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Born in Texas but got to Philly as fast as I could. Victorian studies, painting, gardening, & naps. Opinions expressed here are my own and do not represent those of my employer or any other organization.
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Nina Simone. Born this day in 1933. Ink, pencil and watercolour drawing from 2018.

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Tonight self care looks like buying $30 worth of shiitake mushrooms and making a complicated soup no one else in my family will eat.

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Great idea @aoc.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov

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The Philadelphia Eagles were named, in 1933, to honor Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s National Recovery Administration, part of the New Deal—the NRA’s Blue Eagle stood for protection of labor and federal oversight of the U.S. economy (pic: Library of Congress)

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The Chiefs can still be named Super Bowl champions if Mike Pence has the courage.

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Keeping it classy in Philly tonight. #phillyelmo #gobirds

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years ago the V21 Collective & Jennifer Doyle started a database of funded MA programs in English. It's still a fantastic resource for helping students find chances to remove themselves, if just for a year or two, from the maelstrom of fully commodified life docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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My trans students are so freaking awesome. So many of my students are awesome! But today, I’m thinking of a few in particular. 🏳️‍⚧️

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Dead eyed, I stare into the refrigerator. At the $4 carton of eggs. “You. You caused this.”

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A great director, but also a great hairstyle. RIP. Decided to add him to the office door for Spring 2025.

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Yesterday I came home to find that my spouse had doubled the number of Christmas lights on our house. So that's one coping strategy.

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OpenAI right now

submitted 26 days ago • 303 comments

A little dramatic lighting for my new one, inspired by misericords in British cathedrals. Art history aside, it’s feeling very January 2025.

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Go Birds. Specially the Philadelphia Eagles, but also birds as a general category.

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Moment of zen from a photo by Josephine Sittenfeld published in the NYTimes. Nothing dampens the noise like sketching delicate tendrils of hair.

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We spent the last four years writing about the high price of eggs under Biden. Now that they’ve reached an all-time high under Trump we’ve moved on to other topics.

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Graduate Students--submit your work for the NVSA "Expanding the Field" essay prize. Deadline Feb. 15, more information here: nvsa.org/essay-prize/

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I saw Goody Proctor advocate for the representation of minoritized groups with the devil.

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Is this what a “cry for help” looks like?

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Jessica Fletcher and the case of the missing syllabi. Can she help me find the motivation to finish them by Tuesday at 9:05am???

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

Painted a little homage to Wendy Miller’s burrowing owls.

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Good morning! 🪶

submitted 52 days ago • 21 comments

Happy New Year from Dorothy Parker (and me).

submitted 55 days ago • 58 comments

I heard there was a secret ooze that turned four reptiles into dudes, but you don’t really care for turtles do ya

submitted 64 days ago • 57 comments

Grades are in, sketchbook is out. Jimmy Stewart knows if you’ve been naughty or nice. 👀

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Detail from Ingres’s portrait of Princesse de Broglie. “Sometimes when I get nervous, I stick my fingers under my arms…”

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