LesleyTC
@tenuredrebel.bsky.social
Art Historian & Professor of Aesthetics at Humber Polytechnic, Toronto. Research: Surrealism & Indigenization; decolonial pedagogy. Director at VeritaFineArt.com 🎨
I’ve survived rape, kidnapping, and cancer. I’m a tired mom with no time for bullshit.🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ 🫶
I’ve survived rape, kidnapping, and cancer. I’m a tired mom with no time for bullshit.🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ 🫶
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February 10, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Happy Superb Owl Sunday to all who celebrate!
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February 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Happy Superb Owl Sunday to all who celebrate!
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“Most adjuncts cannot afford to survive without another source of income.”
This headline in The Chronicle makes it sound like most adjuncts are independently wealthy when the reality is they have to hold second and third jobs just to make ends meet.
February 8, 2026 at 5:21 PM
“Most adjuncts cannot afford to survive without another source of income.”
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I told my therapist that I was looking through some of the Epstein files today and he said “oh no don’t tell me Judith Butler is in there”
February 6, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I told my therapist that I was looking through some of the Epstein files today and he said “oh no don’t tell me Judith Butler is in there”
If they actually cared they’d fund libraries.
We want to make sure tutoring isn't the preserve of a lucky few, but accessible to every child who needs it.
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Poorest pupils to be given AI tutors
Bridget Phillipson says tuition would no longer be the preserve of ‘the lucky few’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 12:24 PM
If they actually cared they’d fund libraries.
I went back to a digital archive (tbh not a very “official” one) that I hadn’t used in a meaningful way since my PhD. It was GONE!
IMO there’s a false sense of security, especially from millennial researchers, that is really starting to show. They lied when they told us the internet was forever!
IMO there’s a false sense of security, especially from millennial researchers, that is really starting to show. They lied when they told us the internet was forever!
That moment of panic when the AALT page won't load (it's fine now). But I'm genuinely not sure how secure that site is, and it always feels like a massive digital archive of England's medieval legal system is hanging on by the thin thread of a server in Houston, TX.
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I went back to a digital archive (tbh not a very “official” one) that I hadn’t used in a meaningful way since my PhD. It was GONE!
IMO there’s a false sense of security, especially from millennial researchers, that is really starting to show. They lied when they told us the internet was forever!
IMO there’s a false sense of security, especially from millennial researchers, that is really starting to show. They lied when they told us the internet was forever!
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What the hell @patagonia.com? There's no way their drag name would cause confusion under the Lanham act. This is purely vindictive.
I'll keep shopping at The North Face instead and I suggest others find a different brand.
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I'll keep shopping at The North Face instead and I suggest others find a different brand.
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Patagonia sues drag queen ‘Pattie Gonia’ claiming ‘irreparable harm’
“The harm Pattie Gonia has caused and will cause to the Patagonia brand is irreparable,” according to the lawsuit.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:22 PM
What the hell @patagonia.com? There's no way their drag name would cause confusion under the Lanham act. This is purely vindictive.
I'll keep shopping at The North Face instead and I suggest others find a different brand.
nypost.com/2026/01/22/u...
I'll keep shopping at The North Face instead and I suggest others find a different brand.
nypost.com/2026/01/22/u...
This is invaluable advice. I recently asked my best friend to weigh in on a question I had for a paper, except it was “at what length does a butt plug become a dildo,” and my friend works at a bank.
The response I got was “that is not a real work question. Also does the shape remain the same?”
The response I got was “that is not a real work question. Also does the shape remain the same?”
The entire trick to academia is to be friends with people with distinct but relevant research specialities
Me: thank u for this photo of a door with no context. Here's the name of the church it's from, a historic photo, it's first appearance on an os map, and a chapter on it from a book that details the date it was built AND the two times it was heavily renovated. You should be able to go from there.
January 24, 2026 at 12:57 AM
This is invaluable advice. I recently asked my best friend to weigh in on a question I had for a paper, except it was “at what length does a butt plug become a dildo,” and my friend works at a bank.
The response I got was “that is not a real work question. Also does the shape remain the same?”
The response I got was “that is not a real work question. Also does the shape remain the same?”
I’ve been writing on contemporary art lately, for a change. It’s been so weird to cite sources like Instagram.
Anyway, now my dumb ass gets confused and reads things like this thinking “wait, early modern people weren’t texting!”
Anyway, now my dumb ass gets confused and reads things like this thinking “wait, early modern people weren’t texting!”
Hey! #EarlyModern #SkyStorians: what else do you tell first-years to get them at ease with reading early modern texts? Other than: it's going to be fine; and it's really healthy for you to deal with the lack of immediate transfer of content for a bit.
January 19, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I’ve been writing on contemporary art lately, for a change. It’s been so weird to cite sources like Instagram.
Anyway, now my dumb ass gets confused and reads things like this thinking “wait, early modern people weren’t texting!”
Anyway, now my dumb ass gets confused and reads things like this thinking “wait, early modern people weren’t texting!”
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"A tattoo on a woman is like putting a bumper sticker on a classic car."
If you've never seen an illuminated manuscript, just say so. If you've never gently touched vellum in an act of worship, you can just say that! I was down at the scriptorium and nobody knew your sorry ass!
If you've never seen an illuminated manuscript, just say so. If you've never gently touched vellum in an act of worship, you can just say that! I was down at the scriptorium and nobody knew your sorry ass!
January 17, 2026 at 2:49 PM
"A tattoo on a woman is like putting a bumper sticker on a classic car."
If you've never seen an illuminated manuscript, just say so. If you've never gently touched vellum in an act of worship, you can just say that! I was down at the scriptorium and nobody knew your sorry ass!
If you've never seen an illuminated manuscript, just say so. If you've never gently touched vellum in an act of worship, you can just say that! I was down at the scriptorium and nobody knew your sorry ass!
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This is art. It wasn't before the act of consumption.
January 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM
This is art. It wasn't before the act of consumption.
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For what it's worth, at least our present moment is helping me understand the Dada artists & their motivations a whole lot better
January 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
For what it's worth, at least our present moment is helping me understand the Dada artists & their motivations a whole lot better
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US foreign policy analysts looking at the news:
January 12, 2026 at 12:04 PM
US foreign policy analysts looking at the news:
Today, in art history land, I asked myself while writing: “is there a scholarly word for butt plug?”
January 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Today, in art history land, I asked myself while writing: “is there a scholarly word for butt plug?”
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Philosophers on Twitter, 2016: remember to be careful with what you say online, you never know what a hiring committee might see.
Philosophers on Bluesky, 2026: fuck fascism, fuck imperialism, fuck you, and I hope Trump dies in agony yesterday.
Philosophers on Bluesky, 2026: fuck fascism, fuck imperialism, fuck you, and I hope Trump dies in agony yesterday.
January 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Philosophers on Twitter, 2016: remember to be careful with what you say online, you never know what a hiring committee might see.
Philosophers on Bluesky, 2026: fuck fascism, fuck imperialism, fuck you, and I hope Trump dies in agony yesterday.
Philosophers on Bluesky, 2026: fuck fascism, fuck imperialism, fuck you, and I hope Trump dies in agony yesterday.
He also talked to ghosts, banned Chinese immigration, refused to accept Jewish refugees of the holocaust, and said this about Hitler:
“he is really one who truly loves his fellow-men, and his country, and would make any sacrifice for their good.”
Citizenship for me but not for thee, it seems.
“he is really one who truly loves his fellow-men, and his country, and would make any sacrifice for their good.”
Citizenship for me but not for thee, it seems.
January 1, 2026 at 1:09 PM
He also talked to ghosts, banned Chinese immigration, refused to accept Jewish refugees of the holocaust, and said this about Hitler:
“he is really one who truly loves his fellow-men, and his country, and would make any sacrifice for their good.”
Citizenship for me but not for thee, it seems.
“he is really one who truly loves his fellow-men, and his country, and would make any sacrifice for their good.”
Citizenship for me but not for thee, it seems.
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One thing that I’ve become increasingly certain of over the course of this year:
As an academic, I do not have (and never will have) a responsibility to teach students to use Gen AI ‘ethically’ (as if that were possible).
The idea that academics should be doing this is a blight on the sector.
As an academic, I do not have (and never will have) a responsibility to teach students to use Gen AI ‘ethically’ (as if that were possible).
The idea that academics should be doing this is a blight on the sector.
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
One thing that I’ve become increasingly certain of over the course of this year:
As an academic, I do not have (and never will have) a responsibility to teach students to use Gen AI ‘ethically’ (as if that were possible).
The idea that academics should be doing this is a blight on the sector.
As an academic, I do not have (and never will have) a responsibility to teach students to use Gen AI ‘ethically’ (as if that were possible).
The idea that academics should be doing this is a blight on the sector.
This thread is so good, and my own archive stories are so boring in comparison.
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This thread is so good, and my own archive stories are so boring in comparison.
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My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
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There is *no* ethical use of genAI. It is built on stolen art, through exploitative labour, and every day as they train new model and answer query, they burn immense amount of energy & water.
It has no place in our field, none.
It has no place in our field, none.
December 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
There is *no* ethical use of genAI. It is built on stolen art, through exploitative labour, and every day as they train new model and answer query, they burn immense amount of energy & water.
It has no place in our field, none.
It has no place in our field, none.
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
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Lord, please never let me be hated by someone as skilled as that Vanity Fair photographer. Let all my haters be incompetent.
December 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Lord, please never let me be hated by someone as skilled as that Vanity Fair photographer. Let all my haters be incompetent.
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As of today, the only person in this Daily Penn visual that hasn't been fined millions of dollars or convicted of a felony is Luigi Mangione, believe it or not
I mean, the Penn student newspaper isn't wrong, but www.instagram.com/p/DSH1X4EDwP...
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
As of today, the only person in this Daily Penn visual that hasn't been fined millions of dollars or convicted of a felony is Luigi Mangione, believe it or not