Gina
@ginaarlene.bsky.social
writer/foodie/academic/shiv roy apologist
Feeling the exact mix of emotions one feels the morning of their dissertation defense.
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Feeling the exact mix of emotions one feels the morning of their dissertation defense.
uniquely hellish experience to have no voice on your last day of class while also flinching at any phone call or text that you get in case it’s about to confirm that your Papa, who raised you, has died. oh, and it’s ten degrees, and i’m here until 6:15.
December 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
uniquely hellish experience to have no voice on your last day of class while also flinching at any phone call or text that you get in case it’s about to confirm that your Papa, who raised you, has died. oh, and it’s ten degrees, and i’m here until 6:15.
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
Suggestions for comfort activities/media/food/etc when preemptively mourning?
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Suggestions for comfort activities/media/food/etc when preemptively mourning?
Is there an untranslatable German word for “the feeling of losing a grandparent who is functionally your parent, and most people don’t quite understand your grief, but you would feel like a jackass if you tried to tell someone who has lost a parent that you understand their grief?”
November 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Is there an untranslatable German word for “the feeling of losing a grandparent who is functionally your parent, and most people don’t quite understand your grief, but you would feel like a jackass if you tried to tell someone who has lost a parent that you understand their grief?”
It’s listserv-official!
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It’s listserv-official!
Welcome to your neighborhood gay bar. We’re playing Slayyyter at 30 decibels above the recommended safe level while a loop of Norma Desmond scenes play on mute on our TVs. Here’s your vodka cranberry that’s 85% vodka, 15% cranberry. That’ll be $5.
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Welcome to your neighborhood gay bar. We’re playing Slayyyter at 30 decibels above the recommended safe level while a loop of Norma Desmond scenes play on mute on our TVs. Here’s your vodka cranberry that’s 85% vodka, 15% cranberry. That’ll be $5.
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Dream on, Sluggo
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Dream on, Sluggo
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
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me waking up and opening this app
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
me waking up and opening this app
Portrait of a woman who is finally on the week-long break that she’s needed since September.
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Portrait of a woman who is finally on the week-long break that she’s needed since September.
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who is friar laurence in this scenario
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
who is friar laurence in this scenario
Grad school will get you crying over "What's Up?" at 2 PM on a Wednesday, because oh my GOD do I try all the time in this institution.
November 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Grad school will get you crying over "What's Up?" at 2 PM on a Wednesday, because oh my GOD do I try all the time in this institution.
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i like that the modern house cat, in defiance of the survival instincts of its quiet, graceful ancestors, can now go down the stairs like a gaggle of children in combat boots playing a set of drums
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 AM
i like that the modern house cat, in defiance of the survival instincts of its quiet, graceful ancestors, can now go down the stairs like a gaggle of children in combat boots playing a set of drums
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ask your doctor if lying down in the forest to be consumed by the earth is right for you
November 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
ask your doctor if lying down in the forest to be consumed by the earth is right for you
This week I got the two best compliments I could ever receive:
1) "You can historicize like a motherfucker," and
2) "Usually when I see someone's list of favorite films, I feel like I know them on a deeper level. When I see your list of favorite films, I feel lost and confused."
1) "You can historicize like a motherfucker," and
2) "Usually when I see someone's list of favorite films, I feel like I know them on a deeper level. When I see your list of favorite films, I feel lost and confused."
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This week I got the two best compliments I could ever receive:
1) "You can historicize like a motherfucker," and
2) "Usually when I see someone's list of favorite films, I feel like I know them on a deeper level. When I see your list of favorite films, I feel lost and confused."
1) "You can historicize like a motherfucker," and
2) "Usually when I see someone's list of favorite films, I feel like I know them on a deeper level. When I see your list of favorite films, I feel lost and confused."
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some people in the news business really didn't get an early enough exposure to semiotext(e)
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
some people in the news business really didn't get an early enough exposure to semiotext(e)
Me recommending Mona Awad's "Bunny" to friends: It made me have vivid emotional flashbacks to PhD coursework and sickened me to my core. I had to take it one chapter a day because I felt the plot too deeply. It's one of my favorite books of all time, 10/10, perfect piece of art.
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Me recommending Mona Awad's "Bunny" to friends: It made me have vivid emotional flashbacks to PhD coursework and sickened me to my core. I had to take it one chapter a day because I felt the plot too deeply. It's one of my favorite books of all time, 10/10, perfect piece of art.
Never thought I’d complain about being well-rested at 6 AM, but I fear for my 5 PM class if I can’t get in a bit more sleep.
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Never thought I’d complain about being well-rested at 6 AM, but I fear for my 5 PM class if I can’t get in a bit more sleep.
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2025 symbolism department putting in extra extra overtime
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
2025 symbolism department putting in extra extra overtime
This is the first weekend in YEARS that I'm not working on my dissertation in some capacity. I hardly know what to do with myself.
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is the first weekend in YEARS that I'm not working on my dissertation in some capacity. I hardly know what to do with myself.
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Bill Clinton's dick is the lament configuration that has cursed american politics for the entirety of my lifetime
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Bill Clinton's dick is the lament configuration that has cursed american politics for the entirety of my lifetime
save me juicy peach flavor alani. juicy peach flavor alani please save me.
October 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
save me juicy peach flavor alani. juicy peach flavor alani please save me.