19cprof
@lauracstruve.com
Professor of English literature at Wilmington College, lover of Victorian things, mother of two
They all react like toddlers to basic health efforts—eat more vegetables =>“I’m eating fries made with tallow” get a shot=> “can’t make me!” Use sunscreen =>”no!”
I’m starting to realize that all of the annoying pundits just suffer from oppositional defiant disorder
increasing your kids’ risk of melanoma to own the libs
increasing your kids’ risk of melanoma to own the libs
August 10, 2026 at 4:38 AM
They all react like toddlers to basic health efforts—eat more vegetables =>“I’m eating fries made with tallow” get a shot=> “can’t make me!” Use sunscreen =>”no!”
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August as an academic
August 1, 2026 at 1:11 AM
August as an academic
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July 4th — Wilmington, Ohio
July 5, 2026 at 10:53 AM
July 4th — Wilmington, Ohio
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I went Outside today and it was the worst thing that ever happened to me. Fuck the Outside. The crowning achievement of civilization was the invention of Inside and every time I go Outside, it insults the sacrifices of my ancestors
July 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I went Outside today and it was the worst thing that ever happened to me. Fuck the Outside. The crowning achievement of civilization was the invention of Inside and every time I go Outside, it insults the sacrifices of my ancestors
Seems timely to remember "it is plainly contrary to the law of nature, however defined, that children should command old men, fools wise men, and that the privileged few should gorge themselves with superfluities, while the starving multitude are in want of the bare necessities of life"--Rousseau
June 13, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Seems timely to remember "it is plainly contrary to the law of nature, however defined, that children should command old men, fools wise men, and that the privileged few should gorge themselves with superfluities, while the starving multitude are in want of the bare necessities of life"--Rousseau
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Thoroughly enjoying the Jaxson Dart hate. My
QB would never. Actually, after winning superbowl mvp, my QB1 refused to go to the white house. Sucks to suck!
QB would never. Actually, after winning superbowl mvp, my QB1 refused to go to the white house. Sucks to suck!
May 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Thoroughly enjoying the Jaxson Dart hate. My
QB would never. Actually, after winning superbowl mvp, my QB1 refused to go to the white house. Sucks to suck!
QB would never. Actually, after winning superbowl mvp, my QB1 refused to go to the white house. Sucks to suck!
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I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?
May 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the women in the academy whose work asks them to parent incompetent colleagues, innumerable students and advisers; to do the service work that is disregarded and undervalued.
May 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Happy Mother’s Day to all the women in the academy whose work asks them to parent incompetent colleagues, innumerable students and advisers; to do the service work that is disregarded and undervalued.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The sound of a thousand English teachers crying out in rage
The sound of a thousand English teachers crying out in rage
Animal Farm Is Not for Kids but They Made It a Kids’ Movie Anyway
There are many more animated children’s films to be made based on dystopian source material.
www.theatlantic.com
May 2, 2026 at 1:37 AM
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The sound of a thousand English teachers crying out in rage
The sound of a thousand English teachers crying out in rage
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Good Morning, World.
April 24, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Good Morning, World.
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Boastful Quaker Oats ad, Chicago 1891
April 17, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Boastful Quaker Oats ad, Chicago 1891
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Stupidest. Timeline. Ever.
Struggling shoe retailer Allbirds makes bizarre pivot to AI, adds $127 million in value
Allbirds announced a deal with American Exchange Group to sell its intellectual property and other assets for $39 million in March.
www.cnbc.com
April 15, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Stupidest. Timeline. Ever.
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all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant
April 8, 2026 at 10:25 PM
all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant
The future of higher education
March 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM
The future of higher education
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THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...
March 8, 2026 at 12:29 AM
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
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Mom, come pick me up, the best lack all conviction and the worst are full of passionate intensity.
March 2, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Mom, come pick me up, the best lack all conviction and the worst are full of passionate intensity.
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my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels
February 24, 2026 at 7:42 PM
my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels
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I hate feeling like I'm handing it to the pope but I do really love his hatred of AI
February 21, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I hate feeling like I'm handing it to the pope but I do really love his hatred of AI
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
This a million times forever
American schools in 2024 spent $30 billion on education technology, with limited (or negative) results. "Imagine if all that money had gone into teachers instead" www.economist.com/united-state...
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
www.economist.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:15 PM
This a million times forever
News you can use!!
when they tell you to go back to writing about gadgets www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
Best gas masks
“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.
www.theverge.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:07 AM
News you can use!!
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In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram