English Prof and Director of American Studies at Boston University. Gay dad and husband. 2024-2025 NEH fellow for “The Racialization of Print,” forthcoming from OIEAHC & UNC Press. https://www.josephrezek.com/https://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mx3o3ihvws2xThe kids are in bed so it’s time to rest my neck on this electric heating pad and read FRANKENSTEIN05 Oct 2026 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3o3ihvws2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mx3ns4yrrs2xIt just boggles my mind that anyone in any state believed he or the GOP would actually improve their lives. I hope the lesson gets through. They don’t and never have cared about ordinary people.05 Oct 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3ns4yrrs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mx2owxka7s2hThe twins turned 10!! But they will always be my babies 😭❤️04 Oct 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx2owxka7s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mx2owxka7s2hThe twins turned 10!! But they will always be my babies 😭❤️04 Oct 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx2owxka7s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mx2ihk3zzs2qI just told some dads here that my child is “auditioning” for the basketball team. Being a gay parent is hard!!!04 Oct 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx2ihk3zzs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mwy7jc4mic2oIf you’re in office, you can lead. Just saying. It’s possible!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwy7jc4mic2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mwy4ncsr7s2wBefore Starbucks ruined coffee shops this is basically what we did all the time at independent coffee places. Just sitting their for hours reading, often at night, whenever we wanted [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwy4ncsr7s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mwxwkqfgn22wAn uber could be $15 or $85 who’s to know???03 Oct 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxwkqfgn22whttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mwxupxcfgc2wI hope every single Democrat is traumatized enough by wrong polls over the years that they ignore these and vote anyway!!!03 Oct 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxupxcfgc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mwwh5b2h2k2kI got to show my 9yo twins Jurassic Park for the first time this fall and it was a top ten parental event. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwh5b2h2k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mwwa6cqqos2tThere are no epigraphs in my book. Not a single one. Zero.02 Oct 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwa6cqqos2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mww7gnrwsk2tI see this kind of thing and laugh too but also wonder if we deserve anything as a species except extinction. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mww7gnrwsk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mww7bpua2k2tDon’t worry! I’ve got plenty of battles in the remaining footnotes! Knives out!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mww7bpua2k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mww6gh3t322tI just cut from my footnotes a petty critique of an another scholar’s argument on a very niche topic.02 Oct 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mww6gh3t322thttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mwvtqaueyc2tThe email that announced our university’s switch from Zoom to Teams went to everyone’s junk mail.02 Oct 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvtqaueyc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mwu4fyo42k23NEWS: Governor Kathy Huchol of NY appoints the state attorney general Leticia James special prosecutor in the Cornell rape case, effectively removing the local DA. Hochul cites “serious questions” about the Cornell PD’s initial investigation and the DA’s earlier decision not to prosecute.02 Oct 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwu4fyo42k23https://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mwtnt7wbik2pI spent three weeks manually collating Frederick Douglass’s NARRATIVE and MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM - line by line, word by word, for this 25 page section of my book. And someone recently said to me “But couldn’t AI have done—-“ and NO. Nope. You’ll see! You’ll see what I have done.01 Oct 2026 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtnt7wbik2phttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mwuaa4glss2z⬇️⬇️⬇️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwuaa4glss2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mwu5af4qo22zIn a new terrifying essay Bill Gates says AI is on track to ruin everybody’s life. This is is not “AI will lead to apocalypse” this is “AI will materially ruin the lives of most people in our country and on the planet if we don’t stop it.” It’s like the Pope’s encyclical without a God https://www.gatesnotes.com/a-turbulent-ai-era-and-critical-choices-to-make02 Oct 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwu5af4qo22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rezekjoe.bsky.social/post/3mwu4fyo42k23NEWS: Governor Kathy Huchol of NY appoints the state attorney general Leticia James special prosecutor in the Cornell rape case, effectively removing the local DA. Hochul cites “serious questions” about the Cornell PD’s initial investigation and the DA’s earlier decision not to prosecute.02 Oct 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:37m5h6wl2dh2wqiyncbpzpmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwu4fyo42k23