Dr LJ Maher (cis: she/her, 🌈, AuDHD, Quaintrelle)
@littleread.bsky.social
Naarm-Melbourne. Settler-Coloniser on Stolen Woi Wurrung
Land.
Research: transmedial life-writing, literature & law, music & memoir, book & reading histories. Lecturer in Publishing Studies at Melbourne Uni. Views my own, not my employer's, etc.
Land.
Research: transmedial life-writing, literature & law, music & memoir, book & reading histories. Lecturer in Publishing Studies at Melbourne Uni. Views my own, not my employer's, etc.
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Hello and hi! That magazine I've been teasing for funsies for like a year and a half is now mostly a real thing!
soundandcolormag.com
soundandcolormag.com
Sound & Color
A digital interdisciplinary magazine of speculative fiction
soundandcolormag.com
September 5, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Hello and hi! That magazine I've been teasing for funsies for like a year and a half is now mostly a real thing!
soundandcolormag.com
soundandcolormag.com
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I made one, haha
August 27, 2026 at 10:40 PM
I made one, haha
I saw Back to Back's production Ganesh v The Third Reich on wednesday (last show in Naarm tonight). Review from my friend Kate is here: www.artshub.com.au/news/reviews...
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Ganesh Versus the Third Reich review: a stunning return of theatre at its best
Back to Back Theatre’s Ganesh Versus the Third Reich is theatre of rare and mythic excellence.
www.artshub.com.au
June 19, 2026 at 3:01 AM
I saw Back to Back's production Ganesh v The Third Reich on wednesday (last show in Naarm tonight). Review from my friend Kate is here: www.artshub.com.au/news/reviews...
1/15
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Dragon at the playground. She is a whole lot of person and I am always wanting more.
June 14, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Dragon at the playground. She is a whole lot of person and I am always wanting more.
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I'm looking for submissions on twenty-first century historical horror (novels and/or TV/film) written by women for an edited collection I'm putting together. More details here: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/03/.... Contact me if you're interested!
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
May 6, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I'm looking for submissions on twenty-first century historical horror (novels and/or TV/film) written by women for an edited collection I'm putting together. More details here: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/03/.... Contact me if you're interested!
It's 7:30 on a Sunday evening. Not 10 years ago I would just now be heading to the pub for a Parma and a couple of wines with mates. Just a quiet one. Now I'm waiting for the dryer to finish so I can sort/iron/fold and get to bed before the child awakens because I won't get any sleep after she does.
April 19, 2026 at 9:42 AM
It's 7:30 on a Sunday evening. Not 10 years ago I would just now be heading to the pub for a Parma and a couple of wines with mates. Just a quiet one. Now I'm waiting for the dryer to finish so I can sort/iron/fold and get to bed before the child awakens because I won't get any sleep after she does.
I know this is going to be niche content. However: this week I acquired a copy of Come in Spinner signed by both Cusack AND James.
April 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I know this is going to be niche content. However: this week I acquired a copy of Come in Spinner signed by both Cusack AND James.
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Oh how I wish that sports journalists would speak to some queer people
March 30, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Oh how I wish that sports journalists would speak to some queer people
The 2026 Academic year starts tomorrow in Aus
1) Re students who are across the news, and possibly impacted by what looks like World War 3, how do I help them care about their studies?
2) for those who have no idea because they never open a news source, how do I get them to care about World War 3?
1) Re students who are across the news, and possibly impacted by what looks like World War 3, how do I help them care about their studies?
2) for those who have no idea because they never open a news source, how do I get them to care about World War 3?
March 1, 2026 at 2:37 AM
The 2026 Academic year starts tomorrow in Aus
1) Re students who are across the news, and possibly impacted by what looks like World War 3, how do I help them care about their studies?
2) for those who have no idea because they never open a news source, how do I get them to care about World War 3?
1) Re students who are across the news, and possibly impacted by what looks like World War 3, how do I help them care about their studies?
2) for those who have no idea because they never open a news source, how do I get them to care about World War 3?
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Defund this
New York City police are investigating after officers were pelted with snowballs while responding to a massive snowball fight at Washington Square Park in Manhattan.
New York City police investigating after officers were hit with snowballs during a snowball fight
New York City police are investigating after officers were pelted with snowballs while responding to a massive snowball fight at Washington Square Park in Manhattan.
bit.ly
February 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Defund this
It's O Week. Pray for us.
Vale short line for coffee.
Vale clean toilets.
Vale getting food in under 10 minutes.
But, we do have a fresh lot of JAFFYs, and they are so cute and little. It's like new getting puppies at a petting zoo.
#UniMelb
Vale short line for coffee.
Vale clean toilets.
Vale getting food in under 10 minutes.
But, we do have a fresh lot of JAFFYs, and they are so cute and little. It's like new getting puppies at a petting zoo.
#UniMelb
a small white dog is running on a wooden floor next to a blue refrigerator
Alt: a herd of small white dogs are running on a wooden floor next to a blue refrigerator
media.tenor.com
February 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
It's O Week. Pray for us.
Vale short line for coffee.
Vale clean toilets.
Vale getting food in under 10 minutes.
But, we do have a fresh lot of JAFFYs, and they are so cute and little. It's like new getting puppies at a petting zoo.
#UniMelb
Vale short line for coffee.
Vale clean toilets.
Vale getting food in under 10 minutes.
But, we do have a fresh lot of JAFFYs, and they are so cute and little. It's like new getting puppies at a petting zoo.
#UniMelb
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February 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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“That ‘Fast Car’ can be passed down through generations without requiring explanation is both a songwriting triumph and a grim indictment of America.”
Want a change of pace? Two years ago, I published this piece on Tracy Chapman and the generational longing of “Fast Car”:
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/driving-in...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/driving-in...
Driving in Circles
The generational longing of "Fast Car"
sarahkendzior.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
“That ‘Fast Car’ can be passed down through generations without requiring explanation is both a songwriting triumph and a grim indictment of America.”
What is it like to be an Elder Millennial who remembers life before computers/the internet? You know that TV show Hoarders? That but it's my desktop and/or external hard drives. Also insomnia, back ache and perimenopause.
February 4, 2026 at 5:48 AM
What is it like to be an Elder Millennial who remembers life before computers/the internet? You know that TV show Hoarders? That but it's my desktop and/or external hard drives. Also insomnia, back ache and perimenopause.
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I'd like to remind everyone who thinks that policing has always existed that modern policing is less than 200 years old, having begun in London in 1829
February 2, 2026 at 6:49 AM
I'd like to remind everyone who thinks that policing has always existed that modern policing is less than 200 years old, having begun in London in 1829
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How do university presses #TeamUP to advance knowledge? A baker’s dozen inspiring examples in the #UPWeek Gallery include work by @ucpress.bsky.social, @dukepress.bsky.social, @mitpress.bsky.social, @uofupress.bsky.social, @uncpress.bsky.social & @ualbertapress.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/43CrodY
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
How do university presses #TeamUP to advance knowledge? A baker’s dozen inspiring examples in the #UPWeek Gallery include work by @ucpress.bsky.social, @dukepress.bsky.social, @mitpress.bsky.social, @uofupress.bsky.social, @uncpress.bsky.social & @ualbertapress.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/43CrodY
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📜Fresh off the press: Annett Heft, @michaelvaughan.bsky.social, Barbara Pfetsch & I attempted to find a level for defining social media affordances that permits conceptualizing differences between platforms and uses, and is thus useful for theory building.
doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
Differential social media affordances: an actor type-centric, intermediate-level approach using the case of social movements
Abstract. Social media have profoundly changed social communication practices across a vast range of contexts. To theorize these changes, numerous authors
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
📜Fresh off the press: Annett Heft, @michaelvaughan.bsky.social, Barbara Pfetsch & I attempted to find a level for defining social media affordances that permits conceptualizing differences between platforms and uses, and is thus useful for theory building.
doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
Student thesis: I will fill [x] gap in the literature.
Me: is that a gap in the literature or have you only read and cited white men?
#MarkingCaveOfDoom #DiversifyYourBookshelves #DiversifyCriticalTheory #DiversifyPhilosophy
Me: is that a gap in the literature or have you only read and cited white men?
#MarkingCaveOfDoom #DiversifyYourBookshelves #DiversifyCriticalTheory #DiversifyPhilosophy
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Student thesis: I will fill [x] gap in the literature.
Me: is that a gap in the literature or have you only read and cited white men?
#MarkingCaveOfDoom #DiversifyYourBookshelves #DiversifyCriticalTheory #DiversifyPhilosophy
Me: is that a gap in the literature or have you only read and cited white men?
#MarkingCaveOfDoom #DiversifyYourBookshelves #DiversifyCriticalTheory #DiversifyPhilosophy
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I was wondering how long Teen Vogue’s remarkably tough-minded progressive journalism would last. The masthead has been doing some fantastic work. It looks like that time has come to an end.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I was wondering how long Teen Vogue’s remarkably tough-minded progressive journalism would last. The masthead has been doing some fantastic work. It looks like that time has come to an end.
Today I have no classes, the 🐉 (now 1) is in childcare, and my research assistants, Cwtch and Cariad, are helping me mark (which I am doing from bed because insomnia was real last night). There is sun. I have creamy soda and a Bakers' Delight pizza. I am being productive. Small mercies, big loves.
October 27, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Today I have no classes, the 🐉 (now 1) is in childcare, and my research assistants, Cwtch and Cariad, are helping me mark (which I am doing from bed because insomnia was real last night). There is sun. I have creamy soda and a Bakers' Delight pizza. I am being productive. Small mercies, big loves.
I hate marking assessments so goddamn much. I've always hated it. Having to also keep an eye out for AISlop in assessments has exacerbated that.
I think this is because I genuinely love reading essays, thinking about innovative arguments, and experimenting with the genre's forms and conventions.
I think this is because I genuinely love reading essays, thinking about innovative arguments, and experimenting with the genre's forms and conventions.
October 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I hate marking assessments so goddamn much. I've always hated it. Having to also keep an eye out for AISlop in assessments has exacerbated that.
I think this is because I genuinely love reading essays, thinking about innovative arguments, and experimenting with the genre's forms and conventions.
I think this is because I genuinely love reading essays, thinking about innovative arguments, and experimenting with the genre's forms and conventions.
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As a used bookseller, this is maddening because every damn day I see appetite for strange books, old books, indie books, forgotten books. Readers are there. They love to explore the store & buy things they've never heard of.
Publishing's biggest problem is that they've forgotten how to sell books.
Publishing's biggest problem is that they've forgotten how to sell books.
I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
thewalrus.ca
September 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
As a used bookseller, this is maddening because every damn day I see appetite for strange books, old books, indie books, forgotten books. Readers are there. They love to explore the store & buy things they've never heard of.
Publishing's biggest problem is that they've forgotten how to sell books.
Publishing's biggest problem is that they've forgotten how to sell books.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Dear NSW Legal Services Commissioner, question re the Solicitors' Conduct Rules & the practitioner mentioned in the attached article:
1. Do the social media posts that the ABC has identified in this article breach the following provisions of the SCR?
1/
#AusLaw
Dear NSW Legal Services Commissioner, question re the Solicitors' Conduct Rules & the practitioner mentioned in the attached article:
1. Do the social media posts that the ABC has identified in this article breach the following provisions of the SCR?
1/
#AusLaw
Lawyer for Neo-Nazi praised Hitler's Mein Kampf as 'brilliant book'
Matthew Hopkins shared racist and antisemitic material from the Neo-Nazi group on social media and described Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf as a "brilliant book" to his followers.
www.abc.net.au
September 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Dear NSW Legal Services Commissioner, question re the Solicitors' Conduct Rules & the practitioner mentioned in the attached article:
1. Do the social media posts that the ABC has identified in this article breach the following provisions of the SCR?
1/
#AusLaw
Dear NSW Legal Services Commissioner, question re the Solicitors' Conduct Rules & the practitioner mentioned in the attached article:
1. Do the social media posts that the ABC has identified in this article breach the following provisions of the SCR?
1/
#AusLaw