Dr. Beth Zold

English Prof. of 18th-century lit, lover of pop culture. Also, cats.

[Dr. Beth Zold @BethZold]

@aliciaandrz I don’t know about jobs at research universities, but this is in no way true of teaching jobs. I went to state schools for every degree and wound up with a unionized, TT job my first year on the market in 2013. There were 15 jobs in my field that year.

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@mysteriousrona @wonderartsy I keep free masks available outside my office door, and encourage students to wear them especially if they aren’t feeling well. I have a number of students who have worn them when sick, no doubt because I mask everyday so they know they won’t be alone.

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@pot8um I soooo appreciate this code and have used it to buy more masks to set out for students where I teach! Thank you so much!

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@fangtasticbaby @vampgirlfren Same! I had someone ask what my secret to losing weight was, so I just looked at them and said “I’m depressed.” (Then they asked me why I am depressed…)

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@salterfry I was a country kid, so we just got instructed to take the dog with us when we went in the woods 😅. No street lights, so we just had to be back before dark.

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@aliciaandrz My Grad Director told us at orientation that getting a PhD shows you just how much you *don’t* know. She was so right.

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@AriG956 Same. And I have free masks available outside my office door.

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@plagueprose Yep! The sensory issues I can get from a day of glasses are no joke. Between the pressure points on my ears and nose and the need to have the lenses totally clean…it can be a nightmare

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@OneNerdyOpinion @_midori_me_ Humidifiers cut down on shocks!

[Masked Rogue 😷 🇵🇸 @unMaskedRogue]

“Your body, my choice” is exactly what all of you have been saying and doing to children, the elderly, and the disabled, as you repeatedly force infect us with a virus that you’re pretending just disappeared.

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@aliciaandrz Think of it this way: without “imperfect” books, there would be no gaps in the scholarship for others to work on!

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@butterflykale I don’t think it’s a stray anymore!

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@Engineer_Wong Literally helping save lives 👏

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@Engineer_Wong Love it! It looks great!

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@heymrsbond Whoops—meant to reply to the original tweet. Your exercise is great and this is SO dramatic.

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@heymrsbond I love this. I have UNIVERSITY students color code paragraphs for research papers. Every source gets a color and so do their thoughts. It helps. As actual writers know, writing is hard. Why not make the elements and process more transparent?

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@OneNerdyOpinion How did I guess Dandy was the chaser 😂

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#saltingthevibe at the doctor’s office with the VitaCore CAN99. Only one other mask in sight. Loads of coughing, sneezing, etc.

[Dr. Beth Zold @BethZold]

@lyluancake We recently discovered that Judah Friedlander does Zoom stand-up Saturday nights! Pay what you want. He’s COVID-cautious, and the show is great. After, he hung around to talk to folks—almost everyone on was clearly CC. It was great!!