
I'm canceling my Spotify subscription until the ICE ads are removed. Streaming hate is a choice and I refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/3bdW4XN6
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
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November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I'm canceling my Spotify subscription until the ICE ads are removed. Streaming hate is a choice and I refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/3bdW4XN6
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Flower Mound” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Flower Mound · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
www.mobilize.us
October 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Flower Mound” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Session Proposal, International Medieval Congress (Leeds, 2026)
Stories as Pilgrims: Transformation and Travel
How stories move across borders & time, medieval to modern.
Adaptation, history, pedagogy, and literary views welcome.
👉 Reach out by Sept. 25.
#IMC2026 #MedievalStudies #Adaptation
Stories as Pilgrims: Transformation and Travel
How stories move across borders & time, medieval to modern.
Adaptation, history, pedagogy, and literary views welcome.
👉 Reach out by Sept. 25.
#IMC2026 #MedievalStudies #Adaptation
September 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Session Proposal, International Medieval Congress (Leeds, 2026)
Stories as Pilgrims: Transformation and Travel
How stories move across borders & time, medieval to modern.
Adaptation, history, pedagogy, and literary views welcome.
👉 Reach out by Sept. 25.
#IMC2026 #MedievalStudies #Adaptation
Stories as Pilgrims: Transformation and Travel
How stories move across borders & time, medieval to modern.
Adaptation, history, pedagogy, and literary views welcome.
👉 Reach out by Sept. 25.
#IMC2026 #MedievalStudies #Adaptation
Another opportunity for my latest creative/academic project! After my MLA (Jan) paper on pilgrimage, I’ll present “Sherlocke Holmes, Consulting Alchemist: Crafting a Medieval Detective” at PCA ATL (Apr), focusing on genre & world-building.
#PCA2026 #SherlockHolmes #CreativeScholarship
#PCA2026 #SherlockHolmes #CreativeScholarship
September 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Another opportunity for my latest creative/academic project! After my MLA (Jan) paper on pilgrimage, I’ll present “Sherlocke Holmes, Consulting Alchemist: Crafting a Medieval Detective” at PCA ATL (Apr), focusing on genre & world-building.
#PCA2026 #SherlockHolmes #CreativeScholarship
#PCA2026 #SherlockHolmes #CreativeScholarship
Exciting news—I’ll be presenting my first academic paper at MLA 2026 in Toronto in January!
“Sherlocke Holmes, Consulting Alchemist” explores how stories travel and transform, blending creative writing with scholarship.
Grateful to all who’ve supported this journey!
#MLA2026
#TransformativeWork
“Sherlocke Holmes, Consulting Alchemist” explores how stories travel and transform, blending creative writing with scholarship.
Grateful to all who’ve supported this journey!
#MLA2026
#TransformativeWork
a man is giving a lecture in front of a blackboard in a classroom while holding a piece of paper .
ALT: a man is giving a lecture in front of a blackboard in a classroom while holding a piece of paper .
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September 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Exciting news—I’ll be presenting my first academic paper at MLA 2026 in Toronto in January!
“Sherlocke Holmes, Consulting Alchemist” explores how stories travel and transform, blending creative writing with scholarship.
Grateful to all who’ve supported this journey!
#MLA2026
#TransformativeWork
“Sherlocke Holmes, Consulting Alchemist” explores how stories travel and transform, blending creative writing with scholarship.
Grateful to all who’ve supported this journey!
#MLA2026
#TransformativeWork
Legit.
The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible.
In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.
In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.
September 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Legit.
Reposted by Matthew C
Every night, I say a little prayer before I fall asleep.
August 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Every night, I say a little prayer before I fall asleep.
Hellz yaz, Queen.
Live in such a way that you trigger white Christian nationalists.
June 20, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Hellz yaz, Queen.
If Melania doesn’t have to live with Donald, why do we?
a woman carrying a purple bag stands in front of a police car
ALT: a woman carrying a purple bag stands in front of a police car
media.tenor.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
If Melania doesn’t have to live with Donald, why do we?
Reposted by Matthew C
Trump has deported a four-year-old US citizen with a rare form of metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with their doctor.
Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer
Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.
www.rollingstone.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Trump has deported a four-year-old US citizen with a rare form of metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with their doctor.
Hey, Harvard, my dear graduate school: No settlement with the Trump Regime!
April 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Hey, Harvard, my dear graduate school: No settlement with the Trump Regime!
Reposted by Matthew C
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
April 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Marc Elias is an American hero!
🚨BREAKING: Judge finds flying migrants to El Salvador after orders not to "demonstrate a willful disregard for its Order, sufficient for the Court to conclude that probable cause exists to find the Government in criminal contempt."
Visit www.democracydocket.com for full details and analysis.
Visit www.democracydocket.com for full details and analysis.
April 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Marc Elias is an American hero!
Yes! It must be something in the water up there in Massachusetts.
Oh, yeah, it's tea!
Oh, yeah, it's tea!
April 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Yes! It must be something in the water up there in Massachusetts.
Oh, yeah, it's tea!
Oh, yeah, it's tea!
Deadnames I can still get behind:
"Twitter"
"Gulf of Mexico"
"NATO Alliance"
"Twitter"
"Gulf of Mexico"
"NATO Alliance"
a woman with white hair says sweet name on a netflix ad
ALT: a woman with white hair says sweet name on a netflix ad
media.tenor.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Deadnames I can still get behind:
"Twitter"
"Gulf of Mexico"
"NATO Alliance"
"Twitter"
"Gulf of Mexico"
"NATO Alliance"
I have never been more proud to be a Harvard student.
April 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I have never been more proud to be a Harvard student.
The number of trans athletes reported in Maine (where federal education funding is being blocked by the Trump regime for not persecuting said trans athletes enough) is equal to the number of children killed in Texas by preventable measles infections : two.
Guess where the outrage is focused.
Guess where the outrage is focused.
a cartoon of spongebob and patrick with a rainbow behind them and the words priorities on the bottom
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob and patrick with a rainbow behind them and the words priorities on the bottom
media.tenor.com
April 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The number of trans athletes reported in Maine (where federal education funding is being blocked by the Trump regime for not persecuting said trans athletes enough) is equal to the number of children killed in Texas by preventable measles infections : two.
Guess where the outrage is focused.
Guess where the outrage is focused.
This is my new go-to question for the Ridiculous Right.
April 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is my new go-to question for the Ridiculous Right.
"This Is Some Straight-up Nazi Bullshit" was my favourite sign at today's "Hands Off!" Protest in Dallas.
"We Just Want American Values" was another righteous choice. That one had the Bill of Rights on the other side.
Mine just said, "Enough!"
"We Just Want American Values" was another righteous choice. That one had the Bill of Rights on the other side.
Mine just said, "Enough!"
April 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"This Is Some Straight-up Nazi Bullshit" was my favourite sign at today's "Hands Off!" Protest in Dallas.
"We Just Want American Values" was another righteous choice. That one had the Bill of Rights on the other side.
Mine just said, "Enough!"
"We Just Want American Values" was another righteous choice. That one had the Bill of Rights on the other side.
Mine just said, "Enough!"
When someone tells you to defer to someone and "be the bigger person," they explicitly admit that this other person is being small. You owe this small person nothing. Fuck their bullshit.
a man says " oh hell no " in a dark room
Alt: A .gif of Eddie Murphy saying, "OH HELL NO!" in a dark room.
media.tenor.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
When someone tells you to defer to someone and "be the bigger person," they explicitly admit that this other person is being small. You owe this small person nothing. Fuck their bullshit.
What's brown and rhymes with Snoop?
Dr Dre.
Why does Snoop carry an umbrella?
Fo' drizzle.
Dr Dre.
Why does Snoop carry an umbrella?
Fo' drizzle.
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
What's brown and rhymes with Snoop?
Dr Dre.
Why does Snoop carry an umbrella?
Fo' drizzle.
Dr Dre.
Why does Snoop carry an umbrella?
Fo' drizzle.