Dr. Allegra Smith

@argella.bsky.social

670 Followers 204 Following

assistant professor @ Georgia Tech ϟ she/her ϟ studies tech writing, design, feminisms, generations, internships ϟ posts are my own + don’t represent my employer

Bob Kelso from Scrubs says, “Who has two thumbs and doesn’t give a crap? Bob Kelso, how ya doing?”
Jocelyn smiles in front of her research poster on “Combating Gender Inequality Through Serious Games”
The hole in the street, with a metal plate covering it, and a spray-painted label on the pavement that says “HOLE” in May 2024
Allegra wears a red jumpsuit and yellow cap, grinning as she stands in front of the Monkey D. Luffy balloon, kept from flying away under a net
A groundhog with a rainbow behind it sips Boba tea, with the caption “sunshine, rainbows, and executive dysfunction “
Jake the Dog from Adventure time says, "dude, sucking at something is the first step towards being sort of good at something"
a young Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, proclaiming "I am a Jedi."
A bunch of balloon handlers for Monkey D. Luffy in the 2023 Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, dressed in red jumpsuits with skull and crossbones “straw hat pirates” bibs on top. Allegra, a short woman with close-cropped brown hair, is visible in the very back of the crowd.
The Monkey D. Luffy balloon in action: a grinning teenage boy with a straw hat and a gold sash, posed with one hand outstretched in a fist and another appearing to high-five the viewers at home
A kawaii spud sits on a sofa, captioned “couch potato”
Screenshot of tweet from Towson University Program in Writing and Rhetoric reading, “With great sorrow and shock, the professional writing community at Towson University mourns Dr. Halcyon Lawrence. In five years at our school, @Halcyon_L proved to be a kind and generous colleague, a scholar of international reputation, and a caring mentor. We will miss her.” Photo shows Halcyon, a Black woman, grinning in front of a wall full of multicolored sticky notes.
Allegra's dining table is covered in index-card sized pieces of colored construction paper arranged into categories. They give terms that 24 survey participants used to describe feminist research methodologies, like "equity," "positionality," and "bias." There is also a plate of pizza and a fuzzy blanket.
Allegra, a midsized white women with short brown hair, greens in the passenger seat of her car
Allegra’s hand holds a tiny glass jar filled with pumpkin pie spice in front of two large pumpkins and a coffee mug shaped like a ghost. The jar has three emoji stickers on it to symbolize its content: a Jack-o-lantern and several autumn leaves 🎃🍂🍁
The gym scene in Mean Girls, with bleachers all full of girls raising their hands
Ryan Gosling as Ken in the Barbie movie, with bleach blond hair and washboard abs, proclaims, “SUBLIME!”
A 50-pack of stickers picturing capybaras swimming, eating various foods, dressed up in formalwear, and hanging out with other animals. Displayed on Allegra’s dining room table.
Shaleisa Brewer discusses the grassroots work of the Neighborhood Union. Her slide shows historical images of the work of the union, with the caption “their grassroots work led to: paved roads, street lights, kindergartens, libraries, settlement houses, hospitals for Black patients, improved water supply, boys and girls clubs, health clinics, teacher trainings, arts initiatives, better infrastructure for homes, school of social work at Atlanta University”
Molloy’s slide showing a spring 2023 mailer from Beyond Yoga: a thin white woman is centered, a slim brown woman on the right, and a woman who is supposed to be read as a plus-sized Black woman (despite being solidly mid-sized) at left, all wearing coral or orange toned yoga clothes.
The quiet room at FemRhet23, Cosby 220. It is a computer lab with booths that form “pods” on one side wall. A large digital eastern time clock displays on another wall.
Feminist scholars in rhetoric sit in the pews at the Sisters Chapel at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA
Allegra, a white woman with short brown hair and glasses, smiles while gesturing to the bandaid on her vaccination site on her arm. She stands in the condom aisle of the supermarket.
Stephen Carradini, a white man with dark hair, presents a slide with a desert palm tree background explaining ASU’s “science and technology center” grant program
Doodles of a web game involving balloons that I was told is “old” but I have never heard of, a newspaper with crossword, the AOL logo, the App Store logo, and a web video player
A koala body pillow sits in the passenger seat of an SUV, alongside a grocery bag full of Cheeto puffs
A church sign reads “as for me and my mojo dojo casa house, we will serve the lord”
The Twitter (X) search bar shows that “Allegra” is trending
Sprigatito, the grass cat Pokémon, smiles. It’s two tones of green with tufts on its cheeks.
A man rides a tiny scooter with a cage attached overflowing many geese (or ducks?). Several also hang off the front. The birds appear to smile, perhaps knowingly, perhaps maliciously. Caption: “Pick your battles. Pick… pick fewer battles than that. Put some battles back. That’s too many.”
Geertz writes, “One of the most significant facts about us may finally be that we all begin with the natural equipment to live a thousand kinds of life but end in the end having lived only one.” Allegra scribbles commentary: “Wow dawg, I didn’t ask for this kinda existential angst.”
Laszlo Cravensworth from What We Do in the Shadows, with the caption “Jackie Daytona: Regular Human Bartender”
A blob doodle appears to be dancing; caption “the horrors persist but so do I”