academics having to write 10,000 words, mark 60 essays and write a book review all in 2 weeks

someone asked today how much *I* was paying to get my book published and all I could think about was this scene

he’s reading ☺️

I'm excited that this is out now - 'Beyond Pronouns: Gender Visibility and Neutrality across Languages' by Iz González Vázquez, Martina Rosola, and myself. It's great to be published alongside so many amazing chapters!! global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Coming soon: a 3 year postdoctoral fellowship at The Institute for Ethics in AI and Corpus Christi College for a moral philosopher working on AI Ethics. More soon.

good morning 💅

Daisy Dixon 1995: 'Aww poor Homer he's going to be stuck in that dead-end job forever'

2024: 'Man, I wished I had that level of job security'

this scene in the Simpsons totally catches me off guard every time 😭

More amazing artworks have been uncovered at Pompeii, buried in an eruption from Mount Vesuvius in AD79. The frescos are among the finest yet found. Figures such as Helen of Troy are depicted on the walls of a large banqueting hall. BBC News (UK)
bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

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me on my way to work on May Day 🌸

“Climate change is the biggest challenge we face, I hope that this photograph also inspires hope” - Nima Sarikhani

this week I gave a lecture and seminars on toxic beauty standards & oppression but still took 1.5 hours each morning getting ready and putting on makeup, stupid irony 🤷‍♀️

📚 My 'Fictions that don't tell the truth' is now out (OA) in 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀. I review several literary examples (spanning from JL Borges to the Turner Diaries) to explore the distinction between *fictions* and *lies*
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

the one time I went to the Louvre I avoided the Mona Lisa as an act of rebellion - there’s art for art’s sake but there’s also fame for fame’s sake