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the tattoo prospects are delightful.

Aphra Behn Online has a DH section and welcomes more divers kinds pieces.

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this is like a palate cleanser in my feed.

I completed all of my Summer 2026 writing obligations by the end of September. #win.

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Some clarification from an academic friend: each institution's programs will have to conduct an evaluation of their majors from the list and their earning potential several years post-graduation. Results will impact eligibility. Smaller institutions might not meet threshold for evaluation.

Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Your ask for a Native American Heritage Month speaker/event should include the exact date/time, and the pay. And there should be pay. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Interested. I’ve been struggling to fact check this too.

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Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I do not understand trench/rain coats without hoods. The entire premise is *it’s raining*! Why would I want my head getting wet?!

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Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yes! All week I’ve been annoyed at this headline and you’ve perfectly articulated why it’s so infuriating.

Mine is one grey witch curl in the front. Welcome to the coven.

An excellent, and thoughtful interview.

"Meet students where they are" should include universities *HAVING TEXTBOOK STORES ON CAMPUS*, not asking faculty to rely only on eTexts (not feasible for all disciplines), or violate federal copyright law by making copies of entire textbooks for students.

This happens *every year*. eCampus is not feasible if are using quality textbooks that aren't always available for 2-day Amazon shipping. A student culture that expects everything to arrive in 2 days adds to the instability of this system. They don't order until the first day of classes.

Access to textbooks continues to be a major hurtle for my Jane Austen Class. Our campus does not have a textbook store. We have a "merch" store & then contract the third party eCampus, which purchases ZERO texbooks to stock, rather just middle-man orders them for students frm publishers on demand.

Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The chapters: Miss Bingley tries to bait Darcy into conversation, Darcy tries to avoid Elizabeth (+ his feelings), Mr Collins arrives etc., Wickham is introduced, Wickham and Darcy have an awkward street-scene, Wickham gives his backstory.

Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today my Jane Austen class read this Defector piece, Close Reading is for Everyone, and some chapters of Pride & Prejudice where not much happens, but rather we are invited to observe how the characters act/react to one another. defector.com/close-readin...

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Close Reading Is For Everyone | Defector

In Sigrid Nunez’s 2018 novel The Friend, a famous writer kills himself. Not long before, he complains to the narrator about readers: “People talking about a book as if it were just another thing, like...

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Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Request for the library! This looks so cool.

Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I will wrap up this overdue writing project *today*. ::presses play on writing playlist::

Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Tell him we go on field trips and take dance lessons.

Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Pretty thrilled that across my Jane Austen classes this term I have students called Emma, Lizzy, and Lydia. We are woefully short of heroes though. Nary an Edmund, Frederick, or Fitzwilliam in sight.

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Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I've always wondered about this! Is Jane just down for this? Is this an agreed upon childcare trade from the Gardiners caring for the Bennet brood in the previous decade? How is Mrs. Bennet not screaming about how unfair it is to have these boys underfoot?

Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I LOVE starting with this prompt! <3

Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

First day of classes! And if you're asking: on the Friday before Labor Day weekend? Really? Please know that I am *also* asking that question....

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Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A constant teaching obstacle at my institution is textbooks. There is no physical textbook store, just a third party middle-man that only orders the students' books when they submit an order the first week of classes. Nobody's books will be here until week 3 of term. Student Success?

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Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Making copies of Jane Austen at 250: Reading for Pleasure syllabus, more affectionately known as Analog Austen. I taught this class last Fall w great success & resounding cheer frm the students. They loved going analog. They loved reading physical books & writing by hand. They loved our community.

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Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm exhausted by reading the latest hot take on AI. Lately I've been channeling energy twd reading amazing scholarship by my colleagues & it is so much more enriching. AI is still out there destroying critical thinking & the planet, but my colleagues in #18thCentury studies are publishing bangers.

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Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Parallel series: Side Quests, the journeys you took on the way to what you were supposed to research, which were actually a hoot.

Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Fun stories. Presenter glowing from sharing their niche obsession.

Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

10/10 would go to this at my local public library on a bi-monthly basis. Would bring my own popcorn.

Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Another day in the weeds with early 19th century periodicals. Bonus: catching a publication attribution error that one journal made, which was re-quoted/reprinted for about 80 years.

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This morning: after a dr apt, and a dog walk, deep in the periodicals, tracking reception of a 19th century text.

All this to say: if you're noticing these things, you're not alone. You're not crazy. I see you. You can settle into slower work, real relationships, and contributions that matter too.

We are going analog in other places too. Our family is stopping in the public library 2x/wk for books. Spending our money at the local record shop. I'm thisclose to canceling the You Must Have 10 Different Streaming Services madness & going back to DVDs. I've started paying for groceries in cash.

If you need me these days, I'm writing without internet connection. I'm out walking the dog. I'm in the garden. I'm planning for the second iteration of my (popular among students!) Analog Austen class for this Fall.

Our workplaces are overwhelmed with AI ads, programs pushing AI on us—"use it in your class!" funds for incorporating AI, but no funds for any other work. Funds for union-busting, but not for research. Not for a fridge for the work room. Not for the hole in the classroom ceiling.

My local news stories feature constant digital surveillance: flock cameras, data centers, grocery prices based on your personal info, employers using data to pitch you the lowest salary you'll accept.

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my email is filled with repeat ads that I can't seem to "unsubscribe" from, and expectations that I must live in my inbox 24/7. [Readers I do not have email on my phone].

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Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Being online in any/all ways is just crushing now. When I open social media/Google, I get ads trying to sell me things based on my grief, on common illnesses for my dog's breed, on the assumption that I must hate my body. A constant bombardment reminding me of sadness—all for someone else's profit.

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That is such a beautiful thought. <3

Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Working on a chapter slowly and with gentleness as I still grieve @mistykrueger.bsky.social

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Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Feed palate cleanser: Burney and my tea tray, featuring Mimi’s china.

Dachshund sits on a bed next to a tea tray

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Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

::saves thread for writing class next winter:: ::also devises a “write an absurd argument about this book and defend it w evidence” assignment::

Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I like: Zotero for citations (editable, browser+ MS Word plugins); Tropy for organizing archive photos; Scrivener for drafting (Zotero plugin is a bit clunky, but I just do full citations in later drafts & use shorthand); Toggl for tracking my labor across multiple projects; ToDoist for to do list