Gillian Gower, PhD

A chihuahua sitting on the back of a gray sofa like she’s part of the gallery wall above it

Put her in the Louvre

That sounds really tough, Carrie. Thinking of you and your family 🩷

Prospection, I think

No need to thank me! Your Tori Amos dissertation sounds amazing

Grammarly Offering Manuscript Reviews by AI Versions of Recently Deceased Professors The Grammarly "Expert Review" feature uses AI to provide feedback on papers using the name and work of real professors, dead or alive.

Daily reminder that calling ai dead labor and stolen labor is literal.

"Galileo prayed each time he sat down with The Almagest." I like this idea that, when assessing the universe & the centuries of human endeavors to understand it, we are in the presence of something that is itself miraculous.

All these companies are like "We can't just turn these chatbot services off," really, I'm old enough to remember Vine

ok but does it look like I am writing, like, ever?

why would your brain worm try to radicalize Massachusetts and the outer boroughs of NYC like this

warning: you are not writing right now

FAMILIAR

For a short time in history, academics engaged in a mashup of everyday commenting and 'real' academic work. We called it the social media period of academia.

I like the idea of a University of Bluesky in the sense that many of us are part of a virtual res publica litteraria these days. I haven't (and likely won't) meet all of you in person ever, but I read your research, hints, comments, problems, and puns, even your bad jokes.

Putting my academic joy out there instead of my academic shame and grief because it’s so much bigger and I am 💖✨ manifesting ✨💖

Thank you! I’m not all-in on alt ac yet but we’ll see

My sincere pleasure. Your dog is v cute btw

yes

mastered out of the PhD, I assume

Putting my academic joy out there instead of my academic shame and grief because it’s so much bigger and I am 💖✨ manifesting ✨💖

While I’m at it, there isn’t one of you whose research does not interest me or whose classes I would not like to take/audit/visit/otherwise sit in on. It is just really an honor to be around so many smart, thoughtful, creative people. It’s all I’ve ever wanted tbh

lfg

fellow academic shitpoasters 🖤

Sorry for the sincere post but I love you all even if I only know you by the pun in your handle

Should've added alt-ac mutuals, too. Scholarly editors, adjuncts, ex-acs all rallying together for our values is just the best.

Very grateful to all of my academic mutuals, whether you're a professor or independent scholar. Grateful to the folks who aren't my mutuals, too. The University of Bluesky is truly one of my favorite things.

I also do not care for it, particularly when it's coming from people who have no fucking clue what they're talking about

The slippages of this word have not been great! Making my classes more accessable has opened them up to surveillance and theft and I do not care for it!

Trying to stay in academia has been so demoralizing even without [waves hands]. And yet every time I log onto this website I'm met by a diverse community of scholars working in a broad range of fields, all of whom believe in and fiercely advocate for a better academy. What could be more hopeful?

it's a sign of how badly we've collectively failed people with ADHD imo

This is so bleak.

The desire for the One Tool That Will Fix Me™️ is so strong when you've spent years burning through tools everyone else swears by.