Rachel Edney

University of Notre Dame
PhD Medieval Studies (eventually)

[Rachel Edney @rach_edney]

I'll be talking about how magical Oxford is at dusk for the rest of my life

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

"Thanks for the invitation, while i'd love to join i'm completely flat out with time-sensitive work right now"

[alyson @alyson_epp]

We have never lived enough.

[Rachel Edney @rach_edney]

@alyson_epp @AcademiaDreams swoon

[Rachel Edney @rach_edney]

@alyson_epp @ClutchPoints lolllll

[Rachel Edney @rach_edney]

all caps

[Charlie Hancock @Hancock2001]

How can Oxford be so beautiful while its tap water is so revolting?

[Rachel Edney @rach_edney]

What are your interests in Late Antiquity?
Me:

[TIME @TIME]

.@robertpjones: "The unmaking of the white Christian worldview" https://t.co/wJaK9IPAwp

[Rachel Edney @rach_edney]

@alyson_epp @PaginationBooks here you are

[Rachel Edney @rach_edney]

I have classes on Labor Day. Is this persecution?

[Eduardo García-Molina @eduardo_garcmol]

Kronos devouring his son

[Rachel Edney @rach_edney]

@FilipSylwestrow Truly a painful experience.

[Rachel Edney @rach_edney]

The unfortunate thing about having learned to read academic German this summer is that now I have to actually read academic German

[Rachael Denhollander @R_Denhollander]

I don’t even know where to begin with what we need to learn from this situation with Josh Duggar. If you haven’t paid attention to updates, you should, because it is a glaring example of the problems we have in our legal system, and especially in conservative culture.

(thread)

[Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff]

My internal monologue 90% of the time: "I bet some more coffee will help me figure out how to make this paragraph work."

[gal debored @ckayerawlings]

Academics: “This paper addresses a gap in research that has been bedeviling scholars for years...”

The gap:

[Jacob Denhollander @JJ_Denhollander]

There will always be abusers like Ravi.

The solution is not to worry about preventing leaders from "falling" into abusive behaviours.

The solution is to create cultures where victims feel safe to disclose & don't have to fight the system, & dealing immediately w/ allegations.

[Rachel Edney @rach_edney]

how cute

[Laura Robinson @LauraRbnsn]

Let's spend some time with the fact that the same theological voices who think talking about racism and sexism are destroying the church are the same people who look at a guy who systematically assaulted women of color and think "Wow anyone's capable of this."

[omelette queen of the northwest @ellen_perleberg]

A brief thread on the life, religion, and language of Omar ibn Sa’id, author of the only known Arabic-language autobiography of an enslaved person in the United States.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

Me when the preacher is theologically sloppy.