Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her)

Marketing specialist @MIP_medpub (views my own). Early medievalist interested in moving bodies, freelance editor, dancer.

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

Apply for my old job! .75 FTE, FULL BENEFITS, min $23.21/hr. Kalamazoo is a great place to live (and I'm not moving, so come here and hang out with me!), the job is interesting and a good way to stay engaged w/ medieval studies, and my colleagues are PURE GOLD. #MedievalTwitter

[Medieval Institute Publications @MIP_medpub]

MIP is hiring a Marketing Specialist! Join our team to be part of a small, dynamic university publisher specializing in publications that employ innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the premodern world. #MedievalTwitter https://t.co/RbpvM45b8d

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

This good girl got to go to one of her favorite places, @Lowes, for her birthday 🎂😆🛠

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

Our beautiful green chile harvest from all the way up in Michigan, grown from @SandiaSeed Big Jim Legacy seeds! 💚 (And they were delicious!)

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

@greenleejw, what's your expert opinion?
https://t.co/wO8SjF3xhI

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

@esweany Only ONE person got that right?!?!?!?

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

@jesbattis Neorxnawang, from Old English, meaning essentially "Paradise"
Ofsticode, from OE, "stabbed," I just love the way it sounds like exactly what it is
Heafodswima, "swimming in the head" (dizzy)
If you go by sheer frequency of usage apparently "ostensibly" is my favorite word...

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

Celebrate #UPWeek with @MIP_medpub and @aupresses! We just launched the MIP blog to mark the occasion. 🥰

[Medieval Institute Publications @MIP_medpub]

Today, @aupresses asks, "Who is #NextUP?" Read MIP's first #UPWeek blog post about @restraple, Marketing Specialist at MIP--then join us the rest of the week to find out what else is #NextUP at MIP!
https://t.co/tZ0QoNGOba

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

@CheckYoeSelf @eliza_audacis Michigan actually controls all three branches of state government for the first time since 1984! Plus we got Prop 3 passed (adding access to abortion to the state constitution).

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

@medievaliste @Maria__Winter Yep... I'm working in marketing in academic publishing because, you know, I needed a job, and I know that decision has pretty much doomed me to never getting a tt job in English lit

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

Everyone please go watch all of The Sandman tonight so Netflix renews it it's so good ok thank you

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

@Emparsnips Why is this so true?

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

@mlkharrington Smuckel. It's basically a big dollop, invented when my sister wanted a smuckel of whipped cream on something. I kind of can't believe it's NOT a word.

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

@bruceholsinger One of my students in Brit Lit wrote an elegy in the voice of Grendel's mother, combining our study of that character, women in EME lit, and the elegy genre. One of the best (and most enjoyable!) papers I ever read.

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

@bruceholsinger In the reflective/analytical essay I asked them to talk about why they chose the text they did, how they approached the adaptation, specific choices they made and why, etc. Really makes the students show what they understand about the text and encourages deep engagement w/ it.

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

@eliza_audacis This cat looks like they should play Old Deuteronomy in an all-actual-cats casting of Cats

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

@queermedieval 😬😬😬

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

@Pompous_Basturd @Arc_Hammer89 @ryanhoulihan I love this movie and watch it every year at Halloween and people are always kind of shocked that I like it. 😆

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

@Emparsnips I've been sewing for at least 20 years at this point and I DID NOT KNOW about fabrics store .com's free patterns!!! 😱😱😱
Thank you!

[Dr. Becky Straple-Sovers (she/her) @restraple]

@Hstry_with_Cats I'm sure @maryanneandmimi would love this thread!
And yes, I do! I remember being particularly affected by Lindisfarne.