Tatyana “Tanya” Kostochka

Tell me you need more women on your marketing team without telling me…

Today, at a clinic, the doctor asked me: “have you had any giddiness?”
And I said: “No. I freaking wish!”
And he was like: 😅 ok.

And that’s how I found out that “giddy” can just mean “dizzy.”

Being hated is not the same as being oppressed.

Can we normalize philosophers actually citing their audio/video sources? I know citing a comedy set might involve you having to do some googling on how to do it… but without it, I have no idea which show you’re actually talking about. This is undergrad level.

There’s a man in this coffeeshop with his phone on loud and his ringtone is the classic Hello Moto tone. Every time his phone rings, all my teen trauma comes right back.

A Little Mood Music: On the Relationship between Musical and Psychological Moods Abstract. We regularly talk about music as if it has moods or, at least, expresses moods. However, the relationship between psychological and musical moods

Very pleased to announce that my article about moods in music has now been published in the British Journal of Aesthetics. Heartfelt thanks 🥰🥰 to all who helped me think about the topic. Find it here: track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...

Sure. But can’t talk about it. 🤣

Today, I closed about 60 of the 400 open tabs on my phone browser. What did YOU accomplish that could possibly rival this?

I have been away from Delhi, in Europe, for two weeks. You may wonder how, if at all, my Instagram ads have changed in this time. Well, apparently Instagram now thinks I’m from Mumbai.

They have switched to “Let It Go” from Frozen.

Current mood: grading final papers at a coffeeshop and the staff is playing “My Heart Will Go On” for the second time in a row on full blast. Also, I’m the only patron in the coffeeshop.

Bus with the display sign at the top that reads “BREAKDOWN.”

In Delhi, this is what buses display when they’re out of order and like, same, bus, same.

The thing I learned from teaching Fazang’s Rafter Dialog is that my students do not know what rafters are. They are not people on rafts.

If a reviewer questions the argument of your paper, you can borrow this from Schopenhauer: “This explanation is entirely sufficient for me as well as satisfactory for my investigation, and will be equally insightful to those who have followed me thus far and agreed with my view of the world.”

ten cat paintings. they are mostly relaxed and medium haired. all pretty chonky

tag yourself which cat of the qianlong emperor would you have favored (he imported an italian man to paint at court these were done by him)

My resolution this year and going forward is to stop saying “Buddhism” when I mean to talk about multiple Buddhist tradition and say “Buddhisms” instead. Thoughts welcome.

Overheard at a bookseller. A kid was looking at some pretty bookmarks. Their mother turns to them and goes: “no. These are for people who read books.”

Really feeling how wonderful my job is today. I get to come into campus and just talk to students about interesting topics. What a dream!

Re-reading Sartre’s “Existentialism is a Humanism.” He says we can’t use the strength of our feelings to make our choices because we can only judge strength of feeling by our choices. This whole argument is giving never-been-to-therapy vibes.

The Pink Guide to Taking Philosophy classes (ocw.mit.edu/courses/24-0...) has a handy—though not very long—section on revising!