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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I asked ChatGPT to transcribe this manuscript. When it produces a transcription, it looks like magic watching the words unfold. But it was such a shitty job when you look closer that it is just not helpful. It’s the illusion of magically quick answers that draws people in. Still, an illusion though.

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Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

As a supplement to the piece in The Times Literary Supplement (@thetls.bsky.social), www.the-tls.com/regular-feat..., here’s a (rather long!) thread on Shakespeare’s house in the Blackfriars, what we knew, and what we now know, with some links to key documents. (1/20)

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A man of property

Just outside the City of London, in the secluded streets once occupied by the monastic precinct of the Black Friars, is an unassuming warehouse building

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I’m still surprised every time I feel how my vision is not that sharp anymore. Need to wear those glasses more often 🤓

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

First time writing with a glass pen. Journaling brings me so much joy! ❤️

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Rejection emails piling up. This job market is unbelievable. 😔

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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Job Opportunity! Vassar College - Adjunct Assistant Professor Of Art networks.h-net.org/jobs/69821/v...

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Vassar College - Adjunct Assistant Professor Of Art | H-Net

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

If you like Margaret Cavendish and you’re not afraid of witches, come see my talk at #RenSA26! @rsaorg.bsky.social

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

James I’s Britain or America 2026? @rentravailer.bsky.social I’m fascinated already in the first pages of “Courting India”

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Thanks, Bad Bunny 💃🫶🏽🥲

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I’m finally very close to finishing my first dissertation copy. I can barely believe it. I feel there’s so much more I should have addressed but I’ll allow myself to be proud for some sense of completion!

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Lost hours in the rabbit holes of the Ep. Files. The most disturbing part though is the total impunity.

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Anybody else excited for RSA San Francisco? What will be our hashtag this year? @rsaorg.bsky.social

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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

We’re hiring a Sales Manager! You’ll own key accounts (Amazon, B&N, indie retail), use data to drive smart decisions, and be the go-to sales contact for our authors and teams. careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucop/EMP...

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 01/02/2026

A lovely woman I know told me the other day that since Avelo stopped flying for ICE, "We did it! We ended ICE Air!" Had to tell her Avelo was only about 15% of it. Still going: Global X, Eastern Air, Journey, Key Lime/Denver Air, and Omni Air International ⤵️ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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ICE deportation flights are getting longer and crueler

A private equity–owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I just switched my pharmacy. The new pharmacist looked at my bill and was clearly bothered for how much I still had to pay. “Diabetes is expensive,” I said. “On top of that, you still have to prove to need these meds all the time.” He couldn’t fix my bill, but his compassion felt like a kind hug.

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

What else are these people waiting to finally take this man down? Seriously 😫

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Such a great webinar! So lucky I was there to share our insights to illuminate a more engaged, invigorated, and truly open-inquiry future for witchcraft studies! I can’t wait to see what new, exciting research will continue to unfold. Thanks @pennpress.bsky.social and everyone who joined us today 🥰

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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

🚨 Call for Editor Applications: UC Press is seeking applications for the position of Editor(s) in Chief of the Journal of Vietnamese Studies. CC: @asianstudies.org @historians.org #EuroSEAS online.ucpress.edu/jvs online.ucpress.edu/DocumentLibr...

UC press is seeking applications for the position of Editor(s) in Chief of the Journal of Vietnamese Studies. UC Press is open to sole applicants or groups of no more than 3 to serve as Editor(s) in Chief.

Journal of Vietnamese Studies (JVS) is a quarterly, international academic journal dedicated to advancing rigorous interdisciplinary scholarship about Vietnam. Since its founding in 2006, JVS has become a premier venue for original research across the social sciences and humanities, exploring Vietnamese history, politics, society, and culture, as well as Vietnam-related topics that have traditionally been set apart from mainstream area studies scholarship such as the Vietnamese diaspora and the Vietnam War.

The journal publishes original research articles, book reviews, multimedia reviews, and occasionally translations of Vietnamese-language documents and texts. It is indexed in SCOPUS and Web of Science.

Applicants should have a distinguished scholarly record in fields in or related to Vietnamese Studies or with a significant research interest relating to Vietnam. Journal editorial experience is strongly preferred but not required. Applicants should possess strong organizational and management skills, the ability to work with others, and a commitment to JVS’s mission to publish high-quality, relevant, and engaging scholarship. Strong preference for Vietnamese language ability.

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Thank you so much for the talk at UM last week, @floridapress.bsky.social ! Learning about how to turn my dissertation into a book brought me some good joy ❤️

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Penn Press @pennpress.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Don't miss Wednesday's webinar exploring feminist perspectives on the history of witchcraft! Head to bit.ly/Witchcraft2026 to register today, plus visit pennpress.org/magic and use code MRW5 to save $5 on an individual subscription to Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft!

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The colors of nature are always a magical way to bring back joy. Better times will come.

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Reposting, now with link for registration www.pennpress.org/events/revit... and alt-text 😉

Flyer titled “Revitalizing the Feminist Historiography of Witchcraft: An MRW Webinar,” set on a dark purple background. On the left is a reddish-brown early modern drawing of a woman wearing a tall pointed hat and holding a staff or broom. On the right, white text invites viewers to join the editors of Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft for a webinar featuring speakers: Anne M. Little (witchcraft and environmental history), Abigail Hill (empathy as method in colonial American witch-trial records), Jonathan Durrant (historians and activists collaborating on witch-trial memorials), Vanessa Rodrigues Barcelos (early modern women who “talked back” to demonologists), Maryse Simon (critique of Mona Chollet’s In Defense of Witches), and Rochelle Rojas (academic politics shaping feminist witchcraft scholarship). The webinar is facilitated by Laurel Zwissler and Michael Ostling. Event date and time: Wednesday, January 28, 12:00 PM EST. Registration link and a QR code appear at the bottom right.

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Pausing readings bc my cat just sat on my lap. I feel loved every time she chooses to lay on me ❤️

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Join me next week alongside great scholars of witchcraft studies on this webinar!

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I’m so glad for the opportunity of publishing my piece among such outstanding scholars of early modern history of witchcraft! Women did talk about witchcraft during the witch hunts, I’m telling you! muse.jhu.edu/issue/56146

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Project MUSE - Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft-Volume 20, Number 2, Fall 2025

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

I just finished watching p1 of the last season of stranger things. 11’s conflict seems to me like a huge Christian tale of meditation as a seducing form of black magic, echoing renaissance fears of Eastern Belief.

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Remember the immigrant friends that will spend Christmas alone, too afraid to go back home. This is the most difficult Christmas in the last few years.

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Coming to campus during winter break is so peaceful! I love that the weather’s finally getting more temperate 🥰

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Chapter 3 is finally flowing so well! I can see the end of the line now. I’m so thankful for how much my writing improved over this year.

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Its extremely disturbing to be one minute so excited about my research and the next minute concerned about my family’s safety. It’s not about having a career at this point. This is what it feels like to do a PhD as a Latina in 2025.

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I can’t believe I’m already 35. Gotta celebrate the whole month!

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Vanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

One of the most exciting things about writing a dissertation is to see related arguments across chapters that I hadn’t predicted… it’s so beautiful seeing it all connect!

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