Kiera Obbard
@kieraobbard.bsky.social
#SSHRC Postdoc at uWaterloo exploring women's writing and publishing technologies (feminist media & lit studies, STS, DH). Romantasy reader and researcher. Co-director of @dlcplus.org. Freelance writer and poet.
On Nov. 20, 2025, @dlcplus.org hosted our first mini-conference on current keywords in digital literary culture! It was so much fun organizing with @supercamilla.bsky.social! Here's my short write-up of the event. kieraobbard.ca/2025/11/25/f... #academicsky #keywords #digitalliteraryculture
First inaugural DLC+ Conference: Smut and Lore
November has been a busy month for me! One of the highlights of this busy time of year has been running and participating in the inaugural DLC+ mini conference. Digital Literary Cultures, or DLC+, …
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November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
On Nov. 20, 2025, @dlcplus.org hosted our first mini-conference on current keywords in digital literary culture! It was so much fun organizing with @supercamilla.bsky.social! Here's my short write-up of the event. kieraobbard.ca/2025/11/25/f... #academicsky #keywords #digitalliteraryculture
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90% of deep fake images online are non-consensual pornographic images of women and girls.
And yet, these images are not yet illegal in Canada.
And yet, these images are not yet illegal in Canada.
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This year's theme is digital abuse.
Fewer than 40% of countries have laws protecting women from cyber harassment or cyber stalking. This leaves 44% of the world’s women and girls without access to legal protection.
Fewer than 40% of countries have laws protecting women from cyber harassment or cyber stalking. This leaves 44% of the world’s women and girls without access to legal protection.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
90% of deep fake images online are non-consensual pornographic images of women and girls.
And yet, these images are not yet illegal in Canada.
And yet, these images are not yet illegal in Canada.
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Taylor Swift as smut & podcasting :Putting the fun (back) in academia!
Thank you @dlcplus.org @supercamilla.bsky.social & @kieraobbard.bsky.social 😻
Thank you @dlcplus.org @supercamilla.bsky.social & @kieraobbard.bsky.social 😻
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Taylor Swift as smut & podcasting :Putting the fun (back) in academia!
Thank you @dlcplus.org @supercamilla.bsky.social & @kieraobbard.bsky.social 😻
Thank you @dlcplus.org @supercamilla.bsky.social & @kieraobbard.bsky.social 😻
In the first @dlcplus.org presentation, Gabriele de Seta discusses the developing lore of LLMs, glitch tokens like the SolidGoldMagikarp, and how lore keeps stories in circulation. #lore #llm #llmlore #digitalhumanities
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
In the first @dlcplus.org presentation, Gabriele de Seta discusses the developing lore of LLMs, glitch tokens like the SolidGoldMagikarp, and how lore keeps stories in circulation. #lore #llm #llmlore #digitalhumanities
We're all set up and ready for the @dlcplus.org mini-conference on lore and smut to begin!
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We're all set up and ready for the @dlcplus.org mini-conference on lore and smut to begin!
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This Thursday, organized by the wonderful @supercamilla.bsky.social & @kieraobbard.bsky.social 🤩
The first of the DLC+ mini-conference series is happening next week!
Join us on Thursday Nov. 20th for 3 hours of smut, lore and all things digital culture!
See the schedule and abstracts, and sign up to get the zoom link below
#digitalculture #digitalhumanities
dlcplus.org/current-keyw...
Join us on Thursday Nov. 20th for 3 hours of smut, lore and all things digital culture!
See the schedule and abstracts, and sign up to get the zoom link below
#digitalculture #digitalhumanities
dlcplus.org/current-keyw...
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This Thursday, organized by the wonderful @supercamilla.bsky.social & @kieraobbard.bsky.social 🤩
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The first of the DLC+ mini-conference series is happening next week!
Join us on Thursday Nov. 20th for 3 hours of smut, lore and all things digital culture!
See the schedule and abstracts, and sign up to get the zoom link below
#digitalculture #digitalhumanities
dlcplus.org/current-keyw...
Join us on Thursday Nov. 20th for 3 hours of smut, lore and all things digital culture!
See the schedule and abstracts, and sign up to get the zoom link below
#digitalculture #digitalhumanities
dlcplus.org/current-keyw...
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The first of the DLC+ mini-conference series is happening next week!
Join us on Thursday Nov. 20th for 3 hours of smut, lore and all things digital culture!
See the schedule and abstracts, and sign up to get the zoom link below
#digitalculture #digitalhumanities
dlcplus.org/current-keyw...
Join us on Thursday Nov. 20th for 3 hours of smut, lore and all things digital culture!
See the schedule and abstracts, and sign up to get the zoom link below
#digitalculture #digitalhumanities
dlcplus.org/current-keyw...
Join me on Nov. 24 to learn how to turn your research into action! In this hands-on workshop, participants will gain a foundational knowledge of policy processes, how academics can influence policy, and where to go in the Waterloo region to get started. Register: www.eventbrite.ca/e/translatin...
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Join me on Nov. 24 to learn how to turn your research into action! In this hands-on workshop, participants will gain a foundational knowledge of policy processes, how academics can influence policy, and where to go in the Waterloo region to get started. Register: www.eventbrite.ca/e/translatin...
“Publish or perish,” the haunting academic refrain goes. But it can be difficult to keep track of everything in your academic publishing pipeline. Here's how I make use of Trello (and a great template) to stay on top of my deadlines for articles, chapters, and more! kieraobbard.ca/2025/10/22/h...
How to keep track of your academic publishing pipeline
“Publish or perish,” the haunting academic refrain goes. But when you’re in the midst of endless dissertation or manuscript revisions, teaching courses, and applying to jobs, it c…
kieraobbard.ca
October 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“Publish or perish,” the haunting academic refrain goes. But it can be difficult to keep track of everything in your academic publishing pipeline. Here's how I make use of Trello (and a great template) to stay on top of my deadlines for articles, chapters, and more! kieraobbard.ca/2025/10/22/h...
I'm pleased to share that my poetry film was 1st runner-up winner in the category of Poetry Films in North America at the CMCS Wall of Fame Film Festival!
First runner-up in Poetry film, North America
On August 30th, 2025, my poetry film "family video" was screened at the 3rd annual Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) film fest screenings over a nut-free vegan potluck at Wishbone Animal Rights Lab in Toronto, Ontario. I'm pleased to share that my poetry film was 1st runner-up winner in the category of Poetry Films in North America! You can watch the full stream here:
kieraobbard.ca
October 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'm pleased to share that my poetry film was 1st runner-up winner in the category of Poetry Films in North America at the CMCS Wall of Fame Film Festival!
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The news is out and so is the Call for Volume 5 of the Electronic Literature Collection.
Thanks to an army of translators it's available in a bunch of languages 🎉
Questions: contact @zachwhalen.bsky.social @videlais.bsky.social Dani Spinosa or me @ elcvol5 [at] gmail [dot] com
Please share widely!
Thanks to an army of translators it's available in a bunch of languages 🎉
Questions: contact @zachwhalen.bsky.social @videlais.bsky.social Dani Spinosa or me @ elcvol5 [at] gmail [dot] com
Please share widely!
Call for Submissions
The Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) seeks submissions for Volume 5 of the Electronic Literature Collection.
collection.eliterature.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The news is out and so is the Call for Volume 5 of the Electronic Literature Collection.
Thanks to an army of translators it's available in a bunch of languages 🎉
Questions: contact @zachwhalen.bsky.social @videlais.bsky.social Dani Spinosa or me @ elcvol5 [at] gmail [dot] com
Please share widely!
Thanks to an army of translators it's available in a bunch of languages 🎉
Questions: contact @zachwhalen.bsky.social @videlais.bsky.social Dani Spinosa or me @ elcvol5 [at] gmail [dot] com
Please share widely!
Reposted by Kiera Obbard
🪅 DLC+ mini-conference: Current Keywords on Digital Literary Culture. Nov
20th.
Deadline EXTENDED: Oct 15th.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share widely! 🦭 We want all the smut and lore out there!
#digitalhumanities #digitalculture
20th.
Deadline EXTENDED: Oct 15th.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share widely! 🦭 We want all the smut and lore out there!
#digitalhumanities #digitalculture
October 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
🪅 DLC+ mini-conference: Current Keywords on Digital Literary Culture. Nov
20th.
Deadline EXTENDED: Oct 15th.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share widely! 🦭 We want all the smut and lore out there!
#digitalhumanities #digitalculture
20th.
Deadline EXTENDED: Oct 15th.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share widely! 🦭 We want all the smut and lore out there!
#digitalhumanities #digitalculture
Need a little extra time preparing your submission for the @dlcplus.org #CFP on #smut and #lore? We've extended our deadline by a week! Submit by October 15th for our mini conference.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Need a little extra time preparing your submission for the @dlcplus.org #CFP on #smut and #lore? We've extended our deadline by a week! Submit by October 15th for our mini conference.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Abstracts for this #CFP on Current Keywords in Digital Literary Culture are due October 8th! Can't wait to read your takes on 'smut' and 'lore'! #academicsky
New #CFP from @dlcplus.org - we're hosting a mini-conference on Keywords in Digital Literary Culture! We have two keywords for our first conf: smut and lore. Read the CFP and submit here: forms.gle/hXgbeJ1s5okD...
DLC+ Presents Current Keywords in Digital Literary Culture Mini-Conference: "Smut" and "Lore"
In 2025-2026, Current Keywords in Digital Literary Culture will host two virtual mini-conferences consisting of four thematically-linked keywords actively shaping digital literary culture in the very ...
forms.gle
October 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Abstracts for this #CFP on Current Keywords in Digital Literary Culture are due October 8th! Can't wait to read your takes on 'smut' and 'lore'! #academicsky
Spent a good chunk of the early morning researching IKEA bed frames for my father that were bought in the late 90s so that we could get replacement parts. See what an English PhD can get you? #researchskills
September 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Spent a good chunk of the early morning researching IKEA bed frames for my father that were bought in the late 90s so that we could get replacement parts. See what an English PhD can get you? #researchskills
After a week of (fun) disruption to my work schedule, I just submitted a (slightly overdue) peer review AND a book review I’d been working on since July! Feeling very productive for a Sunday, and following in the footsteps of @juliapoly.bsky.social in giving back to the academic community.
September 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
After a week of (fun) disruption to my work schedule, I just submitted a (slightly overdue) peer review AND a book review I’d been working on since July! Feeling very productive for a Sunday, and following in the footsteps of @juliapoly.bsky.social in giving back to the academic community.
A lovely panel and conversation for the @stratfest.bsky.social Meighen Forum “In Pursuit of Bears” yesterday, featuring @martynobbard.bsky.social, Kel Pero, Jon Kretzu, and Graham Abbey.
September 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A lovely panel and conversation for the @stratfest.bsky.social Meighen Forum “In Pursuit of Bears” yesterday, featuring @martynobbard.bsky.social, Kel Pero, Jon Kretzu, and Graham Abbey.
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being a “vibe coding cleanup specialist” is increasingly a real job www.404media.co/the-software...
The Software Engineers Paid to Fix Vibe Coded Messes
Linkedin has been joking about “vibe coding cleanup specialists,” but it’s actually a growing profession.
www.404media.co
September 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
being a “vibe coding cleanup specialist” is increasingly a real job www.404media.co/the-software...
Reposted by Kiera Obbard
🪅 DLC+ mini-conference: Current Keywords on Digital Literary Culture. Nov
20th.
CFP out now. Se link for details and submission form. Deadline: Oct 8th.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share widely! 🦭 We want all the smut and lore out there!
#digitalhumanities #digitalculture
20th.
CFP out now. Se link for details and submission form. Deadline: Oct 8th.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share widely! 🦭 We want all the smut and lore out there!
#digitalhumanities #digitalculture
September 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🪅 DLC+ mini-conference: Current Keywords on Digital Literary Culture. Nov
20th.
CFP out now. Se link for details and submission form. Deadline: Oct 8th.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share widely! 🦭 We want all the smut and lore out there!
#digitalhumanities #digitalculture
20th.
CFP out now. Se link for details and submission form. Deadline: Oct 8th.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share widely! 🦭 We want all the smut and lore out there!
#digitalhumanities #digitalculture
New #CFP from @dlcplus.org - we're hosting a mini-conference on Keywords in Digital Literary Culture! We have two keywords for our first conf: smut and lore. Read the CFP and submit here: forms.gle/hXgbeJ1s5okD...
DLC+ Presents Current Keywords in Digital Literary Culture Mini-Conference: "Smut" and "Lore"
In 2025-2026, Current Keywords in Digital Literary Culture will host two virtual mini-conferences consisting of four thematically-linked keywords actively shaping digital literary culture in the very ...
forms.gle
September 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
New #CFP from @dlcplus.org - we're hosting a mini-conference on Keywords in Digital Literary Culture! We have two keywords for our first conf: smut and lore. Read the CFP and submit here: forms.gle/hXgbeJ1s5okD...
Next week, my father @martynobbard.bsky.social will be participating as a panelist in this @stratfest.bsky.social panel discussion on the infamous stage direction, “Exit, pursued by a bear”.
www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/Play... #winterstale #shakespeare
www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/Play... #winterstale #shakespeare
In Pursuit of Bears: Shakespeare and Animal Metaphors | Stratford Festival Official Website
This panel discussion includes scholars from both the Shakespearean and environmental perspectives who will consider what bears would have meant to the Elizabethan audience and discuss the broader con...
www.stratfordfestival.ca
September 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Next week, my father @martynobbard.bsky.social will be participating as a panelist in this @stratfest.bsky.social panel discussion on the infamous stage direction, “Exit, pursued by a bear”.
www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/Play... #winterstale #shakespeare
www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/Play... #winterstale #shakespeare
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"Facebook owner Meta has warned the (Irish) Government that it plans to complain to the Trump administration over a €200m European Commission fine for breaching digital market rules." #IntetnetRegulationToday m.independent.ie/irish-news/m...
Meta warns Paschal Donohoe it will complain to Donald Trump about EU fine for breaking digital market rules
Facebook owner Meta has warned the Government that it plans to complain to the Trump administration over a €200m European Commission fine for breaching digital market rules.
m.independent.ie
August 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"Facebook owner Meta has warned the (Irish) Government that it plans to complain to the Trump administration over a €200m European Commission fine for breaching digital market rules." #IntetnetRegulationToday m.independent.ie/irish-news/m...
My summer, in photos.
August 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My summer, in photos.
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Meta’s AI chatbot policies amount to “technologically predatory companionship,” D&S researcher @livgar.bsky.social writes. As the company's leaked policy reveals, this is by design, and "puts profit margins over people’s safety, sanity, and self-determination." www.techpolicy.press/experts-reac...
August 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Meta’s AI chatbot policies amount to “technologically predatory companionship,” D&S researcher @livgar.bsky.social writes. As the company's leaked policy reveals, this is by design, and "puts profit margins over people’s safety, sanity, and self-determination." www.techpolicy.press/experts-reac...
Thrilled to share that I’ve started a #SSHRC Postdoc at the University of Waterloo with @laitze.bsky.social and @becomingbri.bsky.social! I’ll be researching the feminization and subsequent denigration of women’s writing and associated publishing technologies, from 19th cent poetesses to Instapoets
August 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Thrilled to share that I’ve started a #SSHRC Postdoc at the University of Waterloo with @laitze.bsky.social and @becomingbri.bsky.social! I’ll be researching the feminization and subsequent denigration of women’s writing and associated publishing technologies, from 19th cent poetesses to Instapoets