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Performing Gender Normativity and Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources and Iconographic Evidence This article contributes to the emerging field of Queer Death Studies by offering a queer analysis of the gendered performances of mourners during the Roman funeral through an examination of subversio...

NEW in #TRAJ Vol. 8:

Performing Gender Normativity & Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources & Iconographic Evidence by Jessica Tilley

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Performing Gender Normativity and Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources and Iconographic Evidence This article contributes to the emerging field of Queer Death Studies by offering a queer analysis of the gendered performances of mourners during the Roman funeral through an examination of subversio...

Check out my new article in @traj-journal.bsky.social !
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No one tell my cats #catsofarchaeology

I absolutely believe that. Better hide under more clothing —then women will finally be taken seriously! 😒 People really have so much audacity when it comes to making comments about women just trying to do their jobs.

Recently I was talking to a publisher about turning my dissertation into a book and I was told that I need to not delay revisions because “when you have children they’ll take up a lot of your time.” I’m not having children… I wonder if any male academic has been told this before #academicbluesky

Kudos to @jmweigel.bsky.social for the conversation about parallels to Roman imperial portraiture.

“Why are they depicting an 80 year old as super buff?”

*camera pans to every scholar of Rome tearing out their hair*

#ancientbluesky

Kudos to @jmweigel.bsky.social for the conversation about the parallels to Roman imperial imagery.

“Get in losers, we’re *saving academia*” #ancientbluesky

Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

🥹 thank you

This is basically how Italy operates (but it’s more like 20 minutes for dillydallying)

Hahahaha you’re the best

Officially passed my dissertation defense today! What a strange feeling.

Kerria @Kerria The more things change, the more they stay the same. BOSS Across the Ages Pod E @_A... • 23h 4th century BCE Greek mug. The Etrusci Museum of Villa Giulia.

I’m going to show this to people who think the Egyptians, Mayans, and Khmer all had pyramids because of aliens.

Fighting back also looks like community resource sharing and mutual aid.

“The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.” —Wael Ghonim

👏 👏 👏

“hey we need you to carve an inscription into this funerary stele finial, you’ve done that before right?” “………..yes”

Columbia University Associate Professor Joseph Howley speaks in defense of Mahmoud Khalil | Maktoob YouTube video by Maktoob

OMG look:
A tenured Classicist with a conscience;
A tenured Classicist with a working moral compass;
A tenured Classicist with courage;
A tenured Classicist worthy of respect;
@illdottore.bsky.social: Merci!
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Posting late, but the turnout of tens of thousands in London was heartening ✊. Continued mass protests around the world show that we refuse to back down from speaking out against genocide. I was moved by the large Jewish community and their words for peace and their demand: Never Again, for Anybody.

While we're all here, here's a reminder that the Women in Classics list exists. If you want to follow many AMAZING women, check it out!

And! Let me know if you fit the criteria (women and classics very broadly!) and I'll add you! #ClassicsBluesky

Ah, thank you!! I will check this out. And I am always interested in materiality. When I start digging in to things more thoroughly I will definitely reach out about the figurines you’re working with. Appreciate this.

Currently thinking about ancient witchcraft, spinsters, professional mourners, and economic autonomy of women for a future article. If anyone has any reading recs on the intersection of any these things (especially more modern ethnography), please send my way! 🧙✨

‘Flatly authoritarian’: New video shows masked agents arresting Tufts student YouTube video by MSNBC

"A terrified young student, snatched off the street by a masked police force taken thousands of miles across the country without anyone knowing. It is as flatly authoritarian as anything we have ever seen in this country," says Chris Hayes on Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk's detention.

Hell yeah good luck!

Post diss submission life is good when you live in Greece (working on article revisions so not THAT good, but still good 😉)

I’d love to be added! Defending a PhD in Classics (Roman funerary practices) in 2 weeks 🥰

There are cat beds all over this apartment, but if the cats say this decorative basket is a bed, it’s a bed.

Spot the column drums from the Temple of Poseidon that rolled down the hill at Sounio