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Elaine McGirr
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Eighteenth-century & theatre historian; cat & child wrangler; immigrant.
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Today is looking up: 4 back-to-back meetings, 3 of wch ended at least 15 minutes early.

a cat is laying on a chair next to a plant
a cat is laying on a chair next to a plant

ALT: a cat is laying on a chair next to a plant

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Do I know any theatre studies folks here? Curious to know if there's any good work done on shipboard theatricals, amateur or otherwise, especially in the age of steam. 🗃️

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It’s “Objects” week in my performance histories class. I’ve brought in my vaginal Richard for them to play with

Ceramic depicting Richard III in his tent before the battle of Bosworth Field. The shape & colouration is (un)fortunately yonic.
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I’ve gotten really good at remembering to bring a packed lunch to work. If only I could get gooder at waiting until lunchtime to eat it.

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This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.

Graph of maternal mortality rate against year for the UK. Rate bounces until and down around 500 deaths per 100,000 births until about 1940, when it falls sharply. It’s been very low (~1–3 per 100,000) ever since.
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Please help spread the word! The English Department at Harvard is hoping to hire an assistant professor of post-45 Anglophone literature. I'm not on the committee, but would be happy to answer your questions. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14143

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Elaine McGirr
@emmcgirr.bsky.social
Eighteenth-century & theatre historian; cat & child wrangler; immigrant.
333 followers223 following406 posts