Beth Boyle Machlan

@bethmachlan

Essayist, educator, Zillow stalker, hockey fan, pet pic poster. Usually tired; probably mad. Words at The Common, Catapult, Avidly, River Teeth, NYT, The Rumpus, Guernica. CFA-UAW she/her

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Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· 25d

I used to know joy

A picture of Will Arnett and Henrik Lundqvist from the NHL awards

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· 26d

IT’S A GODDAMN WORD

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· 28d

In Rockland, ME, protesting a murder. Abolish ICE.

Middle-aged white woman holding a sign that says “Murder does not make us safer”

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Jul 8

Man, these hardcore Platner stans are really … something.

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Jul 6

Me rn

Runway model wearing strange black latex tentacle outfit

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Jul 2

They are indeed

Two small brown dogs looking up with big eyes

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Jul 2

An illustration from Anne Carson’s “Antigonick” featuring four human figures with Greek pedestals (?) for heads

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Jun 26

Zohran Mamdani in a suit and tie has just jumped into the water at Coney Island; the caption says *screams*

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Jun 22

From June 16th:

Susan Collins asserts that she does not regret her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Jun 12

This snapping turtle just wanted some string beans and honestly same.

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Jun 3

Because we can all use a little joy, I bring you SEXY RHUBARB

A poster for a rhubarb festival in Maine featuring a drawing of rhubarb wearing fishnet stockings and heels under the caption “Rhubarb is sexy”

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· May 21

This is on FB Marketplace … from an alternate universe in which Jesus would like a word about that whole crucifixion thing, actually.

A very scary looking picture of Jesus’s head

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· May 19

Summer reading

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· May 9

I am apparently “drunk yarn shopping” years old.

A picture of a ball of teal blue yarn, a pink cocktail with orange, and two Totoro needle covers.

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Apr 22

How can anyone possibly teach without this ELITE TOOL?

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Apr 20

This little man was abandoned 2x: as a puppy & again fully grown. He was stray so long he wore down his teeth from eating garbage. He came to us w/heartworm & skin infections making him miserable, but he tried so hard to be good. Now he’s healthy & happy and all tennis balls belong to him forever.

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Apr 14

Lunch on the first real warm Maine day

A chocolate and vanilla ugh swirl ice cream cone held up in front of a harbor with green water and blue sky

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Apr 13

It’s the McDonald’s delivery that really lifts it into *chef’s kiss*

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Mar 25

Strikes work! Up the Union!

NYU contract faculty have reached a tentative agreement with the administration

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Mar 24

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Mar 24

She has her own matching bed directly out of frame, but hey, we don’t call her “Dumb Fat Baby” for no reason

A fat gray cat sleeps on the edge of a round fluffy bed already occupied by another cat

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Mar 23

Solidarity with my beloved former colleagues at NYU!

Beth Boyle Machlan@bethmachlan· Mar 19

OMG, there’s actually an AI app called “Delve.” Which is perfect, because when students use this word, I know they have no idea what they’re talking about. Nobody fucking “delves,” dammit.