@ToniTileva

CulturalAnthro PhD, Lecturer, Bulgarian immigrant, FOOD/Feminism/Word Nerd/Humor/Classical Texts. Expert cruciverbalista. Views delightfully own. Lighten up.

 Washington, DC
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Joined March 2014
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I am genuinely thrilled (or positively chuffed, as some say) I will be one of the profs teaching The Examined Life this fall. american.edu/magazine/the-ex… #highered

The Examined Life

Classic texts, modern questions: How SPA’s Lincoln Scholars program reimagines the human condition

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#crossword Rounds of the night table? bar tab. Party animal? pinata. Alt tab? LSD.
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npr.org/2026/08/02/nx-s1-589… I love Vegemite, but not on toast. Too salty that way.
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npr.org/2026/10/17/nx-s1-597… #Weddings are expensive. How about a grocery store #cake? Valid!
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'Speed' derives from the Old English 'spēd,' which referred to good fortune/success. This sense of 'speed' lives on in 'Godspeed': "God spede you" = "God prosper you" We hope this brings you up to speed.
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Lyz Lenz@lyzlOct 19
I'm so glad these guys are cooking. But statistically, the cooking gap is growing, and globally, men are actually doing less cooking than they were even a few years ago. (Except in Italy.) npr.org/sections/health-shot…

Worldwide, women cook twice as much as men: One country bucks the trend

A new gallop survey finds the gender gap in home cooking has widened. Globally, women cook an average of 9 meals per week, compared to 4 meals for men. And some countries have bigger gaps than others.

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Luke Winkie@luke_winkieOct 18
I wrote a story about how basically every man I know in my station of life — millennial, in a long term relationship, in possession of a fake email job — does all the cooking in their relationship, which is something I have a lot of theories about.
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#crossword Useful tips for writers? erasers.
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In a 1911 interview, Thomas Edison famously described Marie Curie’s discovery of radium as "an accident." What an OG hater! :)
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“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet” — Plato. Clearly, he hasn't met me because I am very rarely able to wax poetic.
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#crossword Taught me the portmanteau no-tell motel. Hah!
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#crossword Line of passengers? Are we there? Things that ships, computers, and wine retailers have in common: ports. Role for one who picks the melody? lead guitar.
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A gourdeous #wordplay! #puns
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We should really bring back "Egad!" into popular dismay-expressing parlance. I will do my part, by Jove and/or Zeus! #language
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#crossword Carnivore vs. vegetarian? food scrap. Cutting edge of fashion? hem. King with a touching story? Midas.
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Facts.
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#crossword High concept? cloud nine. They explain what's in the cards: tarot readings. Complimentary lines: ode.
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Talking to my students about The Clouds: "Strepsiades is kind of portrayed like the Athens version of Homer Simpson." #ancientgreece
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This rumination brought to you by reading the interview with Ashley St. Clair and her usage of the term "slide into my DMs": nytimes.com/2026/10/09/movie…

She Was Offered $40 Million for Silence on Elon Musk. She Spoke Out Instead.

In the documentary “Musk,” Ashley St. Clair, a former right-wing influencer and mother of one of Musk’s children, speaks about her relationship with him.

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Putting on my #language nerd hat for a sec: origin of the term "slide into my DMS"--"sent me a DM" conveys the message just as well. But the furtive connotation of the verb slide. Plus think of the gender aspect of this: do women "slide" into men's DMs.
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Huge shoutout to @ArlingtonVALib for ordering @Megadeth @DaveMustaine's "In My Darkest Hour." Looking forward to reading it :)
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