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Dr. Holly Walters

@Manigarm

Anthropologist 💀 • Ethnographer of Shaligrams ⛰ and Robot Religion 🤖 • Novelist of "The Way By" 🦄 • TTRPG Storyteller ✨ • (Genderqueer 🤷‍♀️ She/They)

 Massachusetts, USA
peregrinationblog.com/about-dr-holly-walters/
Joined December 2014
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Well met! I'm an anthropologist (PhD)! My ethnographic research is on Hindu/Buddhist pilgrimage and sacred fossils (called Shaligrams) in the Himalayas of Nepal. My new project focuses on robot religion in South Asia. I also wrote "The Way By." CV: peregrinationblog.com
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Perhaps the tenderest depictions of Krishna and his beloved Rādhā are those showing the pair dressed in each other’s clothes: publicdomainreview.org/colle…
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November 8th! Carter will be ready for his bath and treats!
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Manjushree Thapa (@manjushreethapa) profile pictureManjushree Thapa@manjushreethapaOct 28
Does anyone know what date Dog Teeka falls on this year? Asking for a dog friend.
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After his Halloween treats, of course.
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Funnily enough, I think the dog-sitter understood the assignment better than I did. They sent me this. My little devil.
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You all need to understand that there is a well-funded movement to kill Wikipedia as an institution. The dream of an internet that provided universal access to knowledge was a mirage. It threatened too many powerful people, so now we have AI summaries and illiteracy.
Pixie (@LORElitaPixie) profile picturePixie@LORElitaPixieOct 26
Can we also talk about how Wikipedia entries are no longer at the top of a search 😭
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Fellow former-Midwesterners. Please take note of this as we continue to stand against the fascism and tyranny that’s been encroaching on our cities.
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My second novel came out earlier this year so.....2027. Definitely.
Meredith Author 📖📙😊📚 (@Meredith_author) profile pictureMeredith Author 📖📙😊📚@Meredith_authorOct 26
Will you be self-publishing a book this year or in 2027? Just making author-ly conversation. Happy writing. :) :)
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Dear cold "article invitation" email. Promising me a discount on your publication fee to publish with you is just an immediate no.
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Look, I actually used the word "scolopendromorphic" in my first novel. I didn't make it up though. Real word.
Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) profile pictureMerriam-Webster
@MerriamWebsterOct 26
John Milton coined ‘sensuous’ so that he wouldn't have to use ‘sensual.’ ‘Sensual’ usually describes gratification of the senses or physical appetites as an end in itself. ‘Sensuous,’ on the other hand, usually implies pleasing of the senses by art or similar means.
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Pratyoush Onta@pratyoushontaOct 23
Aditya Adhikari's 2014 book The Bullet and the Ballot Box was reviewed in the journal Studies in Nepali History and Society @SINHAS_journal by Ang Sanu Lama in 2015. You can read the full text of that review here: martinchautari.org.np/storag…
Manjushree Thapa (@manjushreethapa) profile pictureManjushree Thapa@manjushreethapaOct 22
Replying to @swatiatrest
Have you read Aditya Adhikari’s The Bullet and the Ballot Box and Prashant Jha’s Battles of the New Republic? Recommended!
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Pins and needles.
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@malik_alee66879Oct 12
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Oh, the places you'll go....
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With two academic articles, an addendum, and possibly a new ethnographic book project.
JasPhoenixWrites (@JasPhoenix_Rise) profile pictureJasPhoenixWrites@JasPhoenix_RiseOct 22
It’s called research, okay? 😏
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*cries over keyboard*
Indie Book Spotlight (@BookSpotlight) profile pictureIndie Book Spotlight@BookSpotlightOct 21
gotta sell books to publish books 🤝 gotta publish books to sell books 🤝 gotta promo books to sell books 🤝 gotta stop writing books to promo books 🤝 gotta write books to sell books 🤝 gotta sell books to publish books 🔄🔄🔄 lather. rinse. repeat.
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Manjushree Thapa@manjushreethapaOct 22
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On the one hand, I have a degree in archaeology and really want to see this new 4,700 year old shipwreck. On the other hand, I have SCUBA certification as an underwater lionfish hunter. I am deeply conflicted by this photo.
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I told him he had to wait another thirty minutes for dinner.
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He's been fed and walked. Crisis averted everyone.
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This whole thread. All of it.
Dr. Holly Walters (@Manigarm) profile pictureDr. Holly Walters@ManigarmOct 16
Given the kinds of comments I keep seeing on this monologue, let me add an anthropologist's two cents. First of all, humor is contextual.
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Pepsi and spite.
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