it’s me margaret, ph.d.

ontologically noisy // thinking abt words // dance like no one is watching, sing like no one is listening, drive like no one else is on the road etc etc

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

for me what it comes down to is counteracting the accelerationist aesthetic that pervades our lives right now, as well as the fact that AI almost always works as a yes-man. we want our students and ourselves to *pause* before we accept these new terms and make conscious choices

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

hi twitterati! wrote smth for The Important Work on an AI literacy framework I made w amazing colleagues - our way of grounding all these convos about AI & writing & human creativity in a practical set of questions: https://t.co/ytqLNDXTrZ

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

@MBTA what in gods name is happening!!! every morning during rush hour I wait 10-15 mins + can barely fit on a train. now trying to make a meeting, again during rush hour & trains coming every 15 mins??????? now on standby for 10 MINUTES. I am on here to go places not to hang out

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

second Boston tea party already underway btw

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

I am my father’s daughter I love wandering into other rooms mid conversation. And I also loveee muttering

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

@becccalunt …. When I move into an apartment that permits them 😔

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

As a child I named all my pets Belly. & now people say like the show? NO! First that’s chronologically impossible second their names were belly full stop (not a nickname! I’m not a coward!) third it had WHIMSY and HEART when I did it

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

six piece band at the wedding goes from yeah! to closer to Mr brightside to unwritten. Dance floor I am receiving your message

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

@meibot_ Oh!

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

the most horrifying part for me was that these students were legit asking what would you want to do if AI made it so you didn’t have to work? and my answer - spend time reading & discussing & writing abt books - was incomprehensible to them. ART IS WHAT ALL THIS LIVING IS FOR

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

this fall a student said, to my face, after learning I had a PhD in literature, “have you heard the jokes online about how an English major is a pyramid scheme bc the only thing u can do is teach?” She had previously described using AI to read. Girl you NEED me to teach

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

I did not mention the jokes they make about business majors online as I was practicing being mature

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

@P1cklezzz @404paigenotfnd I’m not an expert re comp lit but for english lit, the standard would be programs that are fully funded for at least several years w full tuition remission. the stipend might be low (which is why you join your union) but there should be one. I would recc emailing for more info!

[erika @yeeeerika]

hey (with the intention of getting ice cream)

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

Of course I participate in the wave. I’m big on community building

[SEIU Local 509 @SEIU509]

BREAKING: Our SEIU 509 union sibling Rümeysa Öztürk is being released from detention! We are so grateful to all of our labor and community allies who have stood with Rümeysa throughout this fight.

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

people are going crazy on my very cute lil TikTok abt getting a PhD. They think a barista joke can hurt me??? I spent 6 years making 30k in Boston I am stronger than you and I will lay down my life for the humanities

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

Be the change u wish to see in the world and stop hitting me w your backpacks

[it’s me margaret, ph.d. @mlboyd23]

get me to gods country