Whitney Gegg-Harrison (she/they)

@writerethink.bsky.social

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linguist / cognitive scientist / writing professor obsessed with all things relating to language, learning, and the mind. And knitting and sewing and music (especially violin and ukulele). And cats. Also a UU. neurodivergent. she/they. 🌈💖💜💙 /🖤🤍💜

A screenshot from the Apple Weather app showing 4 active Severe Weather Alerts: a Flash Flood Warning, a Beach Hazards Statement, a Severe Thunderstorm Watch, and an Air Quality Alert.
I am grinning and holding up a square cross-stitch that reads “No Effort is Wasted” in purple fancy lettering, and decorated with forget-me-nots which are my favorite!
A screenshot from the 4x3 game; I got 146 points, no mistakes, purple first, and sub-90s
A photo taken from hip level; I’m looking down at the camera wearing a sun hat, and the black and white cover of “Enshittification” is peeling out from a very large pocket on my acid green tunic.
A photo of my practice notebook sitting atop our digital piano. My handwriting is very tiny and only somewhat legible, but at the top it says “5/28/26 piano practice”
A bright green sweater is laying atop foam snap-together squares, viewed through a mesh window screen.
A very grainy photo of a blonde young woman in black & red running gear, running on a brick road.
A brown tabby with a white belly is laying on his back with his head turned and eyes closed.
I am resting my head on my hand, which is wearing a blue and yellow knit mitt; I am also wearing a bright blue winter coat.
I am playing a short Bourée by Krieger on the piano; the camera is looking over the keyboard so my hands and torso are visible.
I look grumpy, wrapped in a brightly colored wool shawl and wearing green wool mitts.
I am holding up a green dress, and my hand is partially visible through the hole that’s forming under the arm opening.
I am smiling and holding a set of paperback books whose covers form a rainbow.
An image from a flyer advertising a sensory-sensitive space during a school dance.
I am pulling an Amy’s frozen burrito out of a pocket on a black backpack; next to it is a blue purse, with a grey bag inside it. All are Tom Bihn.
A photo taken from above, looking down at my feet atop a stone wall, with the sky and trees reflected in the water below.
A handwritten sign that reads “STOP HURTING PEOPLE”.
A selfie in which I’m giving a tired smile while bundled up in light blue and deep purple knitwear under a bright blue winter coat.
I am smiling and holding up a small pouch made from black fabric with overlapping white wheels printed on it; the zipper is bright blue.
A photo of my lap taken from above, showing my Kobo (with a page from Nguyen’s “The Score”) and a brown/grey tabby cat.
A photo of my lap; you can see the bottom hem of a magenta sweater, and I have a bright green in-progress version of the same sweater on my lap. My skirt has a print that is made up of magenta, pink, purple, orange, and turquoise. A 4Cs badge is also partially visible.
A selfie taken from a low angle; I’m wearing a black & neon printed mask and turquoise handknit cardigan, holding up a bright green piece of knitting. I look tired.
An arm’s length selfie: I have my hair in braids with turquoise hair ties, and am wearing a turquoise handknit cardigan with a pale green cowl.
A selfie; I’m a pale white lady with strawberry-blonde hair that’s just past shoulder length and round dark green glasses, wearing a light blue-green cowl and a turquoise sweater.
A handknit doll with a white curly beard is wearing a handknit red Melt The ICE hat.
I am holding up a knit toy person with a beard, and the toy is wearing a partially-knit red hat with needles hanging out of it.
A brown tabby and a tuxedo cat are snuggled together in a chair; the brown tabby is wrapped around the tuxedo, hugging her.
I am playing a short slow piece on piano; video is taken from the side.
An animation of a birthday cake with 3 lit candles; the flames flicker, the candles melt, and then burn themselves out into swirling puffs of smoke.
A colored pencil drawing of a stylized sunset in purples, oranges, reds, and yellows on black construction paper. There are some white/grey clouds as well.
A brown/grey tabby with white throat and socks is blissfully asleep with just fed head and back paw sticking out from under a green wool blanket.
A photograph of a car windshield covered in water droplets, taken from the inside of the car. A bare tree and a streetlight can be seen through the droplets.
A video of me, taken from the side, sitting at an electric keyboard playing Shteibelt’s “Adagio”.
A photo of two brown tabbies with white throats, snuggled together on a Poang chair.
A photo taken through the side window of a parked car, showing rain droplets and a grey sky with soggy snow in the background.
A screenshot from Duolingo, reading: “Nächstes Semester ist einfach, ich habe nur zwei Kurse.” (Next semester is easy, I only have two courses)
A screenshot reading “Your 2026 Word” and then “GOAT”
The cover of Fiona Apple’s 1999 album, “When the pawn…”
A grey/brown tabby with white throat sits at the corner of a table, head tilted fully 90 degrees.
My daughter and I are playing a violin duet (Deck the Halls) while wearing masks in front of sparkly strands of white lights.
My daughter and I are playing violin duets (Hark the Harold Angels Sing and Joy to the World) while wearing masks in front of sparkly strands of white lights.
I am rotating in an office chair, giving a full 360-degree view of my braided hairdo.
A photo of my thick dark blond hair in a single French braid, taken from behind my head. I’m wearing a grey Lopi sweater with bright colors in the yoke.
A pumpkin pie with big 9 and 5 birthday candles and a “plus sign” made out of a toothpick and a twist tie in between them.
Screenshot from Inside Higher Ed. It reads: Allowing students to turn in LLM syntax productions and receiving credit in a course that is designed to develop their writing is not acceptable. It makes a mockery of the supposed work of education.
Screenshot from an Inside Higher Ed article. It reads: An instructor can take incredible care in designing meaningful writing experiences, tailoring assessment to important learning outcomes, transparently communicating the importance and value of having this experience, and students will still choose to outsource the whole thing to a large language model. This choice will drive the instructor bonkers, because what else are you supposed to do? Nothing. Nothing else. The instructor has done everything possible. In the end, the education belongs to the student.
I am standing in my kitchen wearing an acid-green tunic with big pockets under a deep teal cardigan and a green-and-teal shawl with flowers. My tights are teal and my socks are acid green, and I’m wearing my grey/magenta/green wool felt slippers.
A screenshot from Duolingo, where Eddy says “Hat das Internet gestern funktioniert?” (Did the Internet work yesterday?)
The backside of a brown leaf resting on grass, covered in beads of water that are sparkling in the sunlight.
A selfie in which I am smiling while showing off the two bandaids on my upper arm. The sky is blue (matching my handknit sleeveless tank) dotted with white clouds. You can see the roofs of cars and the corner of the Costco warehouse in the background.
A photo taken from above, looking down toward my sandaled feet. There are yellow/orange fallen leaves along the sidewalk running at an angle across the top right of the frame, and my pink-purple-blue striped skirt takes up the bottom of the frame.
Three kittens are perched on a white fleece platform, looking at the camera. Hocus, a grey/brown tabby, is on the left, snuggling against Pocus, a tuxedo with a bandit mask, and then Focus, a grey/brown tabby, has her head tilted fully sideways next to Pocus.
I am sitting on a wooden bench in front of a window, wearing a purple turtleneck and smiling down at a brown/grey/white tabby cat who is cradled in my lap looking upside-down out at the camera.
A selfie: I’m wearing an apron and looking up at the camera with my other hand on a black kitchenAid mixer.
A selfie. I am leaning over the sink with a giant grin, and my hand is on the faucet handle, turning the water on. There’s a stream of water running into the sink bowl.
A photo of green clover with sparkly water droplets on each little leaf.
A brown/grey tabby with white socks and chin is flopped over the back of a green couch against a window, looking blissful in her sleep.
I’m holding a spoon over a cereal bowl. The spoon has two round Cheerios plus a third that’s broken and oriented like a frowny face floating in a bit of almond milk.
Three cats (arranged from largest to smallest, L-R) are looking out a window while sitting on plywood.
A selfie (dark blonde, white, glasses, wearing a mask because bad air) in front of an outdoor art installation with honeycomb shapes and the word “suboptimal”.