Anna Oleszczuk
@annaoleszczuk.bsky.social
researcher | translator | geek | she/they 🏳️🌈🍉
sf | fantasy | comics | gender and queer theory | intersectional feminism
face/name blind & appreciating re-intros
semi-permanently in: Poland
sf | fantasy | comics | gender and queer theory | intersectional feminism
face/name blind & appreciating re-intros
semi-permanently in: Poland
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Anna Oleszczuk
@annaoleszczuk.bsky.social
· Nov 17
I was discussing my writing process at one of the conference lunches and the use of writing-on-paper as a way of making my adhd brain happy and ppl wanted to know more, so this thread is for academics (and writers) who struggle with big projects:
#ADHDwriting Thread for #academicsky
#ADHDwriting Thread for #academicsky
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Hot take: Watchmen and Dark Knight only resonate when you understand the tropes they are breaking. Otherwise they are just brutal. Their big claim to fame was “ comics have grown up” Using them as examples of what will “get a kid into comics” is exactly what they are not made for.
August 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Hot take: Watchmen and Dark Knight only resonate when you understand the tropes they are breaking. Otherwise they are just brutal. Their big claim to fame was “ comics have grown up” Using them as examples of what will “get a kid into comics” is exactly what they are not made for.
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"If you saw someone stealing food, no you didn't"
Poster spotted in Cronulla, Sydney
Poster spotted in Cronulla, Sydney
August 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"If you saw someone stealing food, no you didn't"
Poster spotted in Cronulla, Sydney
Poster spotted in Cronulla, Sydney
The Krasheninnikov Volcano: erupts in Kamchatka, sending shitton of ash in the air
My Mom two days ago: this might affect your flight, you know
Finnair while ppl are boarding in Haneda: 🤫
Also Finnair, minutes after everyone goes phone mode: sooo... this flight is gonna take 15 hours oopsie
My Mom two days ago: this might affect your flight, you know
Finnair while ppl are boarding in Haneda: 🤫
Also Finnair, minutes after everyone goes phone mode: sooo... this flight is gonna take 15 hours oopsie
August 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The Krasheninnikov Volcano: erupts in Kamchatka, sending shitton of ash in the air
My Mom two days ago: this might affect your flight, you know
Finnair while ppl are boarding in Haneda: 🤫
Also Finnair, minutes after everyone goes phone mode: sooo... this flight is gonna take 15 hours oopsie
My Mom two days ago: this might affect your flight, you know
Finnair while ppl are boarding in Haneda: 🤫
Also Finnair, minutes after everyone goes phone mode: sooo... this flight is gonna take 15 hours oopsie
I think I accidentally introduced myself as a comics creator instead of scholar (A: I'm a researcher - S: Oh cool what's your field - A: I'm doing comics) while on Tokyo subway. 20+ minutes of VIP treatment and starry eyes can't be cause of comic research, right O_O
#academicsky
#academicsky
August 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I think I accidentally introduced myself as a comics creator instead of scholar (A: I'm a researcher - S: Oh cool what's your field - A: I'm doing comics) while on Tokyo subway. 20+ minutes of VIP treatment and starry eyes can't be cause of comic research, right O_O
#academicsky
#academicsky
I most definitely remember packing waterproof plasters and yet they disappeared. Stolen from plane cargo, I'm telling you!!
(Or, way more probable: sitting on my bed one continent to the left, chilling alone in the empty apartment)
(Or, way more probable: sitting on my bed one continent to the left, chilling alone in the empty apartment)
August 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I most definitely remember packing waterproof plasters and yet they disappeared. Stolen from plane cargo, I'm telling you!!
(Or, way more probable: sitting on my bed one continent to the left, chilling alone in the empty apartment)
(Or, way more probable: sitting on my bed one continent to the left, chilling alone in the empty apartment)
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#ChildrensLit #UK I know what I will be writing over the next decade, and I have full book cases, so I am purging the children's fiction lit crit. If you are interested in any book on this list, DM. Price: £5 per book + £2 p&p.
First come, first served. Pls Share
docs.google.com/.../1_m5qz9Q....
First come, first served. Pls Share
docs.google.com/.../1_m5qz9Q....
docs.google.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
#ChildrensLit #UK I know what I will be writing over the next decade, and I have full book cases, so I am purging the children's fiction lit crit. If you are interested in any book on this list, DM. Price: £5 per book + £2 p&p.
First come, first served. Pls Share
docs.google.com/.../1_m5qz9Q....
First come, first served. Pls Share
docs.google.com/.../1_m5qz9Q....
Seul, today. My comics research senses (and machine translation) tell me Trump is not a superhero on these posters (third photo or Alt text for the 1st one include the MT)
(Haven't checked the QR)
#CantEscapeUSPolitics
(Haven't checked the QR)
#CantEscapeUSPolitics
July 27, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Seul, today. My comics research senses (and machine translation) tell me Trump is not a superhero on these posters (third photo or Alt text for the 1st one include the MT)
(Haven't checked the QR)
#CantEscapeUSPolitics
(Haven't checked the QR)
#CantEscapeUSPolitics
Dear people with smelly food on public transport,
You are my personal enemies. My thoughts are with you. A lot.
All the worst,
Miserable Human Being
You are my personal enemies. My thoughts are with you. A lot.
All the worst,
Miserable Human Being
July 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Dear people with smelly food on public transport,
You are my personal enemies. My thoughts are with you. A lot.
All the worst,
Miserable Human Being
You are my personal enemies. My thoughts are with you. A lot.
All the worst,
Miserable Human Being
Me meeting sb for the 3rd time: "Nice to meet you!"
Conference season is on so basically, sorry in advance! I’m neurodivergent and faces/names don’t stick unless I ACTIVELY learn them (flashcards style). So if I haven’t seen you 3+ times at increasing intervals, I will blank.
#AuADHD #AcademicSky
Conference season is on so basically, sorry in advance! I’m neurodivergent and faces/names don’t stick unless I ACTIVELY learn them (flashcards style). So if I haven’t seen you 3+ times at increasing intervals, I will blank.
#AuADHD #AcademicSky
a sign that says no facial recognition with a square in the center
Alt: A gif that shows a square border with a smaller square in the middle coming closer to the viewer and when it reaches the closest position, a text "No facial recognition" appears over it.
media.tenor.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Me meeting sb for the 3rd time: "Nice to meet you!"
Conference season is on so basically, sorry in advance! I’m neurodivergent and faces/names don’t stick unless I ACTIVELY learn them (flashcards style). So if I haven’t seen you 3+ times at increasing intervals, I will blank.
#AuADHD #AcademicSky
Conference season is on so basically, sorry in advance! I’m neurodivergent and faces/names don’t stick unless I ACTIVELY learn them (flashcards style). So if I haven’t seen you 3+ times at increasing intervals, I will blank.
#AuADHD #AcademicSky
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If anyone has gotten a Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction contract from after its acquisition by Must Read, Writer Beware would like to see it (anything shared with us is confidential). Contact us at beware@sfwa.org
July 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone has gotten a Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction contract from after its acquisition by Must Read, Writer Beware would like to see it (anything shared with us is confidential). Contact us at beware@sfwa.org
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If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.
July 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.
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I wrote this yesterday - a little piece about how games model individuals, and the inherent politics therein.
I write comparing the companion systems my recent games of Conan and 7 Part Pact, which is basically about I AM A WIZARD!! and A Wizard Needs A Room Of Her Own.
One Dice Wife Vs No Wife? No Dice: Conan vs Seven Part Pact - Old Men Running The World
Seeing our last two stories back to back made me think of something. Namely, Jim and my time with Conan and my time with Seven Part Pact and how each game
oldmenrunningtheworld.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I wrote this yesterday - a little piece about how games model individuals, and the inherent politics therein.
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I’m not attending Worldcon this year & everything seems to be a mess but this is so mind-bendingly bad on so many levels that I think it’s worth unpacking while I’m in the no-space of airports
July 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I’m not attending Worldcon this year & everything seems to be a mess but this is so mind-bendingly bad on so many levels that I think it’s worth unpacking while I’m in the no-space of airports
A brand new (and possibly the only one in this town) games & comics store is opening abt 200 meters from my apt and I'm gonna take it as a sign from the universe that the powers that lurk intend to reshape my neighborhood so that it fits me better (next stop: queer library?)
July 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
A brand new (and possibly the only one in this town) games & comics store is opening abt 200 meters from my apt and I'm gonna take it as a sign from the universe that the powers that lurk intend to reshape my neighborhood so that it fits me better (next stop: queer library?)
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This looks fun.
Crystal Heart is coming out in print this November from Dark Horse!
But what exactly IS IT, you ask? Well, you've come to the right 🧵!
1. #CrystalHeart is an actual play comic. It's about four friends playing a #TTRPG, and the story follows both what happens in the game world AND around the table.
But what exactly IS IT, you ask? Well, you've come to the right 🧵!
1. #CrystalHeart is an actual play comic. It's about four friends playing a #TTRPG, and the story follows both what happens in the game world AND around the table.
July 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This looks fun.
Brussels, why?!
I'm so not made for this kind of heat and apparently, neither is this city.
This might be the first time in my conferencing history that I drink max 1 cup of coffee per day and eat ice cream for all meals xD
(Watch with outside temp at 31C, thermostat inside my room temp at 30C).
I'm so not made for this kind of heat and apparently, neither is this city.
This might be the first time in my conferencing history that I drink max 1 cup of coffee per day and eat ice cream for all meals xD
(Watch with outside temp at 31C, thermostat inside my room temp at 30C).
July 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Brussels, why?!
I'm so not made for this kind of heat and apparently, neither is this city.
This might be the first time in my conferencing history that I drink max 1 cup of coffee per day and eat ice cream for all meals xD
(Watch with outside temp at 31C, thermostat inside my room temp at 30C).
I'm so not made for this kind of heat and apparently, neither is this city.
This might be the first time in my conferencing history that I drink max 1 cup of coffee per day and eat ice cream for all meals xD
(Watch with outside temp at 31C, thermostat inside my room temp at 30C).
It's my first time doing conference that uses 3rd day (out of 5) for the conference-adjacent library visit with no presentations planned. I was skeptical at first but by gods it feels amazing to know I can spend most of tmr recharging (and cooling down cause heat wave in a non-AC city)
July 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It's my first time doing conference that uses 3rd day (out of 5) for the conference-adjacent library visit with no presentations planned. I was skeptical at first but by gods it feels amazing to know I can spend most of tmr recharging (and cooling down cause heat wave in a non-AC city)
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probably a good time to bring this back
June 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
probably a good time to bring this back
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if you're in Europe PLEASE consider signing the Stop Destroying Games initiative. the deadline is July 31st 2025. it aims to create legislation for publishers to stop killing the games you pay for and to provide an end-of-life plan for live-service products. thanks!
eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
June 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
if you're in Europe PLEASE consider signing the Stop Destroying Games initiative. the deadline is July 31st 2025. it aims to create legislation for publishers to stop killing the games you pay for and to provide an end-of-life plan for live-service products. thanks!
eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...
eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...
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You’re going to hear as much about “reproductive extremism” as you did “trans rights activism” in the same places, from the same people, with the same backers, with the same goal.
June 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
You’re going to hear as much about “reproductive extremism” as you did “trans rights activism” in the same places, from the same people, with the same backers, with the same goal.
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
There is a non-zero chance I don't make it.
(Fangs of Fortune)
There is a non-zero chance I don't make it.
(Fangs of Fortune)
June 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
There is a non-zero chance I don't make it.
(Fangs of Fortune)
There is a non-zero chance I don't make it.
(Fangs of Fortune)
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Jonathan Joss was MURDERED.
Words matter here.
He was MURDERED.
it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man.
Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.
Words matter here.
He was MURDERED.
it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man.
Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.
June 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Jonathan Joss was MURDERED.
Words matter here.
He was MURDERED.
it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man.
Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.
Words matter here.
He was MURDERED.
it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man.
Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.