Michael Stokes

He/Him/His; PhD Candidate. Once on fire, once hit by car, once fought off flesh eating bacteria: one is a lie. (It’s that I’m an academic… I’m just an imposter)

[Michael Stokes @UndoneOuroboros]

@_EricHu

[Michael Stokes @UndoneOuroboros]

An especially relevant SAT prep question:
AI in our applications is like _____ in our bodywash.

A. Lead
B. Microplastic Beads
C. Parabens
D. Milton

[Michael Stokes @UndoneOuroboros]

Violet is to cosmic horror what neon verdante is to science fiction.

[Michael Stokes @UndoneOuroboros]

What is chickens happening?
The answer is avocado, apparently.

[JoW @jolwalton]

#SFRA Disability & SF panel: Josefine Wälivaraa on crip time in The Island, & Parts: The Clonus Horror; @LeighaMcR on bodyminds in space(ships); @UndoneOuroboros on the undertheorised mutant figure; Evdokia Stefanopoulou on posthumanism in contemporary postapocalyptic films

[MSU AEGS @MSUAEGS]

HIVES Research Workshop and Speaker Series has announced its lineup of events for the Spring 2022 semester. For more details and to RSVP for events, check out https://t.co/y6zJ0S9IYJ

[Michael Stokes @UndoneOuroboros]

Since humans all come out of a womb, is our entire life just an out of body experience?

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

"Hard sci-fi": A man writes a fantasy book but describes the magic system using 90s string theory jargon

"Soft sci-fi": A woman writes a highly realistic description of metallurgy but also mentions the welder's feelings

[Michael Stokes @UndoneOuroboros]

Hot take: moths are just butterflies designed in the 1970s

[Michael Stokes @UndoneOuroboros]

I’m cooking with the most passive aggressive parchment paper I could find.

[MSU AEGS @MSUAEGS]

Please join English grad students, faculty, and a much broader community at tonight’s encircling!

[MSU AEGS @MSUAEGS]

Indian grad students at MSU have started a fundraiser with others for COVID-19 relief in India. The situation is dire, as India battles its second wave of COVID-19 with 400,000 Indians contracting the virus every day. You can donate or find more info here: https://t.co/it8UPOKEoN

[Michael Stokes @UndoneOuroboros]

Had the opportunity to present work that started in @joshua_lam ‘s class on Black Modernism. Thank you for your guidance and feedback as part of my graduate committee.

So glad to part of the first panel at #sds !

[Michael Stokes @UndoneOuroboros]

Hey, neat! I think this is the first time someone has used the term “luminary” to describe me! Except perhaps those times@I was dressed as Uncle Fester.

[MSU English Dept @MSUEnglish]

💡Literary Luminary: Michael Stokes, a Ph. D. student whose current work focuses on decoding the entanglement of race, gender, and disability in US science fiction.

Swipe to learn more about this week's Literary Luminary, Michael.

[Michael Stokes @UndoneOuroboros]

Banana and blueberry pancakes are just fruit salad in a bread bowl.

[Robin Silbergleid @RSilbergleid]

MSU Undergraduate Writers! Submit your work for Live Lit Reading Series, collaboration between @MSUEnglish and @CenterForPoetry. Featuring Jessica Stokes. Deadline 3/15. https://t.co/SrVzOiYymf

[Michael Stokes @UndoneOuroboros]

I think most recipes that end with “finish it in the oven for 10-15 minutes” were written by cooks who want to wash all the pans except the one the leftovers will be kept in before they eat.
#provemewrong #cooking

[Michael Stokes @UndoneOuroboros]

Zoombie: the state of existing with minimal response to stimuli as a result of fatigue associated with being on Zoom for too much of the day.

[MSU English Dept @MSUEnglish]

Join us on TOMORROW at 2:00pm (Eastern Time): Resurrecting Jatayu: Collaborative Storytelling event with performance artist and filmmaker Anuj Vaidya.

To learn more and RSVP for Resurrecting Jatayu go to: https://t.co/xOYR1ArVsJ

[Michael Stokes @UndoneOuroboros]

If you read poetry while you cook,
be prepared for poblano tears
to augment the emotional ones.