Ashley P., Ph.D.
@dr-alp.bsky.social
Adjunct Professor at The University of Portland. Feminist philosophy of language researcher, specializing in pragmatics & power.
I will not see marty supreme and you can't make me.
December 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I will not see marty supreme and you can't make me.
New favourite insult just dropped.
i’m not wishing anything on anyone, i’m just describing the future
We don't need to wish poverty and suffering on the people who are very squarely in the wrong. Hate the sin, love the sinner, and try to point her in the direction of justice and fairness.
December 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
New favourite insult just dropped.
If I see one more announcement or ad for an academic confidence on AI, I am going to walk into the Pacific with rocks sewn into my clothes.
(This isn't a knock on my colleagues who write & do important research related to the topic, of course!)
(This isn't a knock on my colleagues who write & do important research related to the topic, of course!)
December 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
If I see one more announcement or ad for an academic confidence on AI, I am going to walk into the Pacific with rocks sewn into my clothes.
(This isn't a knock on my colleagues who write & do important research related to the topic, of course!)
(This isn't a knock on my colleagues who write & do important research related to the topic, of course!)
Reposted by Ashley P., Ph.D.
hmu if you know of a method for reviving fountain pens that doesn’t involve licking
December 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
hmu if you know of a method for reviving fountain pens that doesn’t involve licking
It's always funny to me when someone I don't know tries to be mean or rude to me. I always want to be like, yeah you can't hurt me. I've got a mental illness and already had that exact thought 100x today. Get in line. 🤷♀️
December 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
It's always funny to me when someone I don't know tries to be mean or rude to me. I always want to be like, yeah you can't hurt me. I've got a mental illness and already had that exact thought 100x today. Get in line. 🤷♀️
Living in Portland: where a gazillion people show up to protest, but then aggressively organise against helping people who live in city. (It's been a tough week in the mutual aid/direct action/homelessness organising space.) 😔
December 17, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Living in Portland: where a gazillion people show up to protest, but then aggressively organise against helping people who live in city. (It's been a tough week in the mutual aid/direct action/homelessness organising space.) 😔
In which a white lady confuses proximity to power with actual power. If only the woman had read some Patricia Hills Collins. 🤔
Oh my god in the scenes where she interviews Trump she just quotes him in full verbatim. Why would you include this in your book?!
She's allegedly this master of working high-level sources but she lets him filibuster for minutes on end. The interview produces nothing.
She's allegedly this master of working high-level sources but she lets him filibuster for minutes on end. The interview produces nothing.
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
In which a white lady confuses proximity to power with actual power. If only the woman had read some Patricia Hills Collins. 🤔
Sure, when Gehry subverted expectations he "defied gravity", but when I try to do the same thing with my syllabus' it "doesn't make sense" and is "confusing to students". #rude ( #kidding )
Gehry transformed modern architecture with exuberant buildings such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Guggenheim Museum. "I've always been for optimism and architecture not being sad," he said. n.pr/44TlUw2
Frank Gehry, whose designs defied gravity and convention, dies at 96
Gehry transformed modern architecture with exuberant buildings such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Guggenheim Museum. "I've always been for optimism and architecture not being sad," he said.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Discussion of politicians' 'fitness to serve' is a really fun way to find out just how deeply ableist everyone you know is.
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Discussion of politicians' 'fitness to serve' is a really fun way to find out just how deeply ableist everyone you know is.
"You would think if all these rich dudes cared so much about living forever, they'd be more concerned with climate change?" - me, an ✨️ intellectual ✨️ having sudden thought in a Trader Joe's, that has already occurred to literally everyone else around me.
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
"You would think if all these rich dudes cared so much about living forever, they'd be more concerned with climate change?" - me, an ✨️ intellectual ✨️ having sudden thought in a Trader Joe's, that has already occurred to literally everyone else around me.
A + work. No notes.
“My ‘I am not a wife beater’ shirt seems to provoke more questions than it answers”
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A + work. No notes.
Love that Beri Weiss wants to elevate voices like Alan Dershowitz, whose other notable accomplishments include being Jeffery Epstein's lawyer.
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Love that Beri Weiss wants to elevate voices like Alan Dershowitz, whose other notable accomplishments include being Jeffery Epstein's lawyer.
Why does this feel worse than anything she did as a DA?
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Why does this feel worse than anything she did as a DA?
There's so much discourse around how terrible duolingo is now, but no one seems to be talking about what we're really missing: learning how to swear. #duolingo #languagesky
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
There's so much discourse around how terrible duolingo is now, but no one seems to be talking about what we're really missing: learning how to swear. #duolingo #languagesky
There has not been a day that has passed since that I haven't thought of Helen. Grief is a funny thing; wholly unpredictable. I didn't know her personally, yet her work and life had a profound impact on my teaching & research. She will be missed immensely.
Dear all,
Helen passed away at 13:21 local time. Helen would not have wanted us to be sad for a long time. All they wanted was to be remembered. They looked forward to being rid of pain and to being at rest. Helen took great comfort in you, their friends and readers.
pt. 1/2
Helen passed away at 13:21 local time. Helen would not have wanted us to be sad for a long time. All they wanted was to be remembered. They looked forward to being rid of pain and to being at rest. Helen took great comfort in you, their friends and readers.
pt. 1/2
July 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
There has not been a day that has passed since that I haven't thought of Helen. Grief is a funny thing; wholly unpredictable. I didn't know her personally, yet her work and life had a profound impact on my teaching & research. She will be missed immensely.
Here's a horrifying thing I learned today: that budget bill that just passed bans Medicaid funds from going to large non-profits that perform abortions...which effectively bans abortion nationwide. 🎉🎉🎉 #IHateItHere
July 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Here's a horrifying thing I learned today: that budget bill that just passed bans Medicaid funds from going to large non-profits that perform abortions...which effectively bans abortion nationwide. 🎉🎉🎉 #IHateItHere
This is just a reminder that property doesn't have rights. 😸
June 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is just a reminder that property doesn't have rights. 😸
This brings up something I don't think some people understand: in *any* real estate transaction, you need to make sure you pull a title report on the property in question. You can do this directly through a title company or have a reputable real estate agent pull it for you.
Charles Carrier, a “We Buy Ugly Houses” former franchise owner, is accused of orchestrating a yearslong Ponzi scheme, bilking tens of millions of dollars from both wealthy investors and older people with modest incomes.
Despite signs of trouble, the company didn’t intervene.
Despite signs of trouble, the company didn’t intervene.
“Incalculable” Damage: How a “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Left a Trail of Financial Wreckage Across Texas
Charles Carrier is accused of orchestrating a yearslong Ponzi scheme, bilking tens of millions of dollars from both wealthy investors and older people with modest incomes. Despite signs of trouble,…
www.propublica.org
May 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This brings up something I don't think some people understand: in *any* real estate transaction, you need to make sure you pull a title report on the property in question. You can do this directly through a title company or have a reputable real estate agent pull it for you.
Academic Bluesky! How are we structuring our work schedules this summer? I've got zero courses to teach (UP runs classes over the summer) and need some inspiration.
May 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Academic Bluesky! How are we structuring our work schedules this summer? I've got zero courses to teach (UP runs classes over the summer) and need some inspiration.
What's fun about the memory loss related to depression and our digital age (where nothing's ever forgotten), is that cloud storage apps can be like "hey, remember this photo from a few years ago?" And I honestly cannot.
April 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
What's fun about the memory loss related to depression and our digital age (where nothing's ever forgotten), is that cloud storage apps can be like "hey, remember this photo from a few years ago?" And I honestly cannot.
Reposted by Ashley P., Ph.D.
I can’t believe that even after so many people have patiently sat down and explained how university finances work, the government still thinks turning the big dial that says “ban international students” is a winning economic strategy
The UK government is proposing to finally finish off its universities by further tightening the terms of the graduate visa route. The stupid fools. Playing with dangers they don't even understand. www.ft.com/content/f441...
UK Home Office’s reform of graduate visas runs into opposition
[FREE TO READ] Education department at odds with plan to curb number of overseas students allowed to stay in Britain
www.ft.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I can’t believe that even after so many people have patiently sat down and explained how university finances work, the government still thinks turning the big dial that says “ban international students” is a winning economic strategy
Reposted by Ashley P., Ph.D.
Accidentally remembered about everything.
April 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Accidentally remembered about everything.
Finally closed a bank acct. I had, which was independent when I opened it & then purchased by a certain blue big box store in 2022. Very relieved to be rid of them.
March 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Finally closed a bank acct. I had, which was independent when I opened it & then purchased by a certain blue big box store in 2022. Very relieved to be rid of them.
Very happy to report that for every horrible public policy decision* that has been made, #UniversityofPortoand has stood its ground and doubled down on doing the right thing.
[*and make no mistake, these are calculated policy decisions.]
[*and make no mistake, these are calculated policy decisions.]
March 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Very happy to report that for every horrible public policy decision* that has been made, #UniversityofPortoand has stood its ground and doubled down on doing the right thing.
[*and make no mistake, these are calculated policy decisions.]
[*and make no mistake, these are calculated policy decisions.]
Reposted by Ashley P., Ph.D.
2020: attacks on “BLM”
2022: attacks on “CRT”
2024: attacks on “woke”
2025: attacks on “DEI”
BLACK.
THEY MEAN BLACK.
2022: attacks on “CRT”
2024: attacks on “woke”
2025: attacks on “DEI”
BLACK.
THEY MEAN BLACK.
March 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
2020: attacks on “BLM”
2022: attacks on “CRT”
2024: attacks on “woke”
2025: attacks on “DEI”
BLACK.
THEY MEAN BLACK.
2022: attacks on “CRT”
2024: attacks on “woke”
2025: attacks on “DEI”
BLACK.
THEY MEAN BLACK.