Chindilani
@chindilani.bsky.social
𝖋𝖎𝖓𝖆𝖑 𝖌𝖎𝖗𝖑 𝖕𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖔𝖘𝖔𝖕𝖍𝖊𝖗 PhD thesis: ‘A hauntological phenomenology of pregnancy.’ Child sex trafficking survivor. Rromni. Wheelchair-based witch.
At this time of year, whenever I start to work on my PhD, which is partly based on Heidegger's 'Sein und Zeit' (roughly pronounced 'sign und zight'), the title plays over and over again in my head to the tune of 'Silent Night.'
December 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
At this time of year, whenever I start to work on my PhD, which is partly based on Heidegger's 'Sein und Zeit' (roughly pronounced 'sign und zight'), the title plays over and over again in my head to the tune of 'Silent Night.'
When the next thing to do in your thesis is resolve a comment from yourself that says "explain meaning of words in this sentence" and the sentence is:
"Dasein, as ontico-ontologically prior, is uniquely placed both to understand and not to understand what is happening in its world."
😭🤯
"Dasein, as ontico-ontologically prior, is uniquely placed both to understand and not to understand what is happening in its world."
😭🤯
December 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
When the next thing to do in your thesis is resolve a comment from yourself that says "explain meaning of words in this sentence" and the sentence is:
"Dasein, as ontico-ontologically prior, is uniquely placed both to understand and not to understand what is happening in its world."
😭🤯
"Dasein, as ontico-ontologically prior, is uniquely placed both to understand and not to understand what is happening in its world."
😭🤯
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As we approach 70k signatures, please keep sharing our open letter - Not in our Name, women in support of the trans community:
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Home - Not in our name
As women we reject the narrative that trans+ people are a threat.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
As we approach 70k signatures, please keep sharing our open letter - Not in our Name, women in support of the trans community:
notinourname.org.uk
notinourname.org.uk
I always suspected he was one of the good ones ❤️ 🤘
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I always suspected he was one of the good ones ❤️ 🤘
Hi friends, my website has been hacked so if you get an email from anyone with an email address @ my surname dot com then it's not from me!
December 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Hi friends, my website has been hacked so if you get an email from anyone with an email address @ my surname dot com then it's not from me!
The error messages on the Freud Museum shop are something else 😁
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The error messages on the Freud Museum shop are something else 😁
I am normally pretty good at working out what my hastily scrawled notes mean, but opening my notebook today and seeing the words “4: flipping. dog,mammal.” has made me wonder what I could possibly have meant to write next in my thesis 😅 #phdlife
December 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I am normally pretty good at working out what my hastily scrawled notes mean, but opening my notebook today and seeing the words “4: flipping. dog,mammal.” has made me wonder what I could possibly have meant to write next in my thesis 😅 #phdlife
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Archaeologist here. For 99.5% of human history (ca 300-400,000 years), we were peaceful (no war). There was conflict and smaller scale violence, but countless studies on the 119 known modern hunter gatherer groups show cooperation, negotiation, and peace instead of conflict. Please read books.
Revenge/physical combat was how people settled things for literally millions of years, it's normal human behavior, we're wolves not sheep, the government project trying to social engineer us and domesticate us into sheep has been unsuccessful
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Archaeologist here. For 99.5% of human history (ca 300-400,000 years), we were peaceful (no war). There was conflict and smaller scale violence, but countless studies on the 119 known modern hunter gatherer groups show cooperation, negotiation, and peace instead of conflict. Please read books.
Does anyone else find themselves paranoid about using em dashes now that they're apparently a signal that someone might have used AI?
I have never used AI in my writing, nor do I ever expect to, but I do really love an em dash. But now I'm nervous about using them in case people think I'm a robot😅
I have never used AI in my writing, nor do I ever expect to, but I do really love an em dash. But now I'm nervous about using them in case people think I'm a robot😅
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Does anyone else find themselves paranoid about using em dashes now that they're apparently a signal that someone might have used AI?
I have never used AI in my writing, nor do I ever expect to, but I do really love an em dash. But now I'm nervous about using them in case people think I'm a robot😅
I have never used AI in my writing, nor do I ever expect to, but I do really love an em dash. But now I'm nervous about using them in case people think I'm a robot😅
"I'll take a break from PhDing and listen to a podcast," I thought. So I put on the 'Jaws' episode of @horrorjoypod.bsky.social and what do they immediately start talking about? The uncanny in horror, aka exactly what I'm currently writing about 🤦🏻♀️
Aaaaand now I'm writing again 😁 #PhDLife
Aaaaand now I'm writing again 😁 #PhDLife
August 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"I'll take a break from PhDing and listen to a podcast," I thought. So I put on the 'Jaws' episode of @horrorjoypod.bsky.social and what do they immediately start talking about? The uncanny in horror, aka exactly what I'm currently writing about 🤦🏻♀️
Aaaaand now I'm writing again 😁 #PhDLife
Aaaaand now I'm writing again 😁 #PhDLife
Well, it's official: I passed year two (at Southampton philosophy we have to pass a viva every year because we like to be ✨extra✨) and am now enrolled in year three. Of seven, because I'm part time. Expected end year: 2030, which when I applied for the PhD felt like ages away and now doesn't.
August 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Well, it's official: I passed year two (at Southampton philosophy we have to pass a viva every year because we like to be ✨extra✨) and am now enrolled in year three. Of seven, because I'm part time. Expected end year: 2030, which when I applied for the PhD felt like ages away and now doesn't.
Describing That Scene in Alex Garland's 'Men' (2022) for my PhD is proving... interesting.
"birth after birth after birth of grisly, screaming man-babies splitting each other open in their drive to be born"
"birth after birth after birth of grisly, screaming man-babies splitting each other open in their drive to be born"
August 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Describing That Scene in Alex Garland's 'Men' (2022) for my PhD is proving... interesting.
"birth after birth after birth of grisly, screaming man-babies splitting each other open in their drive to be born"
"birth after birth after birth of grisly, screaming man-babies splitting each other open in their drive to be born"
PhD life:
- wake up
- feed cat
- make coffee
- open document
- delete 75% of yesterday's writing
- start today's writing and hope you have to delete less of it in the morning
#PhDLife
- wake up
- feed cat
- make coffee
- open document
- delete 75% of yesterday's writing
- start today's writing and hope you have to delete less of it in the morning
#PhDLife
August 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
PhD life:
- wake up
- feed cat
- make coffee
- open document
- delete 75% of yesterday's writing
- start today's writing and hope you have to delete less of it in the morning
#PhDLife
- wake up
- feed cat
- make coffee
- open document
- delete 75% of yesterday's writing
- start today's writing and hope you have to delete less of it in the morning
#PhDLife
tfw you start writing the 'HORROR' section of your PhD thesis, in which you begin by defining different types of fear, and at that very moment a large spider creeps out at you from behind the wardrobe 😱
August 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
tfw you start writing the 'HORROR' section of your PhD thesis, in which you begin by defining different types of fear, and at that very moment a large spider creeps out at you from behind the wardrobe 😱
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Constructive and kind
Focus on the big things; you are not a copy editor nor co-author.
If something is not clear to you make a comment.
Focus on the big things; you are not a copy editor nor co-author.
If something is not clear to you make a comment.
July 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Constructive and kind
Focus on the big things; you are not a copy editor nor co-author.
If something is not clear to you make a comment.
Focus on the big things; you are not a copy editor nor co-author.
If something is not clear to you make a comment.
Hello friends. Baby philosopher here about to do her first peer review. Any advice? #philosophy #phdlife
July 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Hello friends. Baby philosopher here about to do her first peer review. Any advice? #philosophy #phdlife
On Thursday at 2pm the Death Cluster is meeting on Zoom to discuss eco-anxiety, aka the increasing number of people struggling with their mental health because of climate change and environmental concerns.
Interested? Lmk and I'll send you a link.
Interested? Lmk and I'll send you a link.
July 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
On Thursday at 2pm the Death Cluster is meeting on Zoom to discuss eco-anxiety, aka the increasing number of people struggling with their mental health because of climate change and environmental concerns.
Interested? Lmk and I'll send you a link.
Interested? Lmk and I'll send you a link.
Just found this on Etsy and felt a moment of pure horror. Who else was traumatised by this book as a kid? 😁
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...
July 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Just found this on Etsy and felt a moment of pure horror. Who else was traumatised by this book as a kid? 😁
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...
I think I just made my first zine. How exciting.
Coming soon to a letterbox near you. But only if you want it to.
Coming soon to a letterbox near you. But only if you want it to.
July 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I think I just made my first zine. How exciting.
Coming soon to a letterbox near you. But only if you want it to.
Coming soon to a letterbox near you. But only if you want it to.
How do you say 'uncanny' in your language?
July 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
How do you say 'uncanny' in your language?
What did I watch today?
There's really only one answer on the 24th of June.
Glad Midsommar 🌾🌷🌹🪻🪷🌺🌸🌼🌻☀️
(finally, the days are growing shorter again 😉)
There's really only one answer on the 24th of June.
Glad Midsommar 🌾🌷🌹🪻🪷🌺🌸🌼🌻☀️
(finally, the days are growing shorter again 😉)
June 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
What did I watch today?
There's really only one answer on the 24th of June.
Glad Midsommar 🌾🌷🌹🪻🪷🌺🌸🌼🌻☀️
(finally, the days are growing shorter again 😉)
There's really only one answer on the 24th of June.
Glad Midsommar 🌾🌷🌹🪻🪷🌺🌸🌼🌻☀️
(finally, the days are growing shorter again 😉)