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Master of foolhardy plans, Tolkien scholar, PhD student, assistant pig-keeper with dreams of being a knight
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Also, if you’re coming to Mythmoot next week I’ll be talking about Tolkien, Roman historians, and how women get the last word in their stories!

I’m looking for guinea pigs to test a new idea! Come join the Carrock Smial to be one such a guinea pig 🙂

LAST CONFERENCE PAPER OF THE YEAR IS WRITTEN

YOU MUST DO YOUR STRETCHES TO HAVE STRENGTH TO GRIND YOUR ENEMIES' BONES TO DUST.

It’s cute that every time I finish a book, Goodreads emails me to ask what’s next as if I don’t have a stack of library books on my dresser at home arranged in the order I am going to read them

I had to clear out my car because a deer wrecked it and I had forgotten I had stashed my CD collection there 😂🫠

The Nationals players’ book club had just finished The Hobbit and started The Fellowship of the Ring: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

The best part about being home is having cable to watch the men’s finals of Roland Garros I mean time with the niblings 😬

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If you want to be like me (and who doesn’t) you can snap a pic of yourself in your Westmoot shirt wherever you are! We want to see Where in the World is Westmoot San Diego!

I normally drink black coffee (always hot) but a friend and I popped into a coffee shop on 19th St. because they had a huge pride flag and I got a pistachio rose iced latte and it was 💯

You know what can die? Book blurbs that are just comparisons to other authors. Just tell me the plot of the d*mn book and I’ll decide if I want to read it. Because I guarantee it’s actually NOT like those other books like and/or you have totally misunderstood what about those authors readers like

Having only read Arden and Vo’s books… I gotta head to the library!

Some excellent works in here! I really enjoyed Mapping Middle-earth and Tolkien’s Transformative Woman. I have yet to read the Poems (that price tag 💀) and Tolkien Race & Racism and Utopianism & the Classics are worth the read

Great episode with Steve Yandell about Tolkien and Beowulf! open.spotify.com/episode/6oae...

"Instead of channeling outrage, the goal should be to focus on creating a crisis for key decisionmakers"

For Pride!!! 🏳️‍🌈✨ #Tolkien #art

I love it

Mythmoot paper is done 😮‍💨

Craig’s work is always an immediate read! 💯

Even in translation, her prose is impressive (still in my Han Kang era)

Annoyed at gross tech companies named after Tolkien things? Just look at this list of species with Tolkien names instead, guarantee your day will be 110% better! tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Species...

Where in the world is Westmoot? We would love to see you in your Westmoot shirt wherever you are in the world! Take a photo of yourself wearing your shirt in your hometown or out on an adventure! Make sure to tag #westmoot when you do, so we can see it! #westmoot25 #intothewest

People think I follow them on Goodreads for book recs but it’s actually just to see which books they give two stars or heaven bless one star 😂

Drafting a paper for a presentation in June and predictably I was overly ambitious with what I thought would fit in the time limit… I should cut down the topics I am trying to cover but I’ve already written the part about Lucretia AND I REFUSE TO NOT WRITE ABOUT AGRIPPINA THE YOUNGER

Calling all theatre fans! I've made a survey to find out Tumblr's Top 50 Musicals, running until 11th June. So if you've got a Tumblr account, please rank your faves & drop me a message 🎭😊 #theatresky www.tumblr.com/emeraldskulb...