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Eleanor Courtemanche

@ecourtem.bsky.social
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Midwestern prof: Victorian lit & financial crisis. Zeitgeist-seismometer. 75% normcore Anti-doomer but ☹️☹️ wtf

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 6h
This is one of the things winning looks like: driving the villains back into the ignominy of their wrecked private lives. Ambivalence! Not all of them will get the legal punishment they actually deserve
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h
Took my son to see AC/DC in Philly last night and I can report that Angus Young has fully transformed into David St. Hubbins from Spinal Tap
An old man in a kids uniform rocking out
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 22h
This show is funny: and depicts what seems to be an emerging Brainrot/Grindset Dialectic in Gen Z 🤔
TV show Dang! on Netflix
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 22h
Ah haha: hot dog!!
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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New at @publicbooks.bsky.social: your boy reviewing an incredible new collection of Great Depression worker stories. Turns out the 1930s have a lot to tell the 2020s.
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Long-Distance Talkers: The Great Depression Speaks - Public Books
During the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration conducted thousands of interviews among American workers. Anne Trubek's “American Made” gives them new voice.
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 22h
I’m hearing this happened in the Senate today?
GOP Senators realizing their attack on Jack Smith was based on a stupid error about basketball teams
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh my 😮‍💨
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In the interest of transparency, my patron is Drogmœth, Lord Of Strife, and I am granted boons for advancing his agenda on this plane. I don’t believe this impacts my reporting, but I believe in full disclosure.
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Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio) @kleinman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This felt like the first sane thing written about the song
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Maybe a little bit of cancel culture would be good?
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
January 2025: I’m a trad wife who thinks women who work should be burned at the stake, please ignore the $50,000 I make on insta posting butter I had my servant churn Today: did you know women are people? I promise never to sell you gals out again unless its convenient
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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
please clap
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
😰😖 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
sciencedaily.com
That fresh cleaning smell could be filling your home with nanoparticles
Researchers found that scented cleaners can react with ozone indoors to create billions or trillions of invisible nanoparticles that can penetrate deep into the lungs. The pollution forms within minut...
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Been thinking about this all day. My entire life, it seems, I’ve been hearing about how you can use lit analytical tools for everything (good) but this means literature has no special value (uh) What if its layers of multiple half-true points of view WERE actually cognitively load-bearing 😮‍💨
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Autumn Mum-maxxing 🍂
Enormous selection of fall chrysanthemums spreading right to the horizonFour enormous mums but then so many pumpkins that were half-off
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Who out here being the last American diplomat 😭
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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You should not be doing three rounds of interviews for a campus club, you should be sitting on a porch listening to music with your friends. Early careerism is poison.
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Amardeep Singh @electrostani.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Got a student applying for M.A. or Ph.D. programs in English? After years of working with students aspiring to graduate study, this summer I posted a tip sheet that might be helpful. www.electrostani.com/2026/07/stat...
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Statement of Purpose Tips (English Graduate programs -- M.A. and Ph.D. applications)
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I don’t normally hit Costco on a Friday at 5 but let me tell you all the cardboard boxes by the exit were gone & I had to throw my trail mix directly in the trunk like an ANIMAL
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 26/09/2026
Mr Long 19th Century Autumn Man living on in various kinds of cozy biscuit or tea cake: Bourbon Creams, Viennese Whirls, Garibaldi biscuits, Victoria Sponge, Peak Frean Marie biscuits, Battenberg cake, Napoleons, Bismarck donuts, Lamingtons, Madeira cake.
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Okay, these numbers are great. But why boast about your #36 program in Economics when your #21 English program (in a nation with thousands of English departments!!!) is sitting right there? 🤨🤨
Liberal Arts & Sciences at Illinois
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The results are in: College of LAS programs are some of the best in the country, and it's all... more
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#21 in English (tie)
4.1 PEER ASSESSMENT SCORE
Save to My Schools
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I found it. The only good post on the covid queer bar thing. substack.com/@sproutstack...
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Hey you heard about this story coming out of Massachusetts? Apparently this group of self-selected individuals, who largely feel out of place in a world of great sorrow and despair - like, they're in this world, but not of it - formed a very intentional community as an example to the rest of the world, like a beacon that shines on a hill. And now they're tearing each other apart over seemingly inscrutable moral infractions! All this, in Massachusetts! Can you believe it?
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I am not a theater kid so it should not be my job to announce that the cast of The Gilded Age is putting out a Christmas album
FEATURING CAST MEMBERS FROM THE EMMY AWARD-WINNING HBO ORIGINAL SERIES
1. IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR - BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL
2. WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS — CHRISTINE BARANSKI
3. 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (PART 1) - CARRIE COON & MORGAN SPECTOR
4. THE WORLD NEEDS SOME CHRISTMAS — BEN AHLERS
5. I REMEMBER — AUDRA MCDONALD, DONNA MURPHY & KELLI O'HARA
6. I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - KELLI O'HARA
7. O HOLY NIGHT — DENÉE BENTON & JORDAN DONICA
8. I WONDER AS I WANDER —AUDRA MCDONALD
9. 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (PART 2) - CARRIE COON & MORGAN SPECTOR
10. LET IT SNOW — TAYLOR RICHARDSON & TAYLOR TRENSCH
11. HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - ADRIENNE WARREN
12. WEXFORD CAROL — CELIA KEENAN-BOLGER & LAURA BENANTI
13. JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS — LAURA BENANTI
14. "TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (PART 3) - CARRIE COON & MORGAN SPECTOR
15. IT'S BEEN REAL - DONNA MURPHY
ALBUM PRODUCED BY DESMOND CHILD
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Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every week, the Muppets have to put on a show to salvage a new institution: the Kennedy Center, the Supreme Court, the No-Mask Lesbian Bar, the Wonka Experience, Kozmo Dot Com (this has a time travel dimension, à la Quantum Leap), Cafe Loup in the West Village, democracy, the third season of GLOW
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we have elizabeth at home @spindlypete.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
you shouldn't take an iced coffee to a job interview because you shouldn't be trying to get a job. you should be digging an enormous pit or a complex system of tunnels
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John Attridge @johnattridge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How it feels to hyphenate an adjectival phrase but not hyphenate an identical noun phrase
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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The English department at Reed College—my department—is hiring a TT prof in post-45 US fiction and/or narrative. This position includes teaching in the interdisciplinary humanities program (mostly the freshman core course) as well as possibly contributing to upper level interdisciplinary programs.
reed.edu
Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship in Post-1945 Fiction and/or Narrative of the United States - Office of the Dean of the Faculty - Reed C...
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thread for the Melville dreamers
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Robby Hoffmann did a comedy stand-up show right here in Champaign-Urbana and I think she was seriously disoriented by our podunkness -There was no opening act but the cheerful Mayor of Urbana introduced her accompanied by his 6 yo daughter. RH then suggested her show MIGHT not be family friendly
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The old line that analytic philosophy is answering questions that come naturally to toddlers via methods that come naturally to lawyers remains undefeated.
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
UIUC talk by @nathankhensley.bsky.social based on his book Action Without Hope — here he’s saying “Perhaps my title is a little intense” 😁
Nathan Hensley of Georgetown U giving a talk at UIUC entitled No Escape, No Ending: Gesture, Improvisation, Solidarity
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
*You have to wonder how E. M. Forster could possibly write a scifi story so awesome, and his method is simple: "What if every advancement that HG Wells is loudly promoting is actually bad for us"
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
UIUC talk by @nathankhensley.bsky.social based on his book Action Without Hope — here he’s saying “Perhaps my title is a little intense” 😁
Nathan Hensley of Georgetown U giving a talk at UIUC entitled No Escape, No Ending: Gesture, Improvisation, Solidarity
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Micah @rincewind.run · 23/09/2026
every day for the next six weeks we are going to be treated to a bunch of Republicans going “oh god oh god we’re so fucked” and I think we should all take some time to savor it
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I just lectured about the WPA this morning and it is absolutely a model we need to bring back, for this purpose and others too.
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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I don’t think the exact amount of fatigue you get from teaching is public knowledge It’s a unique mix of adrenaline crash and simple exhaustion Last night I was lying prone on the couch and barely had the strength to type “Hamburger” into Google Maps 😂
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Tim Watson @timwatson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
O, Onion / If Mr. Autumn Man comes, can It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers be far behind?
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 23/09/2026
Republicans have been gleefully marching directly toward this woodchipper for many years now, and they've been happy to do it because the woodchipper has always been kind of far away. Now it's actually just a few weeks away and everyone's having mixed feelings about it lol
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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
today is the most hopeful republicans will be for the next 6 weeks
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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
later on me and my friends are gonna stand around the haunted k mart parking lot and hate conformity
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
becoming a vulgar rawlsian. the veil of ignorance isn't perfect, but 'is this how you would design things if *you* thought you might end up here?' is a test that way too many people fail. on everything from criminal justice to public transit, across the ideological spectrum.
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I am thrilled to announce that the American Studies Program at Boston University will be accepting new PhD Students for the 27/28 academic year. These are fully funded, unionized, 5-year positions, with 4 semesters of guaranteed dissertation fellowship in years 4 & 5.

Application Deadline: December 15, 2026
The American Studies Program at Boston University is a nationally recognized leader in the interdisciplinary field of American Studies. Our students and faculty study the disparate yet interconnected cultures of colonial North America and the United States as seen in the ideas and actions of its people, and as expressed in a range of forms, especially culture, the arts, media, literature, and institutions - often seen through a global or transnational lens. Formerly known as the American & New England Studies Program, we maintain active collaborations with many cultural institutions in the region, especially in the Boston Area. Our large PhD program has produced tenure-track protessors, public historians, museum curators, and directors at major universities, museums, and other cultural and historical institutions.
Funding Opportunities
PhD students receive full funding for up to five years (12 months a year) under a collective bargaining agreement. During this time, they take courses, teach in their fields and disciplines of interest, and develop and write dissertations. The fellowship package guarantees four semesters of dissertation fellowship in years 4 and 5, with no service obligations Additional funding is available from Boston University for travel to conferences, for archival research, and for internships.
Current students have recently received outside fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the American Antiquarian Society, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Huntington Library, the Smithsonian Institution, the Beinecke Library, the Corning Museum of Glass, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, and the American Historical Association.
Graduate Student Association
The Program's own independent Graduate Student Association (GSA) is comprised of elected PhD students who sponsor events and programs for developing professional skills, while representing our students' interests to the governing faculty.
A list of affiliate faculty, available also on the program’s webpage
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
i lucked out with my airport reading
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
in california it's spelled val jalla
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Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As the economist Adam Smith famously observed, "there is a great deal of ruin in a nation." But how much ruin, exactly? In this multi-year experiment we set out to stu
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For Earth 🌍 , Wind 🌪️, and Fire 🔥 Day—we never forget the 21st night of September—here is a depiction of the Four Elements in a manuscript from Bruges, 1470-1480, fr. 137, fol. 1r. (© BnF) : « Dieu Créateur et Ovide avec l’œuf » @labnf.bsky.social. See: journals.openedition.org/crmh/13890?l...
manuscrit fr. 137, fol. 1r.

(© BnF) : « Dieu Créateur et Ovide avec l’œuf »
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually
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