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Ethan Gruber @ewg118.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cataloging and digital collections bluesky: Anyone migrated special collections into Bibframe yet? I'm interested in looking at the underlying LOD.

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My 2025 presentation on virginity in Nonnos’ Dionysiaca has received the @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social award for Outstanding Pre-PhD Paper Presentation. Give the WCC a follow and check out the other awardees - they’re doing incredible work!

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Now that I’ve relocated, I’m excited to share that I’ll be based at the Smithsonian Institution for the next year as a research fellow in the Office of Digital and Innovation where I’ll be working to expand collections access as part of the Revolution Crossroads team.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Uninterested in leading a pile-on but no, AI does not “have access” to everything ever published. Not archival material, obviously, but not secondary material either. Nor across times nor languages. AI is not human knowledge personified. It’s exactly not that, in fact. It’s not even a search engine.

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I’ve been in the same place for a while (and I’m still there!). Even when I’m feeling like a total failure for not being as productive as I think I should be, I try to acknowledge that every small bit does actually move me closer to the finish line. And you’re not alone. It’s a sucky place to be in.

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Donovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Another late-breaking postdoc in Humanities Leadership at Yale's Whitney Humanities Center. The person in charge has said they will begin reviewing applications June 13 (which means the deadlines on this posting are to be ignored)

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Please share your tips! (It doesn’t matter how big or small the project is!)

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

What’s your best tip for overcoming writer’s block, or, as I prefer it, writer’s inertia? (The end is in sight, but I keep getting distracted!)

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Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

We have a Teaching Fellow in Classical Language and Literature (Latin) job that is now open; fixed term from Sept 26 to June 28. Deadline is tight (24th April). The post covers a colleague's career break. There's some team teaching with me; happy to answer any questions folks might have.

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Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Teaching Fellow in Classical Language and Literature (Latin)

Full-Time, Fixed Term (until 30 June 2028)The Department of History and Classics at Royal Holloway University of London seeks to appoint a fixed-term Teaching Fellow beginning on 1 September 2026. The appointee will be expected to have a proven...

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

(And yes, I know these are different wars).

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I have found this, even if it is clunkier: www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1...

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I have found this, even if it is clunkier: www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1...

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Help! My link to the Oxford Classical Dictionary abbreviations page no longer works! Can someone share a working link or point me to another online resource? #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Clearly bell hooks, Audre Lorde, Gloria Anzaldúa … who else belongs on this list?

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I’m looking to build out my methodological reading list. Who are some of the “can’t miss” thinkers, and what are some of the most reliable primers you would recommend for reading up on feminist and / or postcolonial theory? (Or related approaches!)

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I would say that his work played a big part in opening up the ways that we look at Dionysos and think about the intersections of myth and cult. Definitely worth a read!

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

You might also be interested in what people have said about the Lenaia vases. I like Sarah Peirce’s article “Visual Language and Concepts of Cult on the ‘Lenaia Vases’”.

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Albert Henrichs is important for challenging the myth-ritualist readings that really exaggerated the “dark allure” of Dionysos and (re)focusing attention on historical Maenad practices. Not sure what you can get without institutional access, but he has a number of useful articles!

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The inbox this morning is giving me emotional, stress-related whiplash.

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

What is your best advice for structuring and writing conclusions of dissertations or books? (It’s my least favorite part of writing articles and papers, so this stage of the “big project” feels very daunting).

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

I recently talked to a colleague who has been in VAP positions for the past 5 years. She says the market this year is worse than it was in 2020. It’s definitely terrible across the board.

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I don’t have it off the top of my head, but I believe it’s printed on the badges!

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Some of the SCS panels are associated with the wrong groups and most of the sessions (from the program view) don’t appear to list the actual presentations! I’ll probably be looking at the digital program on the SCS website for most of the meeting this year…

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I also complain about the app every year. This year will be no exception as it actually seems worse than usual!

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I will fully put my weight behind “sacrifishies”.

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Interesting! It seems that this may have been more widespread than I was led to believe. Thank you!

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I wonder where Burkert got it… obviously I have some reading up to do if I want to follow this rabbit hole!

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

This reflection being inspired by my afternoon musings on what an Ancient Greek might order if they walked into a sushi shop.

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Years ago, I was told that Ancient Greeks did not sacrifice fish, with the exception of tuna. I think the assumption was that the Greeks sacrificed any red meat, and tuna is a particularly red or bloody fish. Is this true? Can anyone working on sacrifice chime in? #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.

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Amy Pistone @apistone.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Publication news! Very excited to share that this special issue of Mouseion, with a focus on "Breaking New Ground with Comics and the Ancient Mediterranean World," was just published! Natalie Swain deserves so much credit for organizing this and I'm really excited about all the pieces here!

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Someday, someone will tell me to get serious with my slides. That day was not Saturday. Many thanks to the Maine Classical Association for inviting me to present on my research at their fall meeting this past weekend!

Presentation slide with the section title “Marshalling Maenads … : The Haliae as Foreign Adversaries”. The background is a screen grab from the movie Barbie, featuring Ryan Gosling as Ken posing for a mug shot.

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I’m feeling a little overwhelmed by the positive response that this paper has received so far. Many thanks to everyone who turned out for the incredible panel this morning!

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

And wouldn't it be nice if spell-check would stop flagging bits and pieces of proper nouns that we all use consistently? It's clearly not comfortable with some out-of-context Welsh.

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

After a very long day of travel, I'm looking forward to giving this paper tomorrow morning! It's a new foray for me into some Early Christian material (even if it does begin with myth). If you're at #CAAS2025, I'd love to see you!

Slide for a conference presentation with the title "Bad Virginity in the Story of Aura: Nonnos Dion. 48.238-978".

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Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Offer still stands ...

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Emily Gathergood @emilygathergood.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Any pals know how to cite the digital Lexicon of Greek Personal Names database? Their 'How to Cite' page is blank...

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25... From Sotomayor's dissent:

Lifting the District Court’s injunction will unleash
untold harm, delaying or denying educational opportunities
and leaving students to suffer from discrimination, sexual
assault, and other civil rights violations without the federal
resources Congress intended. The majority apparently
deems it more important to free the Government from paying employees it had no right to fire than to avert these very
real harms while the litigation continues. Equity does not
support such an inequitable result.
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The President must take care that the laws are faithfully
executed, not set out to dismantle them. That basic rule
undergirds our Constitution’s separation of powers. Yet today, the majority rewards clear defiance of that core principle with emergency relief. Because I cannot condone such
abuse of our equitable authority, I respectfully dissent.

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Thank you! I’ll definitely try it out!

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Seeking #accessibility recs. My grandmother has always been HOH and recently experienced total hearing loss. I’m looking for live transcription apps that could help facilitate communication between her and other members of our family. We are split between iOS and Android users. #deaf #disability

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Excited to share that I will be at the #AIASCS in San Francisco this winter to give a paper that considers armed dances as martial arts practices. ⚔️💃🕺🥋 A bit of a departure from my recent conference topics - which were connected with the (nearing completion) dissertation - but it should be fun!

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Thank you! I'm still ironing out the details, but I'd be happy to share more later! (Aside from Nonnos, this is very new material to me). It's developing from a thought I had while working on my Lesbiantiquity contribution a while back.

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Stella J. Fritzell @bacchictopic.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Looking forward to dipping my toes into some Late Antique / Early Christian material at #CAAS2025 this fall. I’ll be giving a paper on Aura as a model of “bad” virginity in Nonnos’ Dionysiaca. Really grateful to have these smaller conferences for trying out ideas. (Now to finish the dissertation…)

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Professor Amanda Sturgill @drsturg.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

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