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Liz W Faber, PhD (they/them)
@lizwfab.bsky.social
12K followers 3K following 15K posts
Assoc. Prof. of English & Comm

Books:
The Computer’s Voice (U Minn, 2020)
Robot Suicide (Lexington, 2023)
Under the Mistletoe (McFarland, 2024)
Worker Bots (U Minn, in progress)

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Just your enby butch grandma knitting at a train station, nbd
A white nonbinary person wearing a ball cap, grey tshirt, reading glasses, holding a knitting loom
November 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Join us Sat. 11/15 for a FREE virtual conference on Christmas in Pop Culture! I'll be moderating a roundtable about my edited collection, Under the Mistletoe: Essays on Holiday Romance (@mcfarland.bsky.social).

And don't miss the keynote from historian @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social!
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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*taps the sign*
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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November 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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My first attempt at a knitted headband, per @kerryarmour.bsky.social’s request!
November 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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me on Oct 31 vs me on Nov 1
Pepe and Gonzo in coffins Rizzo and Gonzo covered in Christmasy greenery
October 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Me: look at how much I’ve changed since coming out! I’m fat and butch and let all my hideous facial scars show!

Cis people: you’re always beautiful on the inside, no matter your gender identity

Queer people: HELL YEAH LOOK AT HOW HOT AND NONBINARY YOU ARE NOW, GET IT BUTCHY MCHOTSTUFF
Side by side comparison of me 10 years ago vs me now
October 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Happy Halloween! Live long and prosper!
#whatprofessorswear
A white nonbinary person wearing a science officer blue Star Trek shirt and giving the Vulcan salute
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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This dress is one of my best thrift store finds #whatprofessorswear
A white non-binary person wearing a babydoll dress in different stripes of Halloween colored fabrics, a black cardigan, purple scarf, black leggings, and black boots A selfie of a white nonbinary person wearing a Halloween color dress, black cardigan, purple scarf, black glasses, and orange skull earrings
October 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Okay but Chris Pine *is* my biological lesbian aunt.
Chris Pine, a white man with longish hair and beard, wearing a rainbow cardigan and PBS shirt
October 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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I’ll never tell
An orange cat having her tummy scritched
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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SWEATER SEASON! SWEATER SEASON!
#whatprofessorswear
A white nonbinary person wearing a rainbow ghost sweater and jeans A selfie of a white nonbinary person wearing a rainbow ghost sweater
October 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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20 years ago, I was inducted into Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society
A young white person with fluffy hair, dressed up, holding a big envelope
October 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Scully and Mulder are on the case!
KL and me dressed as Scully and Mulder, looking at a tiny X File folder
October 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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“You may choose one person to tell you The Aristocrats joke.”
Standup comic legend Suzy Izzard, a white person wearing a black gown and one opera glove
October 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Some students are interviewing me for their documentary on the New England vampire panic, so obviously I had to dress accordingly. 🧛🏻
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A white nonbinary person wearing a black shirt, red tie with vampire print, pinstriped vest, black pants, and sneakers A selfie of a white nonbinary person wearing a black shirt, red tie with vampire print, and pinstriped vest
October 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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This is the ideal female body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
The golden ratio layed over top of an orange cat sleeping in a loaf
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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I’ve had a bad day, but I’m on a writing deadline, so hopefully this will either fuel me or kill me.
A bottle of diet coke with lime
October 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Regina has known she was special all along!
An orange cat with an emoji crown
October 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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I just got this cardigan at Marshall’s, and now I’ve reached MAXIMUM COZINESS. #whatprofessorswear
A white nonbinary person wearing a grey polka dot cardigan, pink Halloween print shirt, purple skirt, and purple sneakers A selfie of a white nonbinary person wearing a grey polka dot cardigan, pink Halloween print shirt, and big hoop earrings
October 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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I finally got out all the Halloween skirts I’ve made in the past few years!
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A white nonbinary person in a witchy print skirt, mint green tee, purple scarf, and black ankle boots Close up of a cat skeleton earring Close up of a cat earring
October 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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To the Editor: I am one of these so-called profoundly autistic people this article describes. I cannot utter meaningful speech, and as a result, I was branded for years as someone with an intellectual disability and an I.Q. of 40. All this time, however, I understood everything that was going on around me. I just could not show it to others because of my deranged relationship with my own body. I am concerned about the creation of a separate category, called profound autism, for those of us with the most severe disabilities. There are real differences between the sort of autism that I have and so-called Asperger's syndrome. But it does not help us at all to impose a hierarchy of lower and higher functioning. We need to figure out how to tap into the skills and insights of those of us who cannot talk, who make up anywhere from 25 percent to 40 percent of the autistic community, depending on the estimate. For me, the way out of this dilemma was learning to communicate by typing. I suddenly went from being seen as intellectually impaired to taking college classes. I was never low-functioning, and neither are my autistic brothers and sisters without the ability to speak. I was just misjudged and ignored, and I fear that my fate will be the fate of many others termed low functioning in this new schema. Jason Jacoby Lee New York
October 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Of course women don't like the Cybertruck.

Women only want one thing, and it’s Benny the Cab from Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Bob Hoskins and Roger Rabbit riding in the cartoon car Benny
October 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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me and @momebie.bsky.social at Target
A maroon Christmas tree next to a skull wearing a floral arrangement
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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BLORB
An orange cat blobbed down on a blanket An above view of an orange cat blorbed down on a blanket
October 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM