Farah Bakaari
@bakaari.bsky.social
i’ma loop the beat ‘cause i ain’t said enough
when i signed up i hadn’t realized that what i thought was a comments section was actually where your preferred name was supposed to go, so this was my name at the berkeley half marathon today 🤦🏾♀️
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
when i signed up i hadn’t realized that what i thought was a comments section was actually where your preferred name was supposed to go, so this was my name at the berkeley half marathon today 🤦🏾♀️
i just want to finish ONE thing this semester, just one thing. how am i this tired and this behind??
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
i just want to finish ONE thing this semester, just one thing. how am i this tired and this behind??
a grading interlude: brownies for class tomorrow. i’ve finally christened my oven and baked in berkeley! but i still have 11 more papers to grade 🥹
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
a grading interlude: brownies for class tomorrow. i’ve finally christened my oven and baked in berkeley! but i still have 11 more papers to grade 🥹
this little guy is the apartment building’s communal pet. he’s always by the door except when he sneaks into windows
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
this little guy is the apartment building’s communal pet. he’s always by the door except when he sneaks into windows
and now i’m reminded of laundry! there’s simply too much demand on a sunday. i waited too long and so this view came at a considerable dehydrating cost
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
and now i’m reminded of laundry! there’s simply too much demand on a sunday. i waited too long and so this view came at a considerable dehydrating cost
i’m so disappointed in female vets for not leading to the downfall of society. women really are weak
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
i’m so disappointed in female vets for not leading to the downfall of society. women really are weak
these are certainly “interesting times” because delta airlines now has free wifi and i’m squandering it by hate-reading this oxymoronic garbage. if that’s not a sign of female pathology, i don’t know what is. feminism can’t save me from the new york crimes
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
these are certainly “interesting times” because delta airlines now has free wifi and i’m squandering it by hate-reading this oxymoronic garbage. if that’s not a sign of female pathology, i don’t know what is. feminism can’t save me from the new york crimes
when i text my ET/CT friends before 8am their time…🙈
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
when i text my ET/CT friends before 8am their time…🙈
while it’s devastating to see my alma mater abdicate the basic premise of what a university should be, every day in a new way, i’m at least glad that they’ve said the quiet part aloud…the ultimate payoff of these schemes is the glory of sounding like any other mediocre white bloke.
November 4, 2025 at 5:24 AM
while it’s devastating to see my alma mater abdicate the basic premise of what a university should be, every day in a new way, i’m at least glad that they’ve said the quiet part aloud…the ultimate payoff of these schemes is the glory of sounding like any other mediocre white bloke.
this was taken on april 26 day of the daffodil dash run in ithaca
November 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
this was taken on april 26 day of the daffodil dash run in ithaca
best place on earth! 🎉@marissafenley.bsky.social recently sent me this excellent tote!
October 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
best place on earth! 🎉@marissafenley.bsky.social recently sent me this excellent tote!
She was the keynote at ALA in 2023. finally when i worked up the courage to talk to her, i said, ‘prof. wicomb i have a question for you,’ and she replied, ‘oh really, because i’ve had one for you all weekend, where do you buy your clothes?’ then she had her own questions about somali metaphysics.
October 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
She was the keynote at ALA in 2023. finally when i worked up the courage to talk to her, i said, ‘prof. wicomb i have a question for you,’ and she replied, ‘oh really, because i’ve had one for you all weekend, where do you buy your clothes?’ then she had her own questions about somali metaphysics.
this week i taught YOU CAN’T GET LOST IN CAPE TOWN, and on monday a student asked if zoë wicomb was still alive, and i said, “alive & mighty like a crackling fire!’ i had no idea that she died that same day. i hope this week’s classes honored her mark on me and her service to humane letters
October 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
this week i taught YOU CAN’T GET LOST IN CAPE TOWN, and on monday a student asked if zoë wicomb was still alive, and i said, “alive & mighty like a crackling fire!’ i had no idea that she died that same day. i hope this week’s classes honored her mark on me and her service to humane letters
there’s a metaphor somewhere in here…
October 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
there’s a metaphor somewhere in here…
maybe it’s not entirely good idea to start your morning with the news.
October 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
maybe it’s not entirely good idea to start your morning with the news.
it’s delightful to be receiving this book when i’m wrestling with another essay about close reading because opening to virtually any page of this book and reading some or all of is a guaranteed win, clarifying and inspiring!
October 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
it’s delightful to be receiving this book when i’m wrestling with another essay about close reading because opening to virtually any page of this book and reading some or all of is a guaranteed win, clarifying and inspiring!
i love how the first search result is, please stop asking this question.
September 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
i love how the first search result is, please stop asking this question.
since discovering it 10 years ago, there’s not a single week that goes by where i don’t listen to the miseducation of lauryn hill ✨ especially when i’m up against a deadline.
September 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
since discovering it 10 years ago, there’s not a single week that goes by where i don’t listen to the miseducation of lauryn hill ✨ especially when i’m up against a deadline.
have you ever spent 4+ hrs of your saturday getting 500 words on the page that deep down you just know are going to get cut.
August 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
have you ever spent 4+ hrs of your saturday getting 500 words on the page that deep down you just know are going to get cut.
i’ve been itinerant for a month with erratic purchases that my bank put a block on my card and I don’t remember my account password nor have my laptop which stores my password manager. so fun. please enjoy the longest gourd grown in great state of iowa.
August 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
i’ve been itinerant for a month with erratic purchases that my bank put a block on my card and I don’t remember my account password nor have my laptop which stores my password manager. so fun. please enjoy the longest gourd grown in great state of iowa.
i’m trying to write a note in my syllabus that simultaneously addresses and de-centers AI. wish me luck.
August 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
i’m trying to write a note in my syllabus that simultaneously addresses and de-centers AI. wish me luck.
the airport is the single most powerful PSA against marriage. *chills*
August 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
the airport is the single most powerful PSA against marriage. *chills*