Kirby Conrodgot a phd in my special interest; what happens next will shock youYou gotta distribute your eggs across some more baskets.8 min read·1 day ago----
Kirby Conrodyou don’t have to engineer the perfect solution to nonbinary languageIs the nature of language efficiency or clarity? Look, buddy, it’s transient, shifting like water.7 min read·Jan 15, 2024----
Kirby Conrodcitation sprinklessometimes citations are the meat, and sometimes citations are the garnish6 min read·Dec 19, 2023----
Kirby Conrodguest post: pronoun sharing is for cis peopleputting pronouns on nametags is an accommodation for cis people to help them feel better, not a thing that actually advances trans rights4 min read·Sep 29, 2023--1--1
Kirby Conrodsome sample emails about pronounssome alternative strategies instead of just changing the pronouns in your email signature to 60pt font (I know, I want to, too)5 min read·Sep 21, 2023----
Kirby Conrodrecovering from workahol dependenceLately I keep having the thought to myself, “loving your job is a really tragic flaw.”12 min read·Aug 1, 2023----
Kirby Conrodso your worksona is somehow a high-strung diva and a long-suffering stagemanagerI’m going to make my work brain be friends with itself if it kills me.7 min read·Jul 3, 2023----
Kirby Conrodlinguistics annual sleepover debrief part 3: some inside baseball stuffI wrote up two quick blogposts earlier this month debriefing my time at the Linguistic Society of America’s annual meeting. In part 1, I…9 min read·Jan 26, 2023----
Kirby Conrodlinguistics annual sleepover debrief part 2: my projects!I presented two talks at the 2023 annual meeting of the linguistic society of america. Here’s what they were about!6 min read·Jan 26, 2023----
Kirby Conrodlinguistics annual sleepover debrief part 1: the wotiesA debrief about how a bunch of linguists decided that the -ussy suffix is the 2022 word of the year.6 min read·Jan 10, 2023----