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@kookykarthik.bsky.social

Tamil. Queer. NB. Literature nerd. Sometimes writer. English PhD student

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Went for such a fun house party last night. Perfect mix of personal conversations, ridiculous dancing and drunkenness. And I don’t have a hangover today. I hope the scientist experimenting on me so I live in this Matrix perfects this formula so this can happen several more times this year.

16.02.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bluesky has all the right political opinions on my feed and feels like a breath of fresh air unlike Twitter’s horrible experience now but I am missing the casualness of Twitter where I could chat with random folks about their lives.

16.02.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I actually enjoyed Kalki 2898 AD. Yes Hindutva adjacent, annoying elements like a very irritating kid and almost all its visuals are too strongly reminiscent of Star Wars, Dune & Mad Max. That said it was entertaining and some moments gave me the dumb thrills of reading Amar Chitra Katha as a kid.

15.02.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rewatched it recently after seeing it years ago and I really appreciated it so much more. It’s being dropped into a fully formed world in a way very few TV pilots since have done.

15.02.2025 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seriously. Thankfully I have some South Indian friends but I need someone to understand when I share trash Vijay vs Ajith memes.

15.02.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Got rejected for a cool thing I really wanted. 😩

15.02.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am such a Peter but being in grad school where all my South Asian friends speak non-Tamil languages has really made me ache to speak Tamil (in person since it still happens over WhatsApp).

15.02.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It will work out!! Fingers crossed.

15.02.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone who knows Sadanand Dhume irl should give him a tight slap. These are rambling school child thoughts written by a prepubescent boy who makes up fake scenarios with toys.

14.02.2025 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Every day there’s something new and horrendous.

12.02.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

MLA 2027. Four of the then-remaining seven tenured literary scholars, all independently wealthy, delight the audience with fresh takes on the "novel of tariffs." Groundbreaking stuff: KnausgΓ₯rd, Rooney, Pynchon. All panelists agree: "These are no Little Dorrit."

02.02.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I would love to see the readings if/when you decide to share them!

03.01.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Maybe in this break I just want to re-read books I love.

14.12.2024 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please stop making cringe videos with that "In the clurb we all fam" audio clip. They are not fun cringe videos. They are deeply sinister.

05.12.2024 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was upset at getting a B for a paper in a subject that is very much my field/interests & I was told by a prof that grades doesn't matter! They might make a very slight stronger case when you're applying to PhDs but even then it's almost entirely based on SOP + writing sample.

05.12.2024 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No! Don't worry too much. Grades matter more when you're solely relying on good college transcripts for PhDs/jobs.

05.12.2024 04:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Attempting to write an autotheory final paper for a course and it's a mess. Here are some fun diary entries when I hooked up with this person. Let's now bring in some JΓ³se MuΓ±oz. "I am afraid of aging as a queer person. Elizabeth Freeman says that...

03.12.2024 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Going to use this essay to explain to my writing and rhetoric students how "I know it when I see it" applies to queer writing particularly when it features a 'gaping hole'.

03.12.2024 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is me all the time with India. 😭

12.12.2023 07:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Re-reading this for a class and I'd forgotten how vibrant & moving this book is.

04.10.2023 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Greenwich Village

02.10.2023 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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