Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

She/Her.

[itsjustacompass]

Remembering that fandoms are beautiful things. Clean-cut? No. Problematic? Sometimes. Pure? Hopefully. Messy? Early on, yes. Amazing? Usually. Ever-changing? Constantly.

[itsjustacompass]

Störsam

[sarahseeandersen]

[lolmythesis]

Trying to define a field no one has defined and that has no sources.

Principles of Conservation, University College London

“Technical Art History as a Bridge Between Conservation and Art History: Methodology, Development and Assessment”

[academicssay]

[jackalopiel]

I love people with obscure knowledge or useless academic insights. I want to hear your analysis of lighting in Ratatouille. Tell me about the history of soda pop or the references to classical mythology in Macbeth. I want to know about the underlying homoerotic context of that 1930s sci-fi paperback. I think all knowledge is worthwhile knowledge. Explain to me the ecosystems that komodo dragons inhabit. Don't be afraid to learn for the sake of learning.

[candybanshee]

towards a gentle academic

be up front and honest about the things you do not know

acknowledge the intrinsic value of others’ knowledge bases, even if they do not seem important to you from your institutional context

do not feign mastery where you have none

respect the gaps in others’ knowledge bases

be generous, not only with others

but also with yourself

you overwork yourself at the risk of legitimizing a culture of overwork 

privilege voices and perspectives that have historically been left out of the academy

nothing is ever neutral or apolitical

support the progress of other scholars

collaboration over competition

[ravenclawravings]

Ravenclaw: Alright, time to write this essay.

Ravenclaw's Brain: Sorry, I can't.

Ravenclaw: But the due date is approaching.

Brain: Sorry, today we can only write a 10k analysis on your favorite piece of children's media.

Ravenclaw: Oh.

[itsjustacompass]

Me: Is *thing* yay or nay?

Brain: Ask a friend.

Me: Hey friends. *shows thing* Yay or nay?

Friend 1: Probably yay.

Friend 2: Probably nay.

Brain: ... Yeah, good luck with that.

[legogradstudent]

Spotting a student on her phone in the front row, the grad student begrudgingly respects how little she cares about the class.

[academicssay]

[rob-walks-deactivated20210614]

[allthingslinguistic]

New favourite example of Latin morphology being semi-transparent to English speakers. 

[academicssay]

[allthingslinguistic]

New favourite example of complex structure: OREO. 

[academicssay]

“It’s not the resolution I would have made.” - Reviewer 2

[linguist-breakaribecca]

Structural Ambiguity of the Day

[allthingslinguistic]

New favourite example of structural ambiguity: At Milwaukee’s cat cafe, you can eat, drink and pet cats. 

[phonaesthemes]

THOSE ARE BACK VOWELS NOT WIDELY-SPACED BOOBS I S2G TUMBLR

[linguist-breakaribecca]

They’re coming for the vowel chart!!!

[allthingslinguistic]

idk I mean those mid-central vowels are pretty…curvaceous