Rocío
@rocio.bsky.social
Speaks four languages but mostly swears in Danish. Has been known to leave Manhattan. All opinions are my own.
It’s almost like if people tell you that to win you have to turn your back on poor people, or Muslims, or trans people, or immigrants, you can just say, “no, that’s immoral, we’re not doing that,” and keep doing good old fashioned organizing and campaigning and things will be ok
My post is up! Thanks to the editors of The Polyphony and to @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and @oliviaglaze.bsky.social for providing a space to discuss how past cultural narratives are shaping our present.
The Polyphony @the-polyphony.bsky.social · 10mo agoIn Part 4 of the @readingbodies.bsky.social takeover, @rocio.bsky.social discusses the colonial legacies of nineteenth-century medical metaphors and demonstrates their ongoing relevance for the present day. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/23/m...
So excited to be part of this volume along some very talented people! Thanks again @katharinemurphy.bsky.social & @oliviaglaze.bsky.social for the opportunity!
Liverpool University Press@livunipress.bsky.social · 11mo agoThe latest JRS special issue explores multilingual & transcultural narratives of health and illness in European literatures (1870s–1960s+). Read the introduction to the issue #OpenAccess. ➡️ bit.ly/JRS-Reading-Bodies @ilcs.bsky.social @katharinemurphy.bsky.social @profstevenwilson.bsky.social
My new year resolution is to use ‘ontology’ and ‘epistemology’ knowingly rather than confidently
Sledding in Central Park on Christmas Eve is what childhood memories are made of.
Miracle on 34th Street: Me just getting tickets to Santaland in Herald Square
Gisèle, may your life be full of love, dignity and healing. I’m so sorry you had to be so brave
I still have no intention of watching White Lotus because I live on the upper east side and deal with enough awful rich white people
Look maybe Hell doesn’t exist but also there are two Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas albums
‘We will continue to seek moments of hope’ is my new motto ❤️
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2y agoA statement from The Onion about InfoWars.
Teaching a class to SF students. Halfway through a picture frame starts shaking behind one of my students’ walls. ‘Is that an earthquake?’ he shouts out to housemate. It is. We continue. They all agree to grab a burrito after class. Did I just stumble into an SNL sketch on California
No one cares about your no one cares about your Spotify Wrapped comments
Found myself joking this morning about how new arrivals are ‘drops’ these days how everyone keeps ‘dropping things’ which is frankly quite careless lol and yes I guess I should start checking out senior care facilities
I guess someone was dreaming of a white Christmas apple.news/AY6B8EvABTTW...
$40 million worth of cocaine found during traffic stop in Western Illinois — Chicago Sun-Times
State police found more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine inside a semi-trailer during a stop Friday on Interstate 80 in Geneseo. Two men from Canada were charged with cocaine trafficking.
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Me: should we go and see Santa? My seven year old: you know it’s not real Santa, right? You’re just taking a picture of your child next to a stranger
New glasses from when I’m not wearing lenses. And yes, they match my Ruby Woo lipstick
Death, taxes and my mother telling the same joke that nobody ever laughs at during every family gathering for the last 20 years because THIS time things will be different
Hats off to the woman buying a frozen turkey at 11am, this is the delusional optimism we all need rn #DefyingGravity
Also if you’re an American follower whose favourite Thanksgiving dish is turkey, please let me know! Every year I conduct an informal survey amongst students and NO ONE has ever picked turkey
Really looking forward to not hearing your endless airplane stories!
Also I guess I’m back on Bluesky now that a large number of people decamped here recently
I love that week in fall when people in NYC pull out their Good Coats
Thank for all your birthday wishes! Age feels better than it looks. Also the children insisted we have birthday cake for breakfast so I’m certainly feeling very awake this Monday morning. And last but not least, my darling husband gave me the most ‘welcome to NYC’ present🗽 🚕 🥨
To mark Juneteenth, here’s a poem by one of my favourite Black writers, Clint Smith:
