Jillian Winter

Composition teacher | Brit Lit PhD student | Houseplant enthusiast | Feminist | Heart and academic transcripts in PA, OH, & KY, respectively, yinz-y'all

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

Grad Student Spring Break Day 2: Had a great friendship-outing, felt unreasonably guilty about spending $14.34, fell asleep on the couch while wearing crocs/watching "Fun with Dick and Jane." End scene.

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

@two_maps Totally, but I know I get crazy if I stay inside too long: you holler if you need to borrow a car and errand or whatever! I'm glad you're okay!

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

@two_maps You poor thing! Please let me know if you need rides, any time, any day!

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

"All through February I kept pushing back my routine weeping, so I'm really in for it, over Spring Break." ~Me, explaining a fairly normal grad school experience to my (appropriately concerned) students. 😉 #feelyourfeelings #springbreak2019 #everythingisfine

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

Most of my daydreams are about Pilot G-2 .07 ink pens.

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

@qsview It's an absolute horror storm, so short answer, no. But I do think it could be useful as a teaching tool for what abusive relationships (and predatory men) look like. Except it's 1,400+ pages....so I think high school students would riot?

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

"A little garden belongs to the inner house, in which the old gentlewoman has displayed a true female fancy, and crammed it with vases, flower-pots and figures, without number." ~"Clarissa", 1747

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

When you can't find that ONE document you swear you remember seeing...at some point in November... #eternalstudent #academiclife

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

There's a decor-trend where people stack their books so the spines/covers face the wall....so all you see it stacks of pages....so as a society, it's all over? We're done now?

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

There are some days where I wake up, excited to read exam books, excited to see how a play or novel ends. ❤📚📖 And then...in the distance...Grading rolls into town. #bahhumbug #everytime

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

All of my hearts beat for King Philip. And representations of King Philip in archival newspaper sources. 1812-1836. @UofKEGSO #EGSOSymposium2019 #KingPhilip

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

Dorimant: Put on a gentle smile and let me see how well it will become you.
Harriet: I am sorry my face does not please you as it is, but I shall not be complaisant and change it.

~"The Man of Mode", 1676

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

One of my cutest "falsehoods in motion" is getting into bed with a pile of books, acting as if I will not immediately fall asleep.

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

@SamletDavisJr EVIDENCE. FROM THE NIGHT IN QUESTION. 😜

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

@SamletDavisJr Did you not accept my Twitter-follow request because you need a social-media space to vent about me lol 😂

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

GET PUMPED!

[UK EGSO @UofKEGSO]

The 2019 EGSO Symposium is almost here! Come for a day of papers and presentations by our very own grads, a job market talk, and even a poetry reading by our MFAs at @PivotBrewing afterward! #egsosymposium2019

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

@stevens_vl ❤ I'll hold onto the moments, good and...less good!

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

There's nothing like starting a new book! ❤ ...unless you're prepping for quals, in which case, THIS SHOULD BE HAPPENING EVERY 24 HOURS! READ! READ, TIRED BRAIN! READ FASTER! 📚

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@raciolinguistic NOPERS! ❤ The children need your knowledge.

[Jillian Winter @deadofwinter29]

I'm not a perfect teacher, but on occasion, I do deliver perfection. Thank you for your scholarship and for rounding off my WRD 112 week, @raciolinguistic (p.s. I only had to say "Featuring Kelly!" because my students have heard like 80 life-changing anecdotes, ft. Kelly.)