Kat Gupta
@mixosaurus.bsky.social
linguistics, feminism, LGB, queer and trans issues 🏳️🌈🦜🏳️⚧️ lecturer in political communication at Royal Holloway University of London
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Sitting down with a lot of highlighters, a notebook, and text data from a recent LGBTQIA+ staff survey. It's always exciting to see themes emerging from data, but I think the university should be worried about what LGBTQIA+ staff have to say about their workplace
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sitting down with a lot of highlighters, a notebook, and text data from a recent LGBTQIA+ staff survey. It's always exciting to see themes emerging from data, but I think the university should be worried about what LGBTQIA+ staff have to say about their workplace
I feel weird about sharing photos of people with whom I'm no longer in touch, but please enjoy this photo of me from Dec 2006 in a houseshare somewhere off Liverpool's Smithdown Road. The sofa! The belt! The Ikea storage crate that we tried to disguise! I can smell this photo...
September 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I feel weird about sharing photos of people with whom I'm no longer in touch, but please enjoy this photo of me from Dec 2006 in a houseshare somewhere off Liverpool's Smithdown Road. The sofa! The belt! The Ikea storage crate that we tried to disguise! I can smell this photo...
Back on my sourdough bullshit. Didn't get as much rise as I hoped but not bad from a resurrected dried starter and my first time baking with it in a couple of years. Probably going to be the first of many...
September 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Back on my sourdough bullshit. Didn't get as much rise as I hoped but not bad from a resurrected dried starter and my first time baking with it in a couple of years. Probably going to be the first of many...
A week in the hills with 17 friends, hiking and boats and trailing wetly into a pub for a huge lunch. Today we went to Coniston Water to say goodbye to it, and watched the bats swooping over the still, gleaming water
August 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A week in the hills with 17 friends, hiking and boats and trailing wetly into a pub for a huge lunch. Today we went to Coniston Water to say goodbye to it, and watched the bats swooping over the still, gleaming water
Today's drama was that Leia laid her first egg!
Dummy eggs are en route in case she decides to get it into her head that she wants to make more of them. Threatening to turn them into omelettes does not seem to have put her off.
Dummy eggs are en route in case she decides to get it into her head that she wants to make more of them. Threatening to turn them into omelettes does not seem to have put her off.
July 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Today's drama was that Leia laid her first egg!
Dummy eggs are en route in case she decides to get it into her head that she wants to make more of them. Threatening to turn them into omelettes does not seem to have put her off.
Dummy eggs are en route in case she decides to get it into her head that she wants to make more of them. Threatening to turn them into omelettes does not seem to have put her off.
Today my wife graduated with a PhD in public policy from @harvard.edu! I'm so lucky to share my life with someone so clever, funny, insightful and beautiful, and I'm so incredibly proud of her and what she's achieved.
Normal service will return shortly and we'll go back to roasting each other soon
Normal service will return shortly and we'll go back to roasting each other soon
May 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Today my wife graduated with a PhD in public policy from @harvard.edu! I'm so lucky to share my life with someone so clever, funny, insightful and beautiful, and I'm so incredibly proud of her and what she's achieved.
Normal service will return shortly and we'll go back to roasting each other soon
Normal service will return shortly and we'll go back to roasting each other soon
I found a Harvard Square rat!! Hi buddy hiiiiii
May 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I found a Harvard Square rat!! Hi buddy hiiiiii
I came to New York with one ambition: to see a rat the size of a small dog.
I have seen many dogs the size of a large rat. But the rats the size of dogs have eluded me.
I have seen many dogs the size of a large rat. But the rats the size of dogs have eluded me.
May 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I came to New York with one ambition: to see a rat the size of a small dog.
I have seen many dogs the size of a large rat. But the rats the size of dogs have eluded me.
I have seen many dogs the size of a large rat. But the rats the size of dogs have eluded me.
If you see this, post a beach photo from your phone.
I see your delightful tropical paradises and offer this: the profound, magnificent murk of grey of Dorset in January.
I see your delightful tropical paradises and offer this: the profound, magnificent murk of grey of Dorset in January.
April 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If you see this, post a beach photo from your phone.
I see your delightful tropical paradises and offer this: the profound, magnificent murk of grey of Dorset in January.
I see your delightful tropical paradises and offer this: the profound, magnificent murk of grey of Dorset in January.
I'm teaching political communication tomorrow morning 😭
March 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I'm teaching political communication tomorrow morning 😭
Well done, thou good and faithful servant
March 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Well done, thou good and faithful servant
Strangely moving to see sculptures of sleeping sperm whales hang in the vast space of Winchester Cathedral. At one point, this cathedral may have been lit by whale oil. Ambergris may have scented some varieties of sacred chrism oil.
February 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Strangely moving to see sculptures of sleeping sperm whales hang in the vast space of Winchester Cathedral. At one point, this cathedral may have been lit by whale oil. Ambergris may have scented some varieties of sacred chrism oil.
Today I saw an amazing tree in Richmond Park.
A tree had blown over years ago but didn't die. Instead, it lay on the earth - half of its roots buried in the loamy soil, rich with the rotting of leaves. And a couple of roots, open to the air and sun and rain, grew up and became the tree's new trunk
A tree had blown over years ago but didn't die. Instead, it lay on the earth - half of its roots buried in the loamy soil, rich with the rotting of leaves. And a couple of roots, open to the air and sun and rain, grew up and became the tree's new trunk
January 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Today I saw an amazing tree in Richmond Park.
A tree had blown over years ago but didn't die. Instead, it lay on the earth - half of its roots buried in the loamy soil, rich with the rotting of leaves. And a couple of roots, open to the air and sun and rain, grew up and became the tree's new trunk
A tree had blown over years ago but didn't die. Instead, it lay on the earth - half of its roots buried in the loamy soil, rich with the rotting of leaves. And a couple of roots, open to the air and sun and rain, grew up and became the tree's new trunk
Excited to hear from Royal Holloway Gender Institute colleagues about their research - looking forward to ten fascinating, varied and thought-provoking talks
January 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Excited to hear from Royal Holloway Gender Institute colleagues about their research - looking forward to ten fascinating, varied and thought-provoking talks
I think this is ominous.
January 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I think this is ominous.
Fossil hunting along the Jurassic Coast with the family, followed by bedtime stories about Mary Anning. All rocks are old but it's especially striking to see fossils under our feet and worn away by the waves.
January 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Fossil hunting along the Jurassic Coast with the family, followed by bedtime stories about Mary Anning. All rocks are old but it's especially striking to see fossils under our feet and worn away by the waves.
Pleased to report that I saw many excellent birds
December 20, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Pleased to report that I saw many excellent birds
Off to the @nhm-london.bsky.social Birds exhibition as a post-teaching (pre-marking 😭) treat. I wanted to take my best girl with me but I'm worried that she'll be a little too inspired by the T rex... The blood of dinosaurs runs hot in Leia's veins, and she doesn't like us forgetting it
December 20, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Off to the @nhm-london.bsky.social Birds exhibition as a post-teaching (pre-marking 😭) treat. I wanted to take my best girl with me but I'm worried that she'll be a little too inspired by the T rex... The blood of dinosaurs runs hot in Leia's veins, and she doesn't like us forgetting it
Winchester's annual health and safety nightmare
November 10, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Winchester's annual health and safety nightmare