Dr. Abby Bernhardt

Knitter, lupus warrior, historian. Wrote a dissertation using soccer as a way to understand changes in Irish political identities.

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

Terrible metaphors yet again comparing women to inanimate objects aside, what sort of dream world is this where mining practices are always ethically handled?

[AskAubry 🦋 🐆🦝 @ask_aubry]

This was sent by a male choice teacher in a public school to his female students.

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

Got a random chatty message from that hashtag girl boss friend and now I’m afraid to engage.

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

What — and I cannot stress this enough — the fuck

[Julia Shumway | jmshumway.bsky.social @JMShumway]

A young girl didn’t want to slaughter the goat she raised for 4H. The state senator who bought the goat at auction agreed to let it live out its days eating weeds. But sheriff’s deputies drove 500 miles to kill the goat and teach a 9-year-old a lesson.
https://t.co/3U5dY27paR

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

I can’t be the only person to feel rage over phrases like “overcome their disability”.

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

@amy_laura I love these kinds of stories, especially when it’s queer history

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

Finding the seemingly random pieces that tell the story is such a magical feeling. Love when it happens for people trying to write the marginalized histories.

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

Since I graduated in May, I have worked a couple part time jobs, but tomorrow I will be back in the classroom (as an adjunct) at two universities. The last three years of my PhD I was team teaching multidisciplinary courses. I haven’t been in a history class since spring 2019.

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

I’ve had weeks to prepared the two classes I’m teaching this semester, and I’m still scrambling the weekend before classes start to get everything figured out.

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

Before I knew much about soccer, I knew about Pelé.

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

One of the greatest players that football has ever seen ✨

He will be greatly missed 🙏

#BBCFootball #Pele

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

@JoannaNoBanana Actually earn enough money that I don’t need to strategically plan when I pay my bills.

[Joanna No Banana @JoannaNoBanana]

People assume that it's so easy when chronically ill and/or disabled people aren't working.

They'll say stuff like "oh I wish I didn't work! Must be nice!"

And it's like okay, then stop working.

Of course they'll say "but I need money to survive"

Guess what buddy? So do we!

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

One of the worst parts about my job is the “boys will be boys” chatter I encounter. Like the older guy who’s asked me twice now if the sweater I’m knitting is see-through.

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

Ever the optimist, I have decided yet again I will participate in #NaNoWriMo. My longest project (the beginnings of a D&D campaign) was around 16k words. The year I was a teaching fellow I wrote 0 words. We'll see what this year brings.

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

Do I need another Victorian Lady craft? Not at all. Am I teaching myself to make bobbin lace anyway? Absolutely.

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

What I really want is someone who will give me money to buy food and housing and also money to fund my desire to make fiber arts of many varieties.

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

Thanks to some academic press sales, I have a small stack of books I’ve been meaning to read. It only took six months after my defense to get here.

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

The number of times I have gaslit myself that maybe I’m not actually sick…

[Dr. Abby Bernhardt @playingwfiber]

I can’t be the only person who was somehow expecting her to actually be immortal.