Allison Hitt, she/her
@ahhitt.bsky.social
writing professor ✨ appalachian transplant ✨ bad feminist
I talk a lot about accessibility, disability justice, self-care, teaching, zines, & wildflowers.
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profile: white woman with glasses wearing a black mask | banner: white trout lily
I talk a lot about accessibility, disability justice, self-care, teaching, zines, & wildflowers.
allisonhitt.com
profile: white woman with glasses wearing a black mask | banner: white trout lily
In addition to reviewing the instructions together, I provided some context about the purpose of the game (pictured here). I emphasized recent statistics about reported loneliness in college students, being respectful of each other's stories, and avoiding trauma dumping. 10/10 would recommend.
October 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
In addition to reviewing the instructions together, I provided some context about the purpose of the game (pictured here). I emphasized recent statistics about reported loneliness in college students, being respectful of each other's stories, and avoiding trauma dumping. 10/10 would recommend.
I am the type of colleague who talks trash almost constantly but will also bake cookies for the staff/faculty/grad students in celebration of us making it through the first week of classes. It’s all about balance 😅
August 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I am the type of colleague who talks trash almost constantly but will also bake cookies for the staff/faculty/grad students in celebration of us making it through the first week of classes. It’s all about balance 😅
This year feels like one thing after another after another. Despite the constant barrage of endless atrocities, we are expected not just to keep going but to thrive. I’m not sure that I’m thriving, but the flowers remind me that I am capable of weathering hard times.
#bloomscrolling
#bloomscrolling
April 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This year feels like one thing after another after another. Despite the constant barrage of endless atrocities, we are expected not just to keep going but to thrive. I’m not sure that I’m thriving, but the flowers remind me that I am capable of weathering hard times.
#bloomscrolling
#bloomscrolling
Most of them find a way. Despite freezing multiple times, being flooded over and over, and not seeing enough sunlight, so many flowers have bloomed. Many of the petals and leaves I’ve seen are new yet brown, underdeveloped, or torn. I feel that way this year, too.
April 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Most of them find a way. Despite freezing multiple times, being flooded over and over, and not seeing enough sunlight, so many flowers have bloomed. Many of the petals and leaves I’ve seen are new yet brown, underdeveloped, or torn. I feel that way this year, too.
Year after year, I am struck by the persistence of native flowers. This year, we had a cold winter with lots of snow and an early spring filled with flooding and bad storms. The trees and plants all took a lot of damage, and many of the plants that I check on every year simply didn’t bloom.
April 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Year after year, I am struck by the persistence of native flowers. This year, we had a cold winter with lots of snow and an early spring filled with flooding and bad storms. The trees and plants all took a lot of damage, and many of the plants that I check on every year simply didn’t bloom.
I'm not religious, but going to the woods a few times a week in the spring is my spiritual practice. It’s where I self-regulate, think about my parents, pay attention to the earth, and cry as I photograph spring ephemerals with my dad’s camera. The woods are also where I let myself feel hopeful.
April 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I'm not religious, but going to the woods a few times a week in the spring is my spiritual practice. It’s where I self-regulate, think about my parents, pay attention to the earth, and cry as I photograph spring ephemerals with my dad’s camera. The woods are also where I let myself feel hopeful.
Wildflower/grief thread.
Every spring, my body remembers my senior year of college—my mom going into hospice, rushing to finish my finals so I could say goodbye, the sound of my professor wailing when she asked how my mom was at graduation. I spend a lot of time in the woods in the spring.
Every spring, my body remembers my senior year of college—my mom going into hospice, rushing to finish my finals so I could say goodbye, the sound of my professor wailing when she asked how my mom was at graduation. I spend a lot of time in the woods in the spring.
April 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Wildflower/grief thread.
Every spring, my body remembers my senior year of college—my mom going into hospice, rushing to finish my finals so I could say goodbye, the sound of my professor wailing when she asked how my mom was at graduation. I spend a lot of time in the woods in the spring.
Every spring, my body remembers my senior year of college—my mom going into hospice, rushing to finish my finals so I could say goodbye, the sound of my professor wailing when she asked how my mom was at graduation. I spend a lot of time in the woods in the spring.
Yellow trout lily, erythronium americanum.
The trout lily is one of my favorite wildflowers. I like how they begin their days with their petals closed and heads nodding, petals curling up and backwards as they welcome sunshine throughout the day.
#WildflowerPhotography #BloomScrolling #TroutLily
The trout lily is one of my favorite wildflowers. I like how they begin their days with their petals closed and heads nodding, petals curling up and backwards as they welcome sunshine throughout the day.
#WildflowerPhotography #BloomScrolling #TroutLily
April 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Yellow trout lily, erythronium americanum.
The trout lily is one of my favorite wildflowers. I like how they begin their days with their petals closed and heads nodding, petals curling up and backwards as they welcome sunshine throughout the day.
#WildflowerPhotography #BloomScrolling #TroutLily
The trout lily is one of my favorite wildflowers. I like how they begin their days with their petals closed and heads nodding, petals curling up and backwards as they welcome sunshine throughout the day.
#WildflowerPhotography #BloomScrolling #TroutLily
Twinleaf, jeffersonia diphylla.
Twinleaf is a wildflower with eight white petals and a center that is pale yellow and green. Not pictured are the “twin” leaves further down the stem that look kind of like a pair of butterfly wings.
#IndianaWildflowers #Wildflowers #Twinleaf
Twinleaf is a wildflower with eight white petals and a center that is pale yellow and green. Not pictured are the “twin” leaves further down the stem that look kind of like a pair of butterfly wings.
#IndianaWildflowers #Wildflowers #Twinleaf
April 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Twinleaf, jeffersonia diphylla.
Twinleaf is a wildflower with eight white petals and a center that is pale yellow and green. Not pictured are the “twin” leaves further down the stem that look kind of like a pair of butterfly wings.
#IndianaWildflowers #Wildflowers #Twinleaf
Twinleaf is a wildflower with eight white petals and a center that is pale yellow and green. Not pictured are the “twin” leaves further down the stem that look kind of like a pair of butterfly wings.
#IndianaWildflowers #Wildflowers #Twinleaf
Large patches of the campus woods were underwater from last night’s storms, but mud wasn’t enough to deter me from walking over this afternoon to greet the trout lily. #TroutLily #FawnLily #IndianaWildfflowers
April 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Large patches of the campus woods were underwater from last night’s storms, but mud wasn’t enough to deter me from walking over this afternoon to greet the trout lily. #TroutLily #FawnLily #IndianaWildfflowers
The image in question. I was also surprised that only about 50% of them had heard of Mothman because cryptids have really blown up over the last decade. Do y'all know about Mothman?
April 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The image in question. I was also surprised that only about 50% of them had heard of Mothman because cryptids have really blown up over the last decade. Do y'all know about Mothman?
As a kid, I was always kind of embarrassed of my dad’s woods getup: multiple camera bags, those pants that zip off at the knees, some sort of wide brim hat. Now I’ve taken his place as the dorkiest person in the woods. #DisabledHiker #WildflowerPhotography #Bloodroot #IndianaWildflowers
March 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
As a kid, I was always kind of embarrassed of my dad’s woods getup: multiple camera bags, those pants that zip off at the knees, some sort of wide brim hat. Now I’ve taken his place as the dorkiest person in the woods. #DisabledHiker #WildflowerPhotography #Bloodroot #IndianaWildflowers
I had the great privilege to spend a couple days chatting with folks on another campus about disability accessibility and taking in the smells of cherry blossoms, so my metaphorical tank is no longer completely empty.
Also, my cane matches the cherry blossoms because I am ~extra~
Also, my cane matches the cherry blossoms because I am ~extra~
March 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I had the great privilege to spend a couple days chatting with folks on another campus about disability accessibility and taking in the smells of cherry blossoms, so my metaphorical tank is no longer completely empty.
Also, my cane matches the cherry blossoms because I am ~extra~
Also, my cane matches the cherry blossoms because I am ~extra~
Giving a lecture related to my book at Duke next week and printed an order of my book zines to give out—my first “official” printing—and I’m so pleased with how they look 😌
March 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Giving a lecture related to my book at Duke next week and printed an order of my book zines to give out—my first “official” printing—and I’m so pleased with how they look 😌
Q turned 13 last year, has lived with me in three states (and six apartments/houses), worked with me on campus for two years, and is one of the brightest lights in my life. Think a kind thought for her this week if you have one to spare.
(This is Q on her 13th birthday.)
(This is Q on her 13th birthday.)
March 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Q turned 13 last year, has lived with me in three states (and six apartments/houses), worked with me on campus for two years, and is one of the brightest lights in my life. Think a kind thought for her this week if you have one to spare.
(This is Q on her 13th birthday.)
(This is Q on her 13th birthday.)
I went full-scale nerd with tracking my home bakes this year (a personal project I titled "52 Bakes of 2024") and then decided to visualize the results!
December 31, 2024 at 7:53 PM
I went full-scale nerd with tracking my home bakes this year (a personal project I titled "52 Bakes of 2024") and then decided to visualize the results!
I rarely use Facebook but still have an account that I occasionally check. Someone I'm friends with is crowdsourcing color theory resources, and I shared two links about designing for colorblindness, which were both removed within 10 minutes as "spam."
December 28, 2024 at 6:28 PM
I rarely use Facebook but still have an account that I occasionally check. Someone I'm friends with is crowdsourcing color theory resources, and I shared two links about designing for colorblindness, which were both removed within 10 minutes as "spam."
My mom always made lots of chocolates, candies, & cookies at Christmas. I baked four cookie varieties this year: orange white chocolate macadamia nut (my childhood favorites), maple walnut tassies, coffee-cardamom cut-outs, & peppermint meltaways. Yes, I gave them to neighbors on Halloween plates.
December 25, 2024 at 2:29 AM
My mom always made lots of chocolates, candies, & cookies at Christmas. I baked four cookie varieties this year: orange white chocolate macadamia nut (my childhood favorites), maple walnut tassies, coffee-cardamom cut-outs, & peppermint meltaways. Yes, I gave them to neighbors on Halloween plates.
One of my favorite poems by Nikki Giovanni is “Allowables.” I keep a copy of this print designed by Alma Sheppard-Matsuo on my office door 💔
December 10, 2024 at 3:12 AM
One of my favorite poems by Nikki Giovanni is “Allowables.” I keep a copy of this print designed by Alma Sheppard-Matsuo on my office door 💔
thankful for baked goods: maple walnut pie (recipe from Baking with Dorie) and pumpkin pie bars (recipe from Baking by Feel)
November 28, 2024 at 7:47 PM
thankful for baked goods: maple walnut pie (recipe from Baking with Dorie) and pumpkin pie bars (recipe from Baking by Feel)
Am I the kind of person who spends five hours on a Sunday baking brown butter cinnamon roll blondies and brownie cookies just to treat my students the Monday before thanksgiving break? 100%
November 25, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Am I the kind of person who spends five hours on a Sunday baking brown butter cinnamon roll blondies and brownie cookies just to treat my students the Monday before thanksgiving break? 100%
I will use any excuse to feature images of Q dog in class. I teach students how to use the magnetic lasso tool using this photo of Queenie wearing bunny ears because why not? (They cut out her image and place her on top of a snowy mountain, then add their own text.)
November 20, 2024 at 5:52 PM
I will use any excuse to feature images of Q dog in class. I teach students how to use the magnetic lasso tool using this photo of Queenie wearing bunny ears because why not? (They cut out her image and place her on top of a snowy mountain, then add their own text.)
I subbed for a first-year writing class today and talked to students about making their multimodal projects accessible. We talked mainly about image and video accessibility, and I couldn't resist including a photo of my beloved Queenie (dressed as a beanie baby) for the alt text writing exercise.
November 15, 2024 at 9:03 PM
I subbed for a first-year writing class today and talked to students about making their multimodal projects accessible. We talked mainly about image and video accessibility, and I couldn't resist including a photo of my beloved Queenie (dressed as a beanie baby) for the alt text writing exercise.
Students are drafting physical #zines this week in Document Design. I bring in zines that I’ve collected over the years to share as examples (in addition to digital examples). These are just a few, ranging from disability manifestos to small joys and affirmations to my favorite Mary Oliver poem.
November 13, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Students are drafting physical #zines this week in Document Design. I bring in zines that I’ve collected over the years to share as examples (in addition to digital examples). These are just a few, ranging from disability manifestos to small joys and affirmations to my favorite Mary Oliver poem.
I'm sharing a screenshot of the table of contents so you can see the different topics addressed in this zine. This isn't a comprehensive discussion; it's a starting place!
November 11, 2024 at 8:06 PM
I'm sharing a screenshot of the table of contents so you can see the different topics addressed in this zine. This isn't a comprehensive discussion; it's a starting place!