Sam Tett

Lit. Professor 🌈

[Sam Tett @SamTett]

You know that *weird* feeling where everything is the same, but also different? My article about that feeling is out today in @JofVictCulture (also explained: haunted houses 👻) #victorian #victorianstudies #hauntedhouse #jamaisvu #mood #dickens #austen
https://t.co/2Alw481NRG

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The replies are 👌🏼

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

What did you see in American films when you were a kid and wished Britain had it too?

For me: big brown paper bags for carrying food shopping

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@ecourtem Thanks for sharing this!

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I respect where this argument comes from, and would add that none of the violent, traumatizing films about men murdering/assaulting both women and each other have ever been cancelled for not having a trigger warning. It's a trap. #LuckiestGirlAlive

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Hot take: the #triggerwarning debate is much like the "Hamilton was a bad person" debate; just another plausible way to distract and detract from the importance of media by and about people who are disadvantaged by hegemonic systems.

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Dear @takethat,
You’re welcome
Love, The #DerryGirls

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🛶 🕯 🌊 🏴‍☠️ 🗡 💐 👗💗🪕📚 💅🏼 this cannot happen soon enough #ofmd

[David Jenkins @david_jenkins__]

Anyone care to have their shit fucked up? Because this is happening. 🏴‍☠️💔🦄 #OurFlagMeansDeath #justiceforluciusrip

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@oishani Assign characters to students/groups and make them responsible for recapping or offering takes on their appearances (I have mine pick names out of a bucket for Dickens novels). Gives them something to focus on in what can otherwise be a pretty overwhelming cast of characters!

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@Zandithemermaid @SharkWeek @Discovery @discoveryplus @waddellmedia Incredible. Such a great special. We need more Zan in our lives plz! 🦈 🧜🏾‍♀️

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@stortisa_ @JoshHanson1530 This is actually existentially terrifying

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@krieglet @meghanor @JofVictCulture True! An uncanny feeling, for sure, and (as I argue) a form of haunted house https://t.co/WQh0wusfNh

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In sum:

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@KathinatedDrink Yes! I literally teach a course on how scary this is 😆

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@Brooklyne The comments attest that “getting a PhD” describes a huge range of experience. I don’t know how helpful it is to flatten that range. Also striking workers aren’t claiming it’s “the worst thing that ever happened.” People are responding negatively bc this feels like a straw man.

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@cathfeely I think Leeds has at least one!

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@HadeerElhabashy @AcademicChatter I would also think that hiring someone who is qualified in every way, and is as qualified as all of the other applicants, couldn't really be described as "bias." If so, hiring anyone other than the man is always going to be called "bias."

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@HadeerElhabashy @AcademicChatter I totally understand. But you asked: should we take gender diversity into account, all else being equal, and my answer is yes 🤷‍♀️ We're working with a centuries-old imbalance, so avoiding "imbalance in the other direction" oversimplifies the problem

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@redux_lint @tjschweiger I saw it, too! It looked incredibly expensive and also thoughtful, and I was like great…bc money and thoughts happen to be the exact two things I’m *fresh* out of rn…