Rebecca Munson

This for me is peak meme. Everyone else go home. @Shakespeare themarysue.com/distracted-ham…

My childhood best friend (who isn’t on here) flew in like a force of nature to get me from inpatient on Thursday to chemo on Friday to a plane to STL right now so that I can start radiation as soon as possible. She’s the best person I know and I’m sure glad she’s on MY side!!

New edited volume on #DigitalHumanities "examines the process of history in the narrative of [DH] and deconstructs its history as a straight line from the beginnings of humanities computing." Free download available:

Yes, even after my 3-day hospital stay for a stroke/brain metastasis I am getting chemo today. The worried look isn’t just facial paralysis but I’m confident I won’t have the same thing happen as last week! Send me further BAMF points anytime!

(To clarify, I actually am stunned by how well this came out given that it’s not filtered, I’ve been in hospital for 2 days with no shower, makeup, or fresh clothes and that the right side of my face is numb. But the overall point about cancer in the media stands.)

Second hospital day with a month of hair growth, new brain metastases, and a crooked smile from facial paralysis from a freakin’ stroke (but I’m telling people it’s from a knife fight). Cancer isn’t always pink or cute or curable. But I want it visible anyway.

Fuller details to come when I can on these very hard past 6 weeks of medical stuff. 💜

Now what costume should this hair become:

@matthewdlincoln Omg yes!! I’m fascinated by the gendered horniness of the show. Very few het bodies/sex scenes are actually shot as desirable. Straights are kept around instead for the (2010s) taboo of implied MMF sex. Meantime there’s vampire Erik casually full frontal while reading a book.

@Shxperienced for the next episode of our dating podcast: the number of times True Blood was used on me for Netflix & chill during grad school! What a distillation of early 2010s horniness.

You know what’s an excellently dumb show to rewatch while stuck in the hospital? True Blood. Thank you, 2008-2014.

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Actually though, I always felt this show was our own example of the MOST camp and gory and sexy Jacobean plays…it’s what Ford, Webster, etc. would have done if they had TV. Also there was an entire season about the Eucharist controversy in the vampire church.

@arsduo Nonsense! Jacob will get him one day! (Before this pic my dad did say to Percy, “well, it’s ok as long as I don’t pet you.’”)

@Shxperienced Hooray for your dad's openness -- mine genuinely means it when he says he doesn't want cuddles from Jacob 🙄

Shoutout to this fine example of Dads and the pets they say they don’t want / won’t accept on their lap / claim not to want to cuddle. (And a reminder that I miss Percy every single day.)

@HobbsBagley My best wishes for good fortune and as little pain and difficulty as possible. No one wants or should have to do this, but we endure.

Six weeks off treatment means the cancer is currently winning. Let’s hope this new chemo changes that!

@avoiding_bears Now THIS take is digital humanities!

@alibestie (Silly me you just said first dose. So we’ll find out together!)

@alibestie Yes, exactly! I got 7 months from it and initially it worked GREAT before doing a nosedive. How long ago did you start this one? Sending you all the best fortune and as little pain/discomfort as is possible.

nasa employee: oh hey jeff you’re back early jeff bezos: moon’s unionized nasa employee: what? jeff bezos: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s unionized