SapphicScholar

Lesbian academic and writerTalk literature, media, and all things queer with me!

[sapphicscholar]

Avoiding liking posts that have spoilers bc I know some friends can’t watch for a day or two but know I’m smooching all your Hacks finale posts on the mouth consensually

[sapphicscholar]

Hi, wanted to ask you if you're a published author? I assume you can't post all your work here due to privacy issues and I am not pushing for details but I read a lot of your fanfiction and you do have a gift of writing things that are really easy to read and your prose is really light and clear.

I know you're an academic and i read your hacks academia ff and they talk about all academics writing books, so just wanted to ask if you're using your talents in other places too. Hope it was not too convoluted. Have a great day and hope writing things bring you as much joy as it gives me to read them :)

Thanks so much! Yeah, I’ve got quite a few articles (mostly in academic journals, though a few public-facing ones as well) out there, and my first book is officially under contract, which is really exciting and a little scary ahah!

There’s a part of me that always wishes I could share my public stuff here as well, but alas, gotta protect privacy when the government is what it is :(

Hope you’re doing well too and happy hacks finale day!

[sophsun1]

Community – 6.04: Queer Studies & Advanced Waxing

[artofdoubt]

1.07 // 5.07

[sapphicscholar]

There’s a fandom that often writes its main ship as super kinky (sometimes in ways that read as ooc and purely for the sake of being edgier than thou), and just *one* of those kinks—notably, not even one of the violent ones—they always make such a huge effort to disclaim as “not my kink!!!!” “Totally would never be into this myself!!” etc etc

And it’s like….baby, no one is holding you at gunpoint and making you write this kink that is not even in canon! (Also, if we wanna get a little mean about it, this is why those fics are never hot lmao - too much denial, never enough thought about what about it could be a turn on!!)

[elierlick]

This project is too cool! See more at Vice: https://www.vice.com/en/article/ak3z9p/roman-manfredi-butch-photos

“There is a lack of representation of butches and studs in all aspects of mainstream society. I think the reason for that continued invisibility is linked to consumerism, that our identities are not seen as marketable.”

[maniculum]

i am traveling to an academic conference. i just saw a post on my dash that indicates one of my mutuals is attending the same conference.

it would be wrong to use this knowledge to try & blindside someone with an “i like your shoelaces”, right?

(also i have only a vague idea of what said mutual looks like, so there’d be a not-insignificant chance of getting the wrong person.)

[maniculum]

@werewolf-transgenderism

[werewolf-transgenderism]

🫵 IT WAS YOU sorry I was so flustered by getting shoelaced in academia world that I simply had no idea how to respond

[chainofclovers]

This is a poll for people who have been or currently are engaged with fandoms for both historical/period pieces and media set in the modern day. It’s about slut-shaming and slut-shame-adjacent misogyny—particularly when it comes to fan tendencies to vilify women who pose a perceived threat to a ship, but also just in general.

How much fandom slut-shaming and adjacent misogyny do you witness in historical vs. modern-day fandoms?

I witness about the same amount in historical fandoms and modern-day fandoms.

I witness more slut-shaming in historical fandoms than in modern-day ones.

I witness more slut-shaming in modern-day fandoms than in historical ones.

I’ve not noticed slut-shaming in any of my fandoms. (Ed. note: ??????)

I don’t take part in both historical and modern-day fandoms/Bald/See answers.

Voting ended onMay 14

[sapphicscholar]

The worst thing about living in university-owned housing is that the dude I hear having very loud, very short-lasting sex is not just some dude. He is my colleague who I see at faculty senate meetings every month. And that….that is the worst thing in the whole world.

[strawbeb]

it’s not ‘talking to myself’ it’s called a soliloquy you fuck

[saywhatjessie]

#it’s only a soliloquy if it’s in verse #otherwise it’s just a sparkling mental breakdown

[sapphicscholar]

hi I hope this isn’t weird but I’ve been a really big fan of your writing and have been wanting for a while to talk to you but I keep chickening out lol. Hence the anonymous ask, but you’re fantastic and I love your blog :)

Thank you so much!! And I’m always happy to chat (even though I’ll admit I’m really bad about getting swept up in work and forgetting to log in for days/weeks at a time 😬) but I love making fandom friends!

[sapphicscholar]

New fic! You can read it on AO3 here!

[earthnation]

I want to fuck your throat

my thrussy!?!?

[ventrue]

[schakira]

sorry for being dramatic but this post did irreparable damage to the english language

[timebendinglunatic]

Horrible job, everyone! Thank you!

[earthnation]

my bad damn

[marxism-transgenderism]

Happy birthday my thrussy post

[marxism-transgenderism]

Happy 7th birthday my thrussy post

[marxism-transgenderism]

Happy 8th birthday my thrussy post

[marxism-transgenderism]

Happy 9th birthday my thrussy post

[hollowboobtheory]

one thing you need to know about 2014. is that what does the fox say was playing pretty much everywhere you went. and everybody was just relieved it wasn't blurred lines

[hollowboobtheory]

I canot stress enough that those were the only 2 songs in 2014

[carol-esturca]

Deborah considering risking it all after a sip gives her an excuse (4x06 | 5x02)

[rudavoidish]

Y'all if you're American please email your politicians and senators against the parents decide act. I'm fucking begging because we're reaching a tipping point.

[hetrosjistin]

Call or Write Congress About H.R. 8250: Parents Decide Act - GovTrack.us

Quick and easy link to both find your congressmen/women and giving you a quick and easy way to copy / paste the message into it. You want to oppose. It's an act that will demand that all major OS makers integrate a direct forced age verification control into all OS.

[rudavoidish]

I received a comment on this that I figured would be very helpful- it's a template for communicating with your representatives. Be sure to use it for reference

Dear Representative [Name],

I am writing to express my strong opposition to H.R. 8250 (The "Parents Decide Act"). As your constituent and a concerned citizen, I believe this bill introduces unprecedented risks to digital privacy and security.

Specifically, I am alarmed by:

SEC. 2(a)(1)(B): Requiring age verification to even use an operating system creates a mandatory "hardware lockout" that ends anonymous computing and forces users to hand over sensitive identification data to major corporations just to power on their devices.

SEC. 2(a)(3): Mandating that OS providers create a system for all app developers to access verification data is a massive security vulnerability. This effectively creates a centralized API of user identities accessible to thousands of third-party developers, many of whom may lack adequate data protection.

This bill does not protect children; it creates a centralized surveillance infrastructure at the OS level. I urge you to protect the privacy of your constituents and vote NO on H.R. 8250.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your Zip Code]

[willowtree1527]

This is a hell that us down under in Australia are already living in, and it’s not even effective at what it claims to do in protecting children.

Given that, in the wake of this mandatory identification policy, my country seems to be moving to hand over its citizens biometric data, like fingerprints, Face ID files, and identification documents, over to the USA and to ICE to maintain the visa free travel (ESTA) we have, I strongly urge any US resident to send these emails, or make calls.

But if you can’t do that, the most powerful thing you can do is spread the word. Tell your friends, family, coworkers, anyone who can help.

My reach will likely be small, and so I don’t know if this will mean very much in the grand scheme of things, but I cannot stand to see this tracking happen to another population as it did to mine.

And if you think it won’t affect you, it will. All anonymity goes out the window when your accounts can be linked via your personal ID

I wish you all luck in preventing this act from going through.

[anxietyproblem]