Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols
@blonderipley
Professor, author, lover of words. Feminist, cat lady, liberal hippie Christian. Old school SFF nerd. Studying beauty, appearance and cosplay in the Americas, advocating for immigrants. Bilingüe. She/her/ella
Manchego, Sangria hecha con un buen Rioja - VIVA ESPAÑA! 🇪🇸
I was in the middle of writing an academic paper on hyper masculinity that talks about Tate when I had to stop and work on a grant proposal. And now...what even is this outfit? It's reading...effeminate? #fashion #beauty #academicsky #gender
Useful #cyclospora Remember- Taylor Farms are Trump supporters Taco Bell are not. That's why they want to blame Taco Bell
Co-sign. But we won't get it because Lauren freaking Sanchez gets to pick the new #Bond 🙄
Abby, the senior señorita (she's 19) is helping me root for Spain #catsofBluesky #WorldCup
Rooting for España 🇪🇸 but still LOVING the Belgian Jerseys- an homage to #surrealist Rene Magritte. (They even say "this is not a Jersey at the neck!) #Art #Magritte #WorldCup
The President is so delighted with this gift, I think we should encourage him to use his beautiful new plane often!
Today is #Venezuelan Independence Day. Please donate somewhere to help These people. This is what my contacts are doing:(motos running food and supplies to folks living in tents, waiting at the morgue, etc.) one example of a grateful survivor. Gloria al bravo pueblo. #Venezuela
If it helps (it doesn't, but amuses me)- I've been having to fight the administration of my dad's independent living facility. He's an 86-year-old, blind, retired Protestant Priest who insists on (in my daughter's words) "emerging like a Wizard Martín Luther to nail messages to his door"
Hilarious today and possibly the best closing line of ANY comedy.
Watching a Korean show on Netflix and I keep thinking one actor looks SO MUCH like Elmo Musk- which is weird, until I remember how much plastic surgery he's had done- and how he may very well have had it done in South Korea. #PlasticSurgery #Beauty #Korea
Stub hub has some still (barely) under $1000. Act fast because once teams are set that will skyrocket.
I like fancy subtitles. The English sub of the Russian film Nightwatch had AMAZING ones- the subtitles bled red when the vampires were talking for example
I have a collection of sadly relevant images saved.
I think I really need to write about men and gender affirming #beauty work #academicsky
Clematis on our eastern wall #flowers #bloomscrolling
Today: "Alot of Emotions" (With apologies to @alliebrosh.bsky.social)
In need of $, I am scoring standardized test essays. And I am very very grateful to @alliebrosh.bsky.social for the concept of the "Alot." It is keeping me sane. #academicsky
The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson. Trying to get an earlier start on #HugoAward reading this year.
Which sticker should we put on you today? Me: WILL BITE #TagYourself