shout out

Name: Hilary Anne Ward
Ethnicity: Autistic
Religion: shaiva siddhanta
Sexual preference: None
Current job: Graduate Teaching Assistant/Web Designer

days of ritual fasting: 4

Current affirmations:

Students can find my office without the help of superstring theory.
Landlord-tenant law applies to me.
I will not straighten my hair or conceal a disability on official documents.
Autism is not a superpower.
I will not question the existence of "Hamtramck".

"My critique of English studies is not anti-intellectual. When Marx wrote Das Capital his research question was "how can I help economically oppressed people", not "how can I read Anna Karenina against my theory?" . Sharon Schnurr, best friend and TA.

Special links:

Satire in AI culture
http://isnt.autistics.org/

Two exercises in the professional imaginary:

Professionals trying to write like teenagers
http://www.cool-2b-real.com/

Scientists trying to write like teenagers
http://www.teenwire.com
(check out "Jim Dandy's very gay day" and the "STD petting zoo").

Etymology of "Spam"
http://www.templetons.com/brad/spamterm.html