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I'm super stoked to have this project out in the world! Here's to more trans research by and for trans folks in the near and infinite future 🏳️‍⚧️🎇

Does reading fiction still improve empathy if every character in the book is a fucking asshole? Asking for a friend.

Why is it always Reviewer 2? Whyyyyyyyy

I understand the arguments for tenure but please for the love of god there needs to be a way to limit access to students and teaching jobs for some of these profs.

Will we ever stop making films about the regrets of white men?

Reads of 2024 - Asian authors, a 🧵 #readinginreview #books #asianauthors #asianbrilliance

Turns out that washing your face twice a day does, in fact, make a difference.

Excited to get back to the library after a week off. BRING ON THE BOOKS.

sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY

#PhDlife is like going on a long hike, getting to the top, and thinking you’re done and can rest only to realize that there’s actually a whole other mountain to climb. The grind continues, with naps and snacks a-plenty of course.

The last assignment has been handed in! It’s time to sleep sleep sleep 😴

Happy last week of classes to all who celebrate! 🎉 #phdsky #phdlife #academia

Spaghetti squash really does have the audacity.

As PhD students everywhere attempt to survive their final projects of the term, may I remind us all: Nothing that academia can offer you is worth losing your mental and physical health over. Take the nap, go for the walk, watch the movie. The work will be there when you return. #phdlife #balance

Music that moved me this year, a 🧵

Takeaways from #Alien, the #movie: 1. Men will choose death and their own discomfort over giving power up to a woman. 2. Corporations will always choose profit over people; #unionize. 3. The cat deserves an Oscar.

Is the story of Alien just ‘men not listening to women and making hasty decisions out of discomfort’? #alien #movie #cinematiceducation

While the reading year is not done yet, my reading has significantly slowed down because #phdlife and also the #wicked soundtrack. So I’m going to spend the next few weeks and create some reading list threads. Today is best juvenile/middle grade fics 🧵

Sometimes a PhD day is working a half day at your regular job and then taking a nap. #phdlife

Your pulse is rushing? Your head is reeling? Your face is flushing? Girl, I fear you are gay. #wicked #enemiestolovers #sapphic #whatisthisfeeling

Ok but can we talk about how Elphaba not only says she doesn’t want a future with the wizard once she understands that future to be unjust, but she says she CAN’T want it any more? That’s the profound truth of having a real justice and liberation framework. Once you know, you cannot desire it.

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Librarian: I don’t have a cup but I can help you find every resource to ever exist on what a cup is; how to use and create one; and the political, historical, and sociological significance of cups as dish ware.

This! One of my favourite librarian tasks is putting in purchase requests for people so we get the exact books folks want and need 💖

When you’re stuck on a project or manuscript, sometimes you just need to talk it out with a friend who has ✨no clue✨ what you’re working on. Explaining context and your inner thought processes to someone is such a game changer! #phdlife #phdsky #academicwriting

Every colonized place has a freaking Georgetown.

Ok but Glinda is the perfect example of how Yt people are obsessed with being perceived as good instead of actually being good. #wicked #wickedmovie

And beware that it only works if you have not already ovulated! Obviously take it anyways but be prepared for it not to work depending on where in your cycle you are. We keep us safe.

Does anyone else strategically dress for fear sweats when guest lecturing/presenting? Just me? #phdlife #academia #whyy

If you can’t explain a concept to a fourth grader, do you even really understand it?

Why are academics so intent on using jargon?! I can’t get over how even we can’t understand each other across disciplines 😤🫠 #phdlife #academics #academia #wecreateourownhell

I did not follow my own advice and make use of my public library today… There’s always tomorrow 🫡📒 #phdlife #phdsky #stillgotstuffdone #justalsocapitalismed

And let them read anything! Graphic novels, audiobooks, magazines, fact books, joke books! There’s so much more to literacy (and subsequent life skills) than being able to sound out words on a page 📖📚📒

With Canada’s politics never far behind the States, this makes me wonder how librarians in Canadian higher ed can prepare and organize in ways that actually undermine the Education Industrial Complex towards actual liberation for students… #critlib #leftistlibrarians #academiclibraries

Me in my echo chamber

PSA for all PhD students: make use of your public library! Free wifi, free study space, free body doubling for those who need. Sincerely, A student and librarian who just wants people to be able to work without opting into capitalism at their local cafe every freaking day #phdsky #publiclibraries