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Consider this the obligatory (-ish) introduction sticky.
Having said that, I have no clue where to start... I did a life update thing a few posts back, but that was more of a 'what I've been doing since' sort of thing.
I'm a teacher/professor (depending on what gig I can get), and I specialize in history, medieval history in particular. However, I taught a bang-up English class for 7 years, and I have taught art, literature, religious studies (as in history, not theology), culture, and even graduate-level courses in video game studies. Lately, though, it's middle school history, which is insanely frustrating, and not just because it's middle school.
I'm a gamer (shocking given above, I know!), artist, frustrated reader (who has the time?), and I dabble in fanfic (by 'dabble' I mean I have two 75K+ word fics and a handful of shorter ones on AO3 & FF.net). I have an amazing adult son who lives at home (because economy, also we're kind of besties), and 4 cats, I bake like a fiend over holidays, drink too much coffee, and have been vegetarian for..let's just say decades and leave it at that.
I am unapologetically left, atheist with a mostly stylistic & literary witchy streak, anti-capitalist, feminist, anti-racist, totally supportive of LGBTQ+ folks. I am also strongly pro-science, evidence, reality, and that sort of thing.
Here you will find everything from life updates, political commentary, tales from the (junior) academy, fandom squeeing, and fair warning: I can never see one of those 'fill out these weird questions' kind of memes.
Beyond that, welcome!
Having said that, I have no clue where to start... I did a life update thing a few posts back, but that was more of a 'what I've been doing since' sort of thing.
I'm a teacher/professor (depending on what gig I can get), and I specialize in history, medieval history in particular. However, I taught a bang-up English class for 7 years, and I have taught art, literature, religious studies (as in history, not theology), culture, and even graduate-level courses in video game studies. Lately, though, it's middle school history, which is insanely frustrating, and not just because it's middle school.
I'm a gamer (shocking given above, I know!), artist, frustrated reader (who has the time?), and I dabble in fanfic (by 'dabble' I mean I have two 75K+ word fics and a handful of shorter ones on AO3 & FF.net). I have an amazing adult son who lives at home (because economy, also we're kind of besties), and 4 cats, I bake like a fiend over holidays, drink too much coffee, and have been vegetarian for..let's just say decades and leave it at that.
I am unapologetically left, atheist with a mostly stylistic & literary witchy streak, anti-capitalist, feminist, anti-racist, totally supportive of LGBTQ+ folks. I am also strongly pro-science, evidence, reality, and that sort of thing.
Here you will find everything from life updates, political commentary, tales from the (junior) academy, fandom squeeing, and fair warning: I can never see one of those 'fill out these weird questions' kind of memes.
Beyond that, welcome!
