@kookykarthik.bsky.social
Tamil. Queer. NB. Literature nerd. Sometimes writer. English PhD student
Went for such a fun house party last night. Perfect mix of personal conversations, ridiculous dancing and drunkenness. And I don’t have a hangover today. I hope the scientist experimenting on me so I live in this Matrix perfects this formula so this can happen several more times this year.
February 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Went for such a fun house party last night. Perfect mix of personal conversations, ridiculous dancing and drunkenness. And I don’t have a hangover today. I hope the scientist experimenting on me so I live in this Matrix perfects this formula so this can happen several more times this year.
Bluesky has all the right political opinions on my feed and feels like a breath of fresh air unlike Twitter’s horrible experience now but I am missing the casualness of Twitter where I could chat with random folks about their lives.
February 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Bluesky has all the right political opinions on my feed and feels like a breath of fresh air unlike Twitter’s horrible experience now but I am missing the casualness of Twitter where I could chat with random folks about their lives.
I actually enjoyed Kalki 2898 AD. Yes Hindutva adjacent, annoying elements like a very irritating kid and almost all its visuals are too strongly reminiscent of Star Wars, Dune & Mad Max. That said it was entertaining and some moments gave me the dumb thrills of reading Amar Chitra Katha as a kid.
February 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I actually enjoyed Kalki 2898 AD. Yes Hindutva adjacent, annoying elements like a very irritating kid and almost all its visuals are too strongly reminiscent of Star Wars, Dune & Mad Max. That said it was entertaining and some moments gave me the dumb thrills of reading Amar Chitra Katha as a kid.
Rewatched it recently after seeing it years ago and I really appreciated it so much more. It’s being dropped into a fully formed world in a way very few TV pilots since have done.
The Twin Peaks Pilot operates across an emotional spectrum still almost unheard of on TV. An unflinching look at grief as it washes over people and ripples outwards across a community. Recalibrates my brain every time.
February 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Rewatched it recently after seeing it years ago and I really appreciated it so much more. It’s being dropped into a fully formed world in a way very few TV pilots since have done.
Got rejected for a cool thing I really wanted. 😩
February 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Got rejected for a cool thing I really wanted. 😩
I am such a Peter but being in grad school where all my South Asian friends speak non-Tamil languages has really made me ache to speak Tamil (in person since it still happens over WhatsApp).
February 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I am such a Peter but being in grad school where all my South Asian friends speak non-Tamil languages has really made me ache to speak Tamil (in person since it still happens over WhatsApp).
Someone who knows Sadanand Dhume irl should give him a tight slap. These are rambling school child thoughts written by a prepubescent boy who makes up fake scenarios with toys.
WSJ opinion piece by an … Indian.
The myth of non-violent partition of British India has an enduring legacy.
The only violence possible in our imagination is that enacted upon the west.
We desperately need Sylvia Wynter’s counterhumanity to recover from this mess.
www.wsj.com/opinion/if-i...
The myth of non-violent partition of British India has an enduring legacy.
The only violence possible in our imagination is that enacted upon the west.
We desperately need Sylvia Wynter’s counterhumanity to recover from this mess.
www.wsj.com/opinion/if-i...
Opinion | If Indians and Pakistanis Can Relocate, Why Can’t Gazans?
Population transfers aren’t a Trump innovation. There are plenty of examples from the 20th century.
www.wsj.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Someone who knows Sadanand Dhume irl should give him a tight slap. These are rambling school child thoughts written by a prepubescent boy who makes up fake scenarios with toys.
Every day there’s something new and horrendous.
Just got off the phone with Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), who said Elon Musk's DOGE team is "actively dismantling" federal Department of Education programs today.
"They are in the building, on the 6th floor, canceling grants and contracts."
"They are in the building, on the 6th floor, canceling grants and contracts."
February 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Every day there’s something new and horrendous.
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MLA 2027. Four of the then-remaining seven tenured literary scholars, all independently wealthy, delight the audience with fresh takes on the "novel of tariffs." Groundbreaking stuff: Knausgård, Rooney, Pynchon. All panelists agree: "These are no Little Dorrit."
February 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
MLA 2027. Four of the then-remaining seven tenured literary scholars, all independently wealthy, delight the audience with fresh takes on the "novel of tariffs." Groundbreaking stuff: Knausgård, Rooney, Pynchon. All panelists agree: "These are no Little Dorrit."
Maybe in this break I just want to re-read books I love.
December 14, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Maybe in this break I just want to re-read books I love.
Please stop making cringe videos with that "In the clurb we all fam" audio clip. They are not fun cringe videos. They are deeply sinister.
December 5, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Please stop making cringe videos with that "In the clurb we all fam" audio clip. They are not fun cringe videos. They are deeply sinister.
Attempting to write an autotheory final paper for a course and it's a mess. Here are some fun diary entries when I hooked up with this person. Let's now bring in some Jóse Muñoz. "I am afraid of aging as a queer person. Elizabeth Freeman says that...
December 3, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Attempting to write an autotheory final paper for a course and it's a mess. Here are some fun diary entries when I hooked up with this person. Let's now bring in some Jóse Muñoz. "I am afraid of aging as a queer person. Elizabeth Freeman says that...
Going to use this essay to explain to my writing and rhetoric students how "I know it when I see it" applies to queer writing particularly when it features a 'gaping hole'.
December 3, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Going to use this essay to explain to my writing and rhetoric students how "I know it when I see it" applies to queer writing particularly when it features a 'gaping hole'.
Re-reading this for a class and I'd forgotten how vibrant & moving this book is.
October 4, 2023 at 9:59 PM
Re-reading this for a class and I'd forgotten how vibrant & moving this book is.
Greenwich Village
October 2, 2023 at 4:07 AM
Greenwich Village