Dr. Rebecca Gibson
@drrgibsongirl.bsky.social
Corset scholar; bioanth PhD; chaotic neutral--harlequin aspect; bibliophile; tattooed; advocate 4 the dead; cyborg/transhuman/robot lover; bad example 4 hire.
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This is a discussion way too nuanced for this space, but the awe with which some of my students tell me that I really seem to care about them says a LOT about the current state of academia & none of it is good.
We can all make choices about what type of academics we want to be.
We can all make choices about what type of academics we want to be.
December 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is a discussion way too nuanced for this space, but the awe with which some of my students tell me that I really seem to care about them says a LOT about the current state of academia & none of it is good.
We can all make choices about what type of academics we want to be.
We can all make choices about what type of academics we want to be.
Pet peeve: websites that haven't updated their UX in 15 years and look like a knockoff of a knockoff of geocities.
Other pet peeve: websites that have just updated their UX; stop fucking 'fixing' what hasn't broken.
...it's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me.
Other pet peeve: websites that have just updated their UX; stop fucking 'fixing' what hasn't broken.
...it's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me.
December 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Pet peeve: websites that haven't updated their UX in 15 years and look like a knockoff of a knockoff of geocities.
Other pet peeve: websites that have just updated their UX; stop fucking 'fixing' what hasn't broken.
...it's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me.
Other pet peeve: websites that have just updated their UX; stop fucking 'fixing' what hasn't broken.
...it's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me.
...where it the Mia Goth love in the awards circuit??
December 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
...where it the Mia Goth love in the awards circuit??
A student just emailed me something so touching that I teared up. What a delight these brilliant, kind people are.
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A student just emailed me something so touching that I teared up. What a delight these brilliant, kind people are.
Will pay the ticket cost for one London/UK based friend to go to this and report back to me!!!: events.bl.uk/events/frank...
Frankenstein: Guillermo del Toro in Conversation | British Library
The acclaimed films of Guillermo del Toro are inspired by his love and knowledge of classic gothic and mysterious literature, from Edgar Allan Poe and Daph
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December 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Will pay the ticket cost for one London/UK based friend to go to this and report back to me!!!: events.bl.uk/events/frank...
It's simmer pot season! Today's choices are: lemon, apple, cranberries, cloves, vanilla pods, and juniper berries. The apartment smells great, and hopefully my nose will stop bleeding.
December 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It's simmer pot season! Today's choices are: lemon, apple, cranberries, cloves, vanilla pods, and juniper berries. The apartment smells great, and hopefully my nose will stop bleeding.
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I'm not saying life is a vicious circle. But it may be a cruel rhombus. Or a callous trapezoid. At the very least, life is a bloodthirsty parallelogram
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I'm not saying life is a vicious circle. But it may be a cruel rhombus. Or a callous trapezoid. At the very least, life is a bloodthirsty parallelogram
Psykosonik wrote Silicon Jesus in the...mid-90s, so Rogan's thirty years late to the party.
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Psykosonik wrote Silicon Jesus in the...mid-90s, so Rogan's thirty years late to the party.
...look, I'm sure Fennel, Elordi, and Robbie made a *great* movie. I'm just not sure that movie is Wuthering Heights.
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
...look, I'm sure Fennel, Elordi, and Robbie made a *great* movie. I'm just not sure that movie is Wuthering Heights.
Today I guided a student through submitting his first national-level conference abstract. We had a great time together figuring out the nuances of the submission system, and just chatting about (my) work, (his) projects, (our) lives. Days like this, I really, really love my job.
December 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Today I guided a student through submitting his first national-level conference abstract. We had a great time together figuring out the nuances of the submission system, and just chatting about (my) work, (his) projects, (our) lives. Days like this, I really, really love my job.
Evidence for the laughable design of the cybertruck is there's no imitations. Recall AM General releasing the H2 Hummer? Jeep was IMMEDIATELY like "nuh-uh, WE have that design ALREADY ALMOST IN PRODUCTION" and their own version was out 6 months later? Yeah not a thing Tesla has to worry about.
December 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Evidence for the laughable design of the cybertruck is there's no imitations. Recall AM General releasing the H2 Hummer? Jeep was IMMEDIATELY like "nuh-uh, WE have that design ALREADY ALMOST IN PRODUCTION" and their own version was out 6 months later? Yeah not a thing Tesla has to worry about.
Someone on my work hallway just straight up lied to whoever they're talking to "oh, I'm traveling today, yeah, I'm in my car." Dude no you fucking are not. Own up to just not wanting to do whatever it is they're asking of you.
December 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Someone on my work hallway just straight up lied to whoever they're talking to "oh, I'm traveling today, yeah, I'm in my car." Dude no you fucking are not. Own up to just not wanting to do whatever it is they're asking of you.
The phrase "I'm not going to do that, but you can if you want to" is such a game changer.
December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The phrase "I'm not going to do that, but you can if you want to" is such a game changer.
Happy last week of the semester to me:
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Happy last week of the semester to me:
Pain needs an off switch. Like, damn, okay, I got the point, you can stfu now.
December 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Pain needs an off switch. Like, damn, okay, I got the point, you can stfu now.
Me, seeing my inbox number tick up by one, after hours: ...oh, this had better be an emergency...
Me, reading the email: ...oh, it actually was, well, fuck.
Me, reading the email: ...oh, it actually was, well, fuck.
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Me, seeing my inbox number tick up by one, after hours: ...oh, this had better be an emergency...
Me, reading the email: ...oh, it actually was, well, fuck.
Me, reading the email: ...oh, it actually was, well, fuck.
Have spent today eating leftover Chinese food and sipping bourbon (thx Dad!), and reading, in Spanish, about two men from France who were prosecuted for lycanthropy in the 1520s. Perfect day after Thanksgiving.
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Have spent today eating leftover Chinese food and sipping bourbon (thx Dad!), and reading, in Spanish, about two men from France who were prosecuted for lycanthropy in the 1520s. Perfect day after Thanksgiving.
I understand the usefulness of radio edits. I do NOT understand making them the official youtube music video. Bleepity bleep bleep bleep.
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I understand the usefulness of radio edits. I do NOT understand making them the official youtube music video. Bleepity bleep bleep bleep.
There's a note in my file that I had a fall in August 2023, and every visit to the neurologist I get "advice" about preventing falls, but no one has ever followed up on my answer to "do you feel safe at home?" being "I'm the only one here, so yes." Ah, the American health system.
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
There's a note in my file that I had a fall in August 2023, and every visit to the neurologist I get "advice" about preventing falls, but no one has ever followed up on my answer to "do you feel safe at home?" being "I'm the only one here, so yes." Ah, the American health system.
Sometimes all it takes to feel loved and seen is an unexpected gift of tiny sparkly Christmas baubles. Pictures tomorrow when I decorate the equally tiny tree that sits on my dining room table.
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Sometimes all it takes to feel loved and seen is an unexpected gift of tiny sparkly Christmas baubles. Pictures tomorrow when I decorate the equally tiny tree that sits on my dining room table.
Facial scar, week 3, and hair badly in need of dyeing but I’m waiting for just before my NYC trip.
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Facial scar, week 3, and hair badly in need of dyeing but I’m waiting for just before my NYC trip.
To the utility that wants to make sure I don't miss out on peak time savings have you considered that: you could simply charge me less. You are the one who sets the prices they could just be less overall. You could make that choice to charge less for your service. Have you considered that...
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
To the utility that wants to make sure I don't miss out on peak time savings have you considered that: you could simply charge me less. You are the one who sets the prices they could just be less overall. You could make that choice to charge less for your service. Have you considered that...
Someone needs to direct me to where I can purchase Noel's fuzzy skeleton sweater from the New Years (Scottish) Bake Off, like RIGHT MEOW.
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Someone needs to direct me to where I can purchase Noel's fuzzy skeleton sweater from the New Years (Scottish) Bake Off, like RIGHT MEOW.