Exhausted from defense & migrainey because PCOS, so it’s time to settle in with some #StarTrekTNG. I’m doing a very slow rewatch. Today: “Samaritan Snare.” 🖖🏻📺
Planet Word Museum in Washington, DC
Hi there! I'm Kimberly Hirsh. My pronouns are she/ her/hers. I'm somebody's mom. I work as a school librarian. I have a PhD in information and library science. I love to read, play tabletop and video games, and make things. I used to perform in theater and improv comedy and I may one day again. I have been extremely online since 1993 and still enjoy tinkering on the web. I manage multiple chronic illnesses. I'm married to my kid's dad. We have a cat.
Want to get in touch? You can reach me by email.
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Advisor: So make these revisions because those were good questions and you had answers to them.
Me: Please send the defense video, I will not remember what my answers were.
#occasionallyresumeimprov
Katherine Taylor’s essay, I Am Not a Robot, explores Data’s value as a stand-in for autistic people. It also gets at how all kinds of neurodivergent or other disabled people might see themselves in him. It beautifully explains all the things that make him my favorite.
I have a lot of thank yous to catch up on, and I will. But in the meantime, I highly recommend having most of your best friends at your dissertation defense if you can. It makes the whole thing celebratory.
Lt. Cmdr. DOCTOR Kimberly Hirsh here… I mean Data, whoops… I passed my dissertation defense! Yay me! And immense thanks to the people who attended. It felt great to have so much support.
This really does feel like waiting to go to the hospital to be induced. I hope the dissertation defense involves less back labor.
Really wish I felt like I could sweeten my defense with a laugh track.
Me, when Wesley Crusher tells Guinan he always gets As:
Really? We’re still grading things in the 24th century?
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Last call for anyone who wants to attend my dissertation defense on Zoom, 4/14/21 1pm Eastern! The title is “Where’d You Get Those Nightcrawler Hands? The Information Literacy Practices of Cosplayers.” DM or email for Zoom details!
O no my defense adrenaline has arrived 18 hours early