Molly Ferguson

I teach literature and WGS. Research in Irish Studies. Often found tweeting with my classes. She/hers.

[Molly Ferguson @ProfFergie]

For those heading off to see The Banshees of Inisherin this weekend, perhaps take a look-see at my article on hypermasculinity In McDonagh's films: https://t.co/NZVxBNXdVR

[Wendy Hasson MD @WendyHassonMD]

Have you ever watched a baby die of pertussis? I have. Several.

This is what it looks like:
A newborn baby can’t stop coughing. They can’t catch their breath and they can’t eat. They get dehydrated and stop peeing. They sometimes have pauses in their breathing. Parents are terrified so they come to the ER.

In the ER, labs show they have a dangerously high white blood cell count. Their blood has become thick from the white blood cells and doesn’t travel through organs like it should. Less oxygen gets delivered to vital organs. They start to seize. Imaging reveals they had a stroke. They can’t pump blood to their lungs and body.

A breathing tube gets placed in their trachea. They get put on a ventilator. A plastic catheter is placed in their veins and arteries to give them medicine and measure blood pressure.

If they are lucky, they can make it to a #PedsICU that provides #ECMO, or full heart lung bypass. They are attached to machines that take over all their body functions.

But it’s too late. Their hands and feet turn black because they can’t perfuse their bodies. Their faces turn grey/green. They won’t stop seizing from the brain injury.

They are attached to too many machines to hold while alive and parents lay their bodies on top of them and cry until they fall asleep then cry again.

There is nothing to do but stop the machines. Antibiotics to treat pertussis were given but were no match for the infections effects on a newborn baby.

Parents finally hold their baby after the machines have turned off and their baby is cold and lifeless.

Is this what you want? This is what RFK Jr will bring to American families.

[Moira Donegan @MoiraDonegan]

The anniversary of the Dobbs decision, which was issued two years ago today, is a bitter marker: a national humiliation for American women, and an abridgment of their citizenship, their prospects, and their dignity.

[Molly Ferguson @ProfFergie]

I'm guest editing a special issue for LIT (Literature Interpretation Theory) titled "The Booker Prize: Prize Culture and Global Literary Fiction" - if you are working on any Booker novels please consider submitting an article by September 14th!
https://t.co/u3am6MiZhw.

[Molly Ferguson @ProfFergie]

@jekcarter My favorite thing about Indiana.

[Molly Ferguson @ProfFergie]

I am leading a study abroad trip on Gender in (Post) Conflict Zones with @AnthJenErickson this May. Will you consider helping these students out a bit, or at least sharing? We only have 3 days left!
https://t.co/kOwHirGJB5

[Molly Ferguson @ProfFergie]

I love it - the resting but untamed look is 💯

[Abbey Theatre @AbbeyTheatre]

Change is part of who we are...Suuuuurprise! Say good afternoon to our new look 💅

[Moira Donegan @MoiraDonegan]

Yoga with Adrienne is what Americans have instead of universal healthcare.

[Molly Ferguson @ProfFergie]

@DrMaryBurke Oh WOW!!

[Molly Ferguson @ProfFergie]

@whereskeli I do not understand that. How can you expect dissertation level in that time - eek!

[Molly Ferguson @ProfFergie]

@whereskeli Wait - you are expected to finish a dissertation in less than 6 months? Not a thesis, but a dissertation? No way!

[Molly Ferguson @ProfFergie]

@whereskeli Everyone feels this way about their dissertation! You just eat the elephant one bite at a time. (You're incredibly smart.)

[Molly Ferguson @ProfFergie]

#367britlit “we are the people you do not see” #dirtyprettythings

[Molly Ferguson @ProfFergie]

@VMayeaux4762 Yes!

[Molly Ferguson @ProfFergie]

#367britlit So much intersectionality of gender/race/nationality/citizenship status in this film #dirtyprettythings

[Molly Ferguson @ProfFergie]

@murrbla59 Haha!

[makenzie @makenzieo44]

The man donating a kidney for a passport parallels the clones organ harvesting in Never Let Me Go #367BritLit

[WBBritLit @WbBritLit]

#367BritLit Sacrificing your organs for a passport is somehow even more deeply upsetting than Never Let Me Go.

[Molly Ferguson @ProfFergie]

@GabyTaylorEng Exactly. Telling an asylum seeker they can stay but can’t work is inhumane.

[WBBritLit @WbBritLit]

The repeated use of the looking into the security camera shot very much is giving off the paranoia and surveillance culture in a post 9/11 world. #367BritLit

[Molly Ferguson @ProfFergie]

#367britlit Note the element of surveillance in the film. #dirtyprettythings