Which reality? Ours? Insofar as the fictional characters often exist as abstracted representations of our reality — I think yes. Often their fictional realities are based on ours to the extent that they have an in-universe diagnosis that matches our own model. Sometimes not. Fiction is multifaceted!

Shoutout to @drtravislangley.bsky.social and (bsky-less) Robin Rosenberg who are featured heavily in the reading list for the course.

and I provide materials if you'd like to do the same (e.g., rubrics, lists of films and readings, assignment descriptions).

Excelsior!

I discuss the utilitarian nature of using fictional representations of real mental health conditions (i.e., psychological distance can be helpful for learning!), changes I've made to the class based on student feedback (e.g., centering sociocultural issues in comics, like asylums)

I think so! Why do you think so?

I’m one of these who left — I know so many US academics looking to leave.

The ableism gets ‘em every time

Cant speak to experience that isn’t mine!

I took a no-LLM policy in my class this semester, and explained why to my students. One of them *thanked me* for the policy and another commented that it was the push they needed to swear off AI the rest of the year. Just working with what I can control 🙂

Sometimes we resist AI for good reasons by @thetattooedprof.bsky.social

www.chronicle.com/article/some...

I am an AI hater by @anthonymoser.com

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...