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Maria Juko

@mariajuko.bsky.social
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18th/19th ct and self-help lit, Neo-Victorian, adaptation studies, biofiction, and teacher (Eng/Bio) in Potsdam (Germany), she/her

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Maria Juko @mariajuko.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
At a Starbucks in Siegen, having a moment of silence before one last conference dinner. Had a blast here and loved the lively discussions and meeting new people!
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 16/07/2026
Brennan Lee Mulligan’s Dungeons and Dragons push is part of a wider trend using tabletop games for political action
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D&D players raise millions in real-life campaign against ‘corporate elite’
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Peter Jelinek @peterjelinek.eurosky.social · 28/06/2026
Züge, Tram oder S-Bahnen fallen reihenweise aus, Autobahnen sind nicht mehr befahrbar. In Köln wurde ein Notlazarett für die Opfer der Hitze eingerichtet... Und noch vor wenigen Monaten stellten wir die Klimaziele infrage, wurde das Verbrenner-Aus oder die Luftverkehrssteuer gekippt bzw. gesenkt 🤯
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Maria Juko @mariajuko.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
For (German) Mother's Day I'm bringing back this tune bc my mum loves Hugh Grant and we all need a good time... m.youtube.com/watch?v=xVkU...
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PoP! Goes My Heart - Hugh Grant - Music and Lyrics- HD Quality!
YouTube video by Engrish94
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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This piece by @winterjessica.bsky.social is incredibly important. Even if you are NOT worried about the impact of AI, you oughta be worried about the way it's being rolled out, the way it's being pushed on children, the way it floods our schools already. www.newyorker.com/culture/prog...
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What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?
“I find myself speaking with my kids about A.I. in the same terms that we might discuss a creepy neighbor who lives down the block,” Jessica Winter writes. Read her report on the push for A.I. in educ...
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Ida Tolgensbakk @idatolgensbakk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Hey folklorists! I need texts on ghost stories as folklore genre. Any advice or recommendations? #academicsky #folkloristics
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Waterloo scientists Dr. Brian Ingalls, Dr. Sara Sadr, and Dr. Marc Aucoin have engineered “tumor-eating” bacteria that can invade and destroy cancer from within. 🧬 A potential breakthrough in cancer treatment research.
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Christina Wilkins @stinaface.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I already cannot wait for this: www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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Philomena Cunk returns to BBC iPlayer and BBC Two with brand new series Cunk On Cinema
Philomena Cunk is asking experts all of the hard-hitting questions about the history of cinema as Diane Morgan and Charlie Brooker reunite
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Mary Wollstonecraft warned you that women who are only objects of pity and love, due to their “fascinating graces,” their “soft phrases, susceptibility of heart, [and] delicacy of sentiment” — in a word, due to their weakness (and not strength) — “will soon become objects of contempt.”
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AAUP @aaup.org · 16/03/2026
Oscar-winner Ryan Coogler recalling how a college writing professor pushed him to become a screenwriter & the possibility of #Sinners being taught in film curriculums someday: “I have so much respect for professors…for dedicating their life to future generations & making sure their minds are solid.”
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Borrowing Tape @borrowingtape.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The Florida Project (2017) Dir. Sean Baker Review borrowingtape.com/la... Available on VOD, digital, DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K UHD. #filmsky #movies #movie #cinema #film #films #moviesky
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 08/03/2026
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Godwin_lives @pamelaclemit.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
'Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) thought that a woman’s place was in the resistance.' #InternationalWomensDay #DifficultWomensDay pamelaclemit.wordpress.com/2017/09/10/n...
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New Post: Mary Wollstonecraft in the Idler
This piece by Pamela Clemit was first published in the Idler, No. 54 (May-June 2017), 83-9: Quite Contrary: Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) thought that a woman’s place was in t…
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rudetuesday @rudetuesday.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
It's okay if you yourself don't like ballet or opera. My primary concern for both art forms is that they need funding and the artists need support. It takes many hours to build the artists these arts can show through. We also need to feed the young and developing artists ballets and operas!
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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Increasingly convinced that "Surface Pressure" from Encanto is actually about academic women ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQwV...
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Jessica Darrow - Surface Pressure (From "Encanto")
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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
the English major is so important now with the rise of ChatGPT. yes, the humanities are in decline; they’re seen as less useful than STEM, but with the rise of AI, we need people thinking about humanity. what is the human? what makes us human? what could be more important?
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/02/2026
I understand why chatbot cheating happens but every time I read about it I want to gently remind everyone that the point of schoolwork is not for the submission to exist. Teachers are not just greedy for more essays or solved equations. The point is to do the work WITH YOUR OWN BRAIN, FOR LEARNING.
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🏒🧛🏻‍♀️Ashley Harlequin🧛🏻‍♀️🏒 @misskittyf.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I’ve been talking about Alysa Liu’s story about her quitting skating only to come back and become even better because she did it for herself and this came to me in a dream…
A meme of Alysa Liu based on Da Share Zone reading:

JUST WALK OUT
work social thing movies home class dentist
figure skating
too fancy weed store cops it your quick friend ships
IF IT SUCKS... HIT DA BRICKS!!!
Real winners quit
You can leave!!
Da Gold Zone
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Maria Juko @mariajuko.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Today tired
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Maria Juko @mariajuko.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Went out with some friends last night...I'm at that age where I need my concert ear plugs for the club as well
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
“When Liu, 20, decided to return to skating, she did so with conditions. She’d wear what she wants. Dance to the music she wants. Eat what she wants. Take breaks when she wants…. [Skating] would be the vehicle through which she displayed the real Alysa.” she did it! her! way!!
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Alysa Liu’s Olympic run came with terms. Her choreographer helps her express them
Liu is the best U.S. hope for an Olympic medal in women's figure skating, which would be the country's first in the competition since 2006.
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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
*John Carpenter sighs, dusts off the synth*
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Christina Meyer @chrismey2203.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Job alert: Anglophone Literary Studies/ New Media Studies. Göttingen uni-goettingen.de/de/695692.html
uni-goettingen.de
W1-TT-W2 Anglophone Literaturwissenschaft / New Media Studies - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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Julia Faisst @juliafaisst.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Deutsche Amerikanist*innen scheinbar für keinen einzigen Beitrag intellektuell genug.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
#OTD in 1813, Jane Austen's 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦 was first published. One of the most beloved in English #literature, it is a witty, timeless masterpiece of social satire, romance, and character-driven storytelling. #litsky #booksky
This is a side-by-side split image with a dark blue border featuring a classic black-and-white historical portrait of Jane Austen on the left and a modern illustrative book cover for Pride and Prejudice on the right. Left side: A grayscale oval-framed engraving/portrait of Jane Austen (based on the well-known 1870 stipple engraving derived from James Andrews' watercolor adaptation of Cassandra Austen's original sketch). It shows the author as a young woman in Regency-era attire, seated with her head turned slightly to the right (viewer's left). She has curly dark hair partially covered by a white frilled bonnet/cap with a subtle lining, soft facial features, dark eyes, and a gentle, composed expression. She wears a simple dress with a high neckline and puffed sleeves. The portrait is enclosed in a penciled or lightly shaded oval border, giving it an antique, intimate feel typical of 19th-century literary frontispieces. Right side: A warm-toned, artistic book cover illustration for Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The design features a silhouetted female figure (representing Elizabeth Bennet) in a long, flowing Regency gown, standing with her back to the viewer and facing toward a grand country manor house in the distance. She is positioned in a lush, golden-hued countryside landscape with rolling hills, wildflowers, tall grasses, and clusters of trees or foliage framing the scene. The manor house has a classic Georgian/Palladian style with chimneys and windows visible against a soft, sunset-like sky in shades of yellow, orange, and amber. The title "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" appears prominently at the top in elegant serif lettering, with "JANE AUSTEN" below it, all set against the pastoral backdrop for a romantic, period-evoking aesthetic.
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Universally acknowledged: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, published #OTD 1813. British Library | Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social
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Maria Juko @mariajuko.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I feel like I don't see any cfps on here - time for an abstract evening
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
This is devastating. It’s hard to absorb such an awful end to such an extraordinary, creative and generous life. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
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Director and actor Rob Reiner found dead at home with wife Michele Singer Reiner
Authorities investigating ‘apparent homicide’ after 78-year-old director of Stand By Me and The Princess Bride was discovered dead at LA home with wife
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Dr. Katie Sagal @aksagal.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Student asked me for more adaptations of classic novels from a WoC perspective (thinking of Wide Sargasso Sea), but prompted bc we read this (tinyurl.com/bdeshedj) and she loved the Miss Lambe character. Help?
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The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch
A sparkling, witchy reimagining of Pride and Prejudice,…
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Maria Juko @mariajuko.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
So happy and proud that you can read these articles! Watch this space for more additions!! And thank youuu to @ernestopriego.com and @wilkinsp.bsky.social for your support
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The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship @comicsgrid.com · 08/12/2025
We are pleased to share that our Special Collection: Graphic Biographical Fiction (edited by @mariajuko.bsky.social and Nancy Pedri) has launched today, Monday 8 December 2025, with an initial set of two articles. All in glorious Diamond, consortial #OpenAccess! #ComicsStudies @openlibhums.org
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violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
A man?? winning the Booker prize????? Is that even possible? It hasn't happened since the far-flung days of 2023. Our legends say that a man also won it in the ancient, prehistoric era of 2021, but surely that is just an old wives tale meant to frighten MFA students before bed.
theguardian.com
The Guardian view on the Booker prize winner: putting masculinity back at the centre of literary fiction | Editorial
Editorial: David Szalay’s Flesh breaks from a decade of female-centred interiors and reopens a genre many thought closed to men
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
‘“Though she never quite found happiness, it was always something she insisted on: the right to be happy, even ecstatic.”’
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‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde
Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
What we're watching: A new take on
"Frankenstein," a lavish legal drama starring Kim Kardashian and a Tracy Morgan-led spinoff.
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 06/11/2025
I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 03/11/2025
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
me rolling up to every costume party i've ever been to
Jiavani wearing a Jason masking and holding three baguettes saying "I don't know. There's so much pressure."
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.
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'Give your money away,' Billie Eilish tells billionaires
The singer called on the mega wealthy to donate more to charity, during a speech at the WSJ Awards attended by the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and George Lucas.
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
The East Wing is totally gone. I can’t believe it
Ariel view of the demolition, with east wing circled in white.
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Duncan MacMaster of the Macabre @duncanwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Apparently Guillermo Del Toro has ruined Frankenstein by… being relatively faithful to the source material. Oh my.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/08/2025
I want to do a 🧵 about the Sidney Sweeney thing, because it's *extremely* revealing & educational. First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares. Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Hello all! I have had a cancellation for Romancing the Gothic and am therefore looking for talk proposals on any American Gothic (I am including every country from Chile to Canada here) for 11th September. Give me a shout if you have a pitch! (Online talk, runs twice, paid)
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Maria Juko @mariajuko.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Another fantastic workshop by @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social I'm really looking forward to receive my copy of her latest book soon!!!
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The difficulty with writing anything about anything is that any given thing, on closer inspection, appears to be connected to every thing, and now you’ve gone from writing about anything to writing about everything 😅
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
#BookSky
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Some of the sweetest segments teach concepts like “I can like something and not spend all my time doing it.” So simple, and so counter to messaging we get everywhere else. m.youtube.com/watch?v=kIq8...
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Sesame Street: I Don't Want to Live on the Moon
YouTube video by Sesame Street
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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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