@lizwfab.bsky.social
writer, editor, scholar, cat lover Books: The Computer’s Voice (U Minn, 2020) Robot Suicide (Lexington, 2023) Under the Mistletoe (McFarland, 2024) Worker Bots (U Minn, in progress) LizWFaber.com
Feminism + online dating horror stories??? YES PLEASE.
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You got this!
07.12.2025 03:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0100%
07.12.2025 01:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I believe in you!!
07.12.2025 01:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0You can tell the semester’s over by the way I took 2 multi-hour naps today.
07.12.2025 01:12 — 👍 32 🔁 1 💬 5 📌 1Godspeed, my friend!
06.12.2025 04:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0OH NO
05.12.2025 23:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Me: I remember when these two Russian singers pretended to be lesbians and got super famous, but it was illegal to show gay kissing on TV in the US, so when they kissed on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the camera had to cut away.
Kids: Okay, grandma, let’s get you back to the nursing home.
OOOOOOOOOOF
05.12.2025 23:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Literally me this morning! 😂
05.12.2025 15:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The more I think about this, the more my eyeballs want to pop out of my head
05.12.2025 14:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0WHAT??? HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE????
05.12.2025 14:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Good morning, I managed to put two contact lenses in one eye. And how's your end of semester going?
05.12.2025 14:39 — 👍 35 🔁 0 💬 7 📌 0YIKES!! I'm so sorry that happened! I hope you're doing okay and that that student does some deep reflection on her behavior.
04.12.2025 17:13 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0YES!! Or people say, "You're reaching one student, you just don't know it yet, so keep teaching to that one student." Like, that's not going to sustain us for decades of extremely challenging intellectual and emotional labor.
04.12.2025 17:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And yes, I know this is true for everyone in every job ever. We're having this very specific conversation about this very specific career path right now, so don't come at me with your corporate snark.
04.12.2025 16:57 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0THIS. I'm literally an award-winning author with a decade of teaching experience, but I come to work every day feeling like the biggest failure on earth because I'm struggling while everyone else seems to be inspiring their students like goddamn Robin Williams in Dead Poet's Society.
04.12.2025 16:56 — 👍 29 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0Ugggggggghhhh sorry you had to deal with that!
04.12.2025 01:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Tryna look extra gay so men don’t talk to me at Home Depot
04.12.2025 00:25 — 👍 40 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
me in my pfp vs me on the zoom call
03.12.2025 18:21 — 👍 35 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0Bluesky should have a reward system where I, personally, get a little treat every time I scroll on by a terrible take about AI, without engaging.
03.12.2025 13:12 — 👍 39 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0me, ~20 years ago: "I'm a computer information science major, why is an ethics course part of my core degree requirements?"
me, today: "ah"
*fires up the editing software*
03.12.2025 02:47 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Accurate
02.12.2025 20:58 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A Dogwalker's Christmas Tale is terribly written and the main actors have no chemistry whatsoever, but the film is perfect because it stars SO MANY GOOD DOGS.
02.12.2025 17:47 — 👍 26 🔁 1 💬 5 📌 0
Car temp at 29F
App temp at 37F
Like what?
02.12.2025 15:54 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My car says it's 29F. My weather app says it's 37F. My heart says it's Blanket Weather. My arthritic knees say it's Fuck You and All Your Ancestors.
02.12.2025 15:53 — 👍 25 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
For a lot more on those histories, a case study on mink coats, deep-dives into countless films both classic & under-remembered, a bravura final chapter on Capra & Disney's contrasting career arcs, & much more, check out Vaughn's book! @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Told you so.
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