a k (they)
@akodi03.bsky.social
born to be a feminist rhetoric scholar, forced to live under late-stage capitalism. undergraduate in english literature and rhetoric.
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CFP: RhetCanada invites paper proposals for its 2026 conference, which will be held May 28-30, 2026, at St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario. Deadline: Jan. 19, 2026. tinyurl.com/2s3c8dba
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
CFP: RhetCanada invites paper proposals for its 2026 conference, which will be held May 28-30, 2026, at St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario. Deadline: Jan. 19, 2026. tinyurl.com/2s3c8dba
if i see one more uni student survival guide that’s actually just an AI ad, im going to implode the data centres myself.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
if i see one more uni student survival guide that’s actually just an AI ad, im going to implode the data centres myself.
my thesis proposal is partially on graffiti rhetoric… who also wrote their masters thesis on graffiti rhetoric? My Boss. Eff my silly chungus life i keep accidentally melding into them.
October 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
my thesis proposal is partially on graffiti rhetoric… who also wrote their masters thesis on graffiti rhetoric? My Boss. Eff my silly chungus life i keep accidentally melding into them.
someone needs to study the vernaculars of the alt-right’s handmaidens, particularly kristi noem, erika kirk, and karoline leavitt.
October 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
someone needs to study the vernaculars of the alt-right’s handmaidens, particularly kristi noem, erika kirk, and karoline leavitt.
discussion post on Willa Cather’s My Ántonia and Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism. i’m gonna make it work… somehow??? idk.
October 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
discussion post on Willa Cather’s My Ántonia and Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism. i’m gonna make it work… somehow??? idk.
the hypocrisy of academia:
1) copy editors told my co-author and i to “use more inclusive language” cause we didn’t specify gender (man or woman) when QUOTING a stat on internet violence against trans* people
2) they proceeded to send our article proofs with my bio edited to misgender me.
1) copy editors told my co-author and i to “use more inclusive language” cause we didn’t specify gender (man or woman) when QUOTING a stat on internet violence against trans* people
2) they proceeded to send our article proofs with my bio edited to misgender me.
October 8, 2025 at 5:52 AM
the hypocrisy of academia:
1) copy editors told my co-author and i to “use more inclusive language” cause we didn’t specify gender (man or woman) when QUOTING a stat on internet violence against trans* people
2) they proceeded to send our article proofs with my bio edited to misgender me.
1) copy editors told my co-author and i to “use more inclusive language” cause we didn’t specify gender (man or woman) when QUOTING a stat on internet violence against trans* people
2) they proceeded to send our article proofs with my bio edited to misgender me.
writing down a banger thesis: check.
realizing i only have 750 words to actually get this point across: fuck.
stop assigning <1k word essays pleeeease.
realizing i only have 750 words to actually get this point across: fuck.
stop assigning <1k word essays pleeeease.
October 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
writing down a banger thesis: check.
realizing i only have 750 words to actually get this point across: fuck.
stop assigning <1k word essays pleeeease.
realizing i only have 750 words to actually get this point across: fuck.
stop assigning <1k word essays pleeeease.
it’s 2am. have to give a conference presentation on AI companions and consent bots in a couple of hours. someone free me from the shackles of my last year of undergrad.
October 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
it’s 2am. have to give a conference presentation on AI companions and consent bots in a couple of hours. someone free me from the shackles of my last year of undergrad.
writing tutor tension moment: a student told me they wrote their entire grad school application using ChatGPT. had to take a deep breath and tell them that none of the work was actually applicable to their desired program. broligarchy, you will rue the day you deployed genAI for public use.
October 2, 2025 at 6:06 AM
writing tutor tension moment: a student told me they wrote their entire grad school application using ChatGPT. had to take a deep breath and tell them that none of the work was actually applicable to their desired program. broligarchy, you will rue the day you deployed genAI for public use.
harm reduction logics and emergent strategy as mutually informing theories of feminist small work (a propos adrienne maree brown). that’s it that’s the tweet.
October 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
harm reduction logics and emergent strategy as mutually informing theories of feminist small work (a propos adrienne maree brown). that’s it that’s the tweet.
reading Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson for my american lit course… oh sentimental novels written by white “advocates”, how you reek of paternalism… attempting to read against the grain here and focus on relationality fostered by art (song).
September 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
reading Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson for my american lit course… oh sentimental novels written by white “advocates”, how you reek of paternalism… attempting to read against the grain here and focus on relationality fostered by art (song).
For anyone who stumbles to this followerless account, I’ve decided I’m going to use this platform as an archive for honing research thoughts and ideas. It’s going to be a lot of talking to myself so feel free to disregard.
September 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
For anyone who stumbles to this followerless account, I’ve decided I’m going to use this platform as an archive for honing research thoughts and ideas. It’s going to be a lot of talking to myself so feel free to disregard.