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@emrem.bsky.social
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she/they. cuban american born on the bayou. linguist, artist, general delight. speech perception: social expectation, exemplar models. postdoc working in data science ed. https://sites.google.com/view/ear-scicomm/
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Here’s a group from yesterday. They were back this morning and I totally almost missed them except for someone’s dog being real excited
A group of three female turkeys crossing a residential street. They look like dinosaurs with bald scaly heads and giant clawed feet
October 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Train time baybee
Selfie of me on the train. I’m wearing an n95 but I am smiling with my eyes
September 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A photo of me in front of a wall of ivy. I’m holding out my long hair to one side and wearing a dress printed with flowers. My stick and poke tattoos of a California poppy and Texas bluebonnet and a canary are visible.
August 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Bizarre celebrations~
Sunlandic Twins 20th anniversary tour aaaahhhhhh
A concert stage with most of the band members present. The album art from Of Montreal’s Sunlandic Twins is projected onto the screen, including a projection onto a person in a white morph suit to recreate the full cover Of Montreal performing on a concert stage. Kevin Barnes stands at a microphone under hazy lights
July 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Another great visit to gator rescue park in my hometown last weekend 💕🐊🌭💗
July 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
emrem.bsky.social
- Seward and Jonathan look the same. One of these is one and the other is the other
-- Nicholas Hoult in Nosferatu
-- Spencer Daniels in the Magicians
- Van Helsing is just Willem Dafoe as the Van Helsing knock off in Nosferatu
Actor Spencer Daniels as Charlton in The Magicians, dressed in “old timey fantasy” clothes. Actor Nicolas Hoult in Nosferatu, playing the Jonathan Harker like role. He looks concerned and sweaty Actor Willem Dafoe in Nosferatu, looking very serious with a big mustache
June 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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I’m “casting” Dracula in my journal based on who I pictured. (Very Nosferatu [2024] influenced)

- Lauren Flynn Boyle in Twin Peaks as Mina Harker
- Lily Rose Depp in Nosferatu as Lucy
- Bram Stoker from the author photo as Art
- Nathan Fillion in Firefly as Quincy
Actress Laura Flynn Boyle, looking extremely beautiful, with a curious look on her face Actress Lily Rose Depp in Nosferatu (2024), looking distant and forlorn holding a bouquet of flowers Portrait of author Bram Stoker sitting in a chair Actor Nathan Fillion in the space western Firefly.
June 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Hey if you or your language and #linguistics students are looking for some end-of-term de-stressing, I put a couple more pages from my coloring book project up here: tinyurl.com/coloring-gre...
Coloring sheet. Block letters in the middle of the page read “There’s no such thing as ‘lazy’ language.” The text is surrounded by illustrations of snails. Completed coloring sheet. Block letters read "Every body has an accent," with one word on each line. A forearm palm up shows three tattoos in an homage to American traditional style: A rose; a horseshoe with '[ɡʊd lʌk' written on it, and a heart tattoo with a banner reading "[mɑm mam mʌm mɒm]]". In the space around the arm, a pair of hands meant to represent the ASL sign for "sign" and a mouth. The negative space is filled with stars.
May 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Okay the birthday gal got the gift so now i can show y'all this Nook's Cranny apron I made last weekend 😚
A person wearing a tan apron with an orange vinyl iron-on in the shape of the leaf logo from the game Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The pocket of a tan apron is being held open, showing three icons from the video game Animal Corssing: New Horizons: the green leaf for a general item, the acorn card for a crafting recipe, and the whisk card for a cooking recipe. A tan apron with an orange vinyl iron-on of the leaf logo from Animal Crossing: New Horizons. An oversized blue tag reads "Able Sisters," using the logo of the tailor shop from the game. Sticking out of the apron's pocket is a leaf logo card that reads "Happy 31st Horizons" A screenshot of the video game Animal Crossing: New Horizons shows the interior of the general store Nook's Cranny. The shop workers, Timmy and Tommy Nook, are wearing tan aprons with the game's leaf logo in orange.
February 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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I cut this lady out of some photo book for collage a few years ago but I can’t collage her bc I like her too much so I put her above my vanity and she makes me feel brave and whimsical
A woman in a two piece performance costume showing the midriff, a cape, and sandals. Her hair is piled on top of her head, and she’s standing in front of a circus-looking tent her arms look natural at rest at her side. She smiles confidently with her mouth closed, almost a smirk
February 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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A few more of my most recent pages!!
IPA symbols for fricatives wearing hats and shutter shades. Bunting above them reads “fricative party” and a banner on the wall says “does not stop!” Text reads “when the sunlight strikes raindrops in the air, they act as a prism and form a rainbow,” with a sun peaking behind rain clouds and a rainbow Outer space themed coloring page reads "vowel space" in A high tech font. Details include A vowel-space shaped constellation, a space ship being piloted by an alien based on the schwa symbol with three eyes and a rising tone diacritic for antennae. The ship is beaming up vowels. A planet, shooting star, and spiral galaxy have IPA vowels as debris surrounding them.
August 10, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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Help with my coloring book & tell me if a pineapple + these 7 other things are more bouba or more kiki!

Take the survey: forms.gle/df8ZsJw9QGGv...
Stylized text reads "Which nonsense word is each thing? Bouba or kiki?" Line illustrations of an ice cream cone, a bunny, a pencil, a beach bacll, a pine tree, a pineapple, a toadstool, and a campfire. Next to each illustration are checkboxes labeled "bouba" and "kiki"
August 9, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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Incredibly grateful for this opportunity!!! I’m so excited to keep working on my coloring book project with the support of the wonderful Lauren & Gretchen, LingComm donors, and of course the broader community!!! Yay!!!!
A colored in coloring sheet with pictures of signing hands, a mouth, and a large forearm with tattoos. Text reads “Every body has an accent”
May 24, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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I have Achieved something. (@kbmcgowan.bsky.social helped)
Abstract. Modeling the Role of Social Information in Speech Perception. By Em Rem. Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics. University of California. Professor Keith J, Co-chair. Professor Kevin B. McG, Co-chair. How do we model How do we model the relationship between “high level” social constructs and “low level” automatic processing of phonetic detail? Variation in pronunciation is socially informative, and listeners can draw on these social expectations when perceiving speech. This dissertation argues for a closer consideration of variation within sociophonetic exemplar modeling. I do this by reviewing the web of literature, simulating perception events in Python, and conducting an experiment.
May 15, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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I have some coloring sheets your language and #linguistics classes might enjoy for some finals season de-stressing! Here’s one of my students’ work!

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A completed coloring sheet reads “every body has an accent,” with an arm with IPA tattoos, signing hands, and a mouth
April 30, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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Okay here is the second single from my #linguistics coloring book, now with the correct link thank you @kirbyconrod.bsky.social 😅 drive.google.com/file/d/1Wl02...
Block letters read "Every body has an accent," with one word on each line. A forearm palm up shows three tattoos in an homage to American traditional style: A rose; a horseshoe with '[ɡʊd lʌk' written on it, and a heart tattoo with a banner reading "[mɑm mam mʌm mɒm]]". In the space around the arm, a pair of hands meant to represent the ASL sign for "sign" and a mouth. The negative space is filled with stars. At the bottom, "Designed by Emily Remirez"
January 17, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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I made a coloring sheet for some reading week de-stressing for my #Linguistics / composition students
Line drawing of a ribbon wrapped around a heart reading "Every language varies; every language changes; every language matters"
December 3, 2023 at 10:50 PM
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“This was my favorite class”

(Jk jk jk)
Han Solo from Star Wars saying “I know” in response to Princess Leia saying she loves him
November 30, 2023 at 6:49 PM
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"Hi team, so sorry for any conveniene"
Screenshot reads "Class cancelled tomorrow. Hi team, So sorry for any convenience, but I'm"
November 2, 2023 at 5:23 PM
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copying and pasting stimuli spectrograms
Screenshot from the movie Holes: "I'm tired of this Grandpa" as a young girl leans on a shovel
November 1, 2023 at 7:32 PM
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Probably the best figure in my dissertation for real though #linguistics #phonetics
Hand-drawn chart in bright colors shows two overlapping z-shaped curves. Y-axis is labeled "Proportion 'bat' response" and "bot" and "bat" at end points. A dashed line in the middle is labeled "chance". X-axis says "stimulus", with endpoints labeled "BAT" and "BOT". A rectangle in the middle is highlighted and labeled "ambiguous." The left curve is labeled "less centralization perceived" and "fewer 'bat' responses; the right curve is labeled "more centralization perceived" and "more 'bat' responses"
October 31, 2023 at 7:13 PM
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Well and I guess this settles it—couldn’t start now if I wanted to
Luna the extra small dog stands on my closed laptop
October 23, 2023 at 8:27 PM
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Credentials:
A selfie of me in my glasses, showing a lot of narrowing and distortion of my face through the lenses. Nevertheless, I am very beautiful.
October 10, 2023 at 12:18 AM
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Print the pdf out 2 sided, actual size. Then follow the instructions to fold it into a lil book! 🥰
Two pages of a booklet: Jargon & specialized language in academic texts convey precise concepts but can be opaque and boring. Read more to grow your vocabulary, understand better, and read faster. Reading is part of writing! Use a thesaurus or reverse dictionary wisely; double check how new words are actually used by googling. Get feedback early and often: swap with a friend, go to office hours, appointments with writing tutors, librarians, peer advisors. Find quality sources using library search and google scholar—who else is citing it? Illustrated Instructions for how to cut and fold an 8 page zine by Taylor Rushing
September 16, 2023 at 1:04 PM
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I made a slide for producing small talk bc I am extremely chill
Pre planned chit-chat: I’ve been: Watching: Detroiters, The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, What We Do in the Shadows, Legacies. Reading: Our Share of Night, The Cursed Bunny, Snow Crash. Playing: Kingdom Hearts 1.5, Disney Dreamlight Valley, the Pikmin 4 demo. Listening to: Chappell Roan, Hot to Go; Big Thief, Vampire Empire; Parquet Courts, Careers in Combat; Of Montreal, A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger
September 5, 2023 at 10:12 PM