Dr. JK Cox (she/her)

Writer-editor, mother of Huskies, avid reader of all things creepy, alarming caffeine intake. PhD: sf/f/horror/Am Gothic. Wants a pony & a secret bookshelf door

[Dr. JK Cox (she/her) @RhettOracly]

@saguynes Seconded! (Though forced to read it one summer semester in Dublin.) My own MA mentor stopped teaching it after reading the Stuart Gilbert book

[Dr. JK Cox (she/her) @RhettOracly]

All this, all the time!

[Academic Chatter™ @AcademicChatter]

Always choose a supportive supervisor over university prestige.

[Dr. JK Cox (she/her) @RhettOracly]

@jeffvandermeer @AnnVanderMeer Is that a magnolia in your front yard? (I think I see blooms!) I miss the magnolias in the South ❄️💚

[Gemma Amor @manylittlewords]

This 🖤

[Dr. JK Cox (she/her) @RhettOracly]

@DrWalkingDead What? Why can’t Hemingway, VanGogh, Lautrec, & Pennywise just have a friendly alfresco lunch??

[Dr. JK Cox (she/her) @RhettOracly]

@Literature_Lady Warm handoff to the counseling/health center where student may be able sleep some off, or at least monitored for worsening symptoms

[Dr. JK Cox (she/her) @RhettOracly]

@DrGrimmTweets PEOPLE!! (Reminds me of “Chicken Little” from The Space Merchants)

[Dr. JK Cox (she/her) @RhettOracly]

@Literature_Lady That sounds like easy grading: “Does not address prompt.” End of.

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@jeffvandermeer They would fit right in with the rest of my weird little menagerie, which includes a Targ, a Gorn, Plague Dr. plush & mask, at least 1+ cephalopod, 2 creepy clowns, an iridescent unicorn skeleton, and a vertebra (probly deer). Not counting Christmas Cthulhu

[Dr. JK Cox (she/her) @RhettOracly]

@SamSykesSwears Never piss off the Ginger

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@SarahPinborough That’s my weekend plans: Friday shots (booster + flu), then sleep all weekend.

[Dr. JK Cox (she/her) @RhettOracly]

@SarahPinborough Sweet! Big plans brewing for the big 5-0 next year!! ❤️

[Dr. JK Cox (she/her) @RhettOracly]

@jeffvandermeer

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@SamSykesSwears Return to Oz - the “Wheelers” and the closet full of heads were pure nightmare fodder

[Dr. JK Cox (she/her) @RhettOracly]

@PhDVoice @PostdocVoice 💯 Agree! Yet so many profs will give negative feedback on writing in a “less-than-academic” tone (prose gets punchy after 3am!) How about XTRA points for deftly handled humor?

[Dr. JK Cox (she/her) @RhettOracly]

@SarahPinborough 💔

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[Dr. JK Cox (she/her) @RhettOracly]

@PhDVoice @PostdocVoice I think it depends entirely on the regard-holder in question & the context for soliciting an opinion - generally perceived “value” of a PhD? Probably. When it comes to experts on specific topics, probably not

[Dr. JK Cox (she/her) @RhettOracly]

@g8trcarol Yikes! My niece does jet-ski eco tours in AK, but I think she’s more southerly