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Lecturer US lit Waste gender housework appliances ads politics of nostalgia.Views my own. Book#2: tinyurl.com/3rf4fr Founder literarywaste.com
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    Apr 15, 2022
    I had a brilliant time on @BBCFreeThinking chatting about housework yesterday with @mamaktrue Orielle Sullivan Michèle Roberts and @DrMatthewSweet thanks to the brilliant @torqmac and have so much left to say! Here’s a thread based on my 10yrs’ research on waste+housework (1/?)
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    Oct 11, 2023
    Apparently a lecturer my age saying “lit” is very, very cringe: I watched my students visibly *wince* when I used it (ironically) to describe next week’s class. So my question now is: what other down-with-the-kids slang can I adopt to embarrass them?
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    May 6, 2024
    Let me tell you what kind of a place Cambridge is. Thread.
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    May 6, 2024
    To understand Zadie Smith, you have to understand Cambridge. And its special brand of self-regarding gaslighting.
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    Oct 11, 2023
    Replying to @MrStirlingMaths
    Oh my god, I used to love telling my students that I was going home to read the internet 😂
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    Oct 11, 2023
    Replying to @racheledini1
    Update: please understand that this is a *joke* request, I used the word “lit” ironically, and I am not planning on using these words in my classes or appropriating AAVE. I will block bad-faith replies.
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    Feb 8, 2022
    Thread. I fell down a GC rabbit hole 2 yrs ago. I was lucky enough that some people w/vastly more understanding of the assault on trans rights & its relationship to other right-wing currents took time to speak with me, recommend reading, and explain what I was missing. (1)
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    Feb 7, 2022
    if you’re wading in to an argument about “academic freedom” and basically saying “my very literal interpretation of this motion is that it is fine” and you have no idea about how “academic freedom to discuss sex and gender” has been used repeatedly, please shut up
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    Sep 7, 2022
    Replying to @FranciskaB and @LiliaKilburn
    Because there is no justice.
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    Oct 20, 2022
    Replying to @kjhealy
    Yes, by all means, make it contingent on them telling the class they have cystitis/IBS/period/medication side effects or whatever other concern that is no one’s business might necessitate drinking lots of water or frequent trips to the toilet.
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    May 6, 2024
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    What I will say is that places like Cambridge cannot but shape one into the kind of person who says “hmm, it’s complex” when asked about genocide, or imperialism, or anything that casts doubt on the greatness of British culture. 14/
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    Oct 11, 2023
    Replying to @RosesPaintedRed
    OH MY GOD MY POSSE
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    Aug 27, 2022
    So on August 31, after 5 yrs & 21 days, I am leaving Roehampton. Others on here have already described the heartache of leaving, and it really has been painful seeing post after post announcing these departures. I am verbose though so this will be a thread. 1/
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    Apr 7, 2024
    Replying to @roryisconfused
    That being said I live in terror of his turning to women’s wear, seeing a photo of me and just ripping my outfit to shreds 😂
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    Nov 14, 2020
    The thing I can't stop thinking about is this: HOW are academics who don't have a supportive partner getting thru this autumn hellscape? HOW??
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    @racheledini1
    Sep 26, 2022
    Because you were avoiding doing something else, right? Just like the reason I’m responding to your comment 🤓