writer by the name of algae

advocate for the rgv, teacher leaders, students, and my love for writing | | 1st year latin american and latino studies master’s student @lalsatuic

[writer by the name of algae @writer_algae]

happy menstrual hygiene day everyone!!

i wanted to let you know of a new anthology that’s coming out later this year in which my poem “La mancha en mi alma” will be featured. this anth has been long expected and i’m so excited to share this piece with y’all!

link in bio🩸🩸

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

your 5 minute break from writing has been 3 days long

[Naima Day 🌹 @akbarjenkins]

It feels like US academia, esp. in the social sciences and humanities, but really in all fields of higher ed, seem to have no sense of what a catastrophe could be starting in about a week

[Dr. Émile P. Torres (they/them) @xriskology]

I sent a paper of mine to an Oxford philosophy prof earlier this year, and he *loved it*. Told me I should submit it without edits, and that he'd be citing it in future papers of his. So, I submitted to an ethics journal -- desk rejection. I submitted it to another journal, and

[erin baldwin 🍉🇵🇸 @erinbwriting]

🧵as a white-presenting biracial filipino author, i’ve had many conversations with friends about the right kind of representation. not just race, but neurodiversity, queerness, and other complex facets of existence. finding out one of those people (probably the one i confided

[writer by the name of algae @writer_algae]

@ally_sheehan honey from big hero 6!

[Lily Meade ✨ @LilyMeade]

If Taylor becomes a New York Times bestseller with her self-published book, that’s going to have BIG ramifications for the publishing industry. That title has formerly been something celebrities could only get through a profit share deal with a traditional publishing house. 1/9

[Nicole Lee Schroeder, PhD @Nicole_Lee_Sch]

I (finally) got Adderall and now I'm in "oh I could have felt so much better if anyone had noticed this for 30 years" late-stage diagnosis mourning. Here's to all the first born daughters, all the "perfect student"-esque people who never got the support they needed

[Jesús de la Torre @JesussdelaTorre]

Border communities are joyful, embracing and full of hope. When we only pair the word #border with “crisis,” “chaos,” “problem,” or “security,” we fail to acknowledge the reality of the borderlands, stigmatize entire communities, and obscure the needs of people on the move.

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

❤️⤵️

[Dr. Akil Fletcher @ AAAs @AkilFletcher]

Good news, everyone! The 2025 BIPOC Game Studies conference is now accepting submissions for a showcase of papers, games, and related media to be featured at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York.

Deadline: January 15th.
https://t.co/1VjzAlBC6k

[Sana Saeed @SanaSaeed]

Aysenur Ezgi is a hero - she left the comforts of her life to volunteer her body and her persumed privilege, via her passport, to protect Palestinian farmers from Israeli settler & state violence. May she rest in peace & may her courage & solidarity be remembered.

[Dr. bird 🌻 | Inspiring Change @bbirdbPhD]

If this pans out, and entirely stops transmission, this could actually end this pandemic. Other COVID conscious folks and I will still be forever changed by the vast majority of the public’s eugenics based denial, delusion, and gross negligence, ruining our faith in humanity.

[Oliver Darkshire 🌈 @deathbybadger]

"I need AI to help me write because it's hard and not everyone is able" writing is supposed to be miserable, if you need a crutch that's what substance abuse is for, sylvia plath would choke you to death with her bare hands and edgar allan poe would use your skull as a bong

[Austin Ross @AustinTRoss]

you legally can't bully me for the next 30 days