think i stared too long into the abyss guys, pretty sure it’s staring back at me

those soggy bottom boys were really onto something

when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare

no one on this bus knows I’m listening to All I Want For Christmas Is You

The birth of the author

House of Leaves update: If I live a thousand years and never again read the description of a woman from Johnny Truant’s pov it’ll be too soon.

David absolutely obliterating the credibility of higher education with his votes, universities will be shut down over this #CelebrityTraitors

i’ve been saying AIs main utility to capitalists is to allow them to bring back all the racism sexism ableism transphobia and every other bigotry under the sun we’ve managed to mitigate in the last century and go “computer did it 🤷‍♀️” when called out for it

romanticising my trip to Lidl by listening to folk music on the bus like I’m in a shitty version of Inside Llewyn Davis

"X shouldn't be political." OK but it is. Now what?

okay as I prepare to pitch this article, what if I did a quick blog about Lily Allen and David Harbour’s interior design

"ELEVATED HORROR" DIRECTOR SEEING ANY WOMAN OVER THE AGE OF 45: ahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AIEEEE!!!! AAAuuUGHHHH!H! OUGHGHGHGGHHGHGHGGHHG

Today I’m engaging in my most vulnerable teaching moment yet: letting students read excerpts from my MA literature review as they work on their own

does anyone have eyes on feathers mcgraw

I’m going to write a dark academia novel about a bunch of PhD students slowly losing their minds to research, meaning they all develop stress eczema and can’t get perlego to work

she’s turned the weans against us #CelebrityTraitors

Celebrity Traitors is more about celebs dealing with their own/each other’s mythology than actually deducing what’s going on, while normal #Traitors is learning that everyone who works in recruitment is secretly Pol Pot

I’ve had enough of celebs interviewing celebs. Not everything needs to be a cozy love fest. Wrap it up.

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it’s doctor, actually

today

my viva/thesis defence is on Tuesday

I thought it was a bird, but it was just a paper bag Hunger hurts And I want him so bad, oh, it kills 'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up

I need Sky Ferreira to put out more music, I CANNOT keep putting Everything Is Embarrassing on playlists in the big 2025

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

we're surrounded by media all the time. How many hours do you spend looking at a screen each day? Why? What is it that draws you in and keeps you there? Don't you think it might be important for someone to research that stuff?

This week in my Intro to Media and Comms Research seminar, 1st year students discussed an article from *2016* where over 60% of newspapers analysed framed Media Studies as a “soft”/“mickey mouse” subject despite credible evidence that Media Studies is both popular and produces successful grads

Modern curse: I hope that [thing u like] becomes a stop on the press junket and loses some of its charm and outsider-looking-in feel. And while you don’t stop listening to it totally, because it’s still [thing u like] and it’s entertaining *enough*, you can tell it’ll never be what it was

Late to the party, but I’m starting Real Housewives of Salt Lake City from the top. Here is what I know in advance: - someone is married to their (step)grandfather - “smells like hospital” - “RECEIPTS, PROOF, TIMELINES” - Jen Shah eventually goes to prison #RHOSLC

I strongly agree with Dorian on this. The “not aimed at me/you” diminishes a good song (or film or book) to a product intended for a particular demographic. When I see it used, I think, oh right, I see the market beat you.

Anyway I’ve been bumping a fair whack of new jack swing and city pop inflected kpop lately, and that’s fun. Big fan of fizzy synths

I didn’t like TTPD at all, so far TLOAS is more enjoyable, dare I say fine. but it isn’t giving showgirl for me. There’s supposed to be glittering on stage to contrast with being sad in the dressing room (and occasionally having fun in the dressing room), but I’m only getting backstage (s/o Goffman)

The area of Manchester where the horrific antisemitic attack took place is one of the few in the UK where Jewish & Muslim ppl both live in large numbers. We must learn from & follow how these communities support each other, as we condemn the attack & send love & solidarity to Jews across the UK

Had my mock viva/thesis defence today and forgot to ask my supervisors whether they think I’ll pass

it’s Monday, let’s get this bread

it's just one fucking thing after another, isn't it?

Scheming Third Wife is back! I couldn’t not write about Weapons and the diamond of the season herself, Aunt Gladys. Read here: open.substack.com/pub/scheming...

why does everyone on TikTok hold their lapel mics like that? this is why we need to invest in the arts.

[David Byrne] He's a handsome, freaky golem. When he dances, it isn't as if he were moving the suit—the suit seems to move him. (1984)

the creature

getting a phd is just one step in my plan to becoming Dr Chase Meridian. The rest of the plan is to become Nicole Kidman in the 90s.

okay mystics, let’s get our heads together on this one

balatro 🌞

'Logan Lucky' released in theaters 8 years ago and this George R.R. Martin joke still holds true today

I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.

A new kind of soothsaying based off reading the patterns of food dropped on the floor

Don’t talk to me until I’ve had my Too Funky - Remastered 2006

GUESS WHO SUBMITTED HER DOCTORAL THESIS FOR EXAMINATION TODAY!!!!