Beth Quitslund

@profqueue.bsky.social

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Ren/Ref English literature professor and petty bureaucrat. Likes books, bibles, cats, doggerel, shiny objects. Wife, mom, friend to humans. Low-emoji vibe. Professional DMs only.

Photo of apple pie showing crust slumped over the edge of the pan in democratic exhaustion

Photo of protesters accompanying NYT text "Thousand of people took part in 'No Kings' rallies across the U.S. yesterday," understating turnout by three orders of magnitude.

Screenshot of skeet from Merriam-Webster saying "Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026." The word pictured is "smol."

Dozens of Asian ladybeetles crawling on an external window frame. Or a horror movie storyboard.

Grey tabby sitting on unfolded and mostly flat cardboard that had been a box.

Demented cat standing amid sewing supplies on a length of peach colored satin and chewing on the top of a bottle of fabric glue.

Peeps rabbits with protest signs reading "Give Peeps a chance" "Visualize world Peeps," and other blurred messages in front of a silouette of the Seattle skyline.

Marble sculpture of St Paul at the Sienna Duomo by Michelangelo (1503-4)

Protestors holding signs along E State St in Athens, OH, with the photographer's head in the lower right corner of what was supposed to be a selfie.

Screenshot of headline and subhead from The Chronicle of Higher Education reading " The NIH is Canceling Grants for Research About Trans People. At least a half-dozen research grants were terminated by the NIH, which said that 'programs based on gender identity are often unscientific.'"