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I got an article provisionally accepted by the Ancient History Bulletin! It's entitled "Incest Laws and Absent Taboos in Roman Egypt" and, basically, deals with the issue of the quiet Roman toleration of the native Egyptian practice of full brother-sister marriage among roughly 20% of the population from 30 BCE-300 CE. I have to make the changes suggested by the reviewer, which are not insignificant, but this is a major, major resume line, as it's my first article, and raises my chances on the job market significantly, and is generally way cool. It's also a big relief, and confirms that I was judging right in sending my most polished (although arguably least interesting) paper to a relatively low-tier journal and hoping.

Of course, as ladybird97 points out, this will so not help my current academic reputation as the "cannibalism and smut girl." Hi folks, my dissertation's on Roman prostitutes, and my one published article's on incest, and the paper I'm giving at the major academic conference and job market this year is on why Roman pornography isn't sexist.

I'm sweet and innocent. Really. Or I used to be. I blame it all on college. Ask anybody.