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Anna Cook

A sad little box o’ cake

The ultrasound tech told us she had to get the radiologist.

Feb 28, 2024

A sad little box o’ cake

Feb 28, 2024

Thinking as an Escape

I often say that I ended up in philosophy on a whim.

Aug 3, 2020

Thinking as an Escape

Aug 3, 2020

Homebound, yet Placeless

I often feel placeless, groundless.

Jul 2, 2020

Homebound, yet Placeless

Jul 2, 2020

On the Fear of Not Knowing, Or “I Know What a Vein is”

My mum sent me a video recently of me as a 6-year-old visiting family in England.

May 21, 2020

On the Fear of Not Knowing, Or “I Know What a Vein is”

May 21, 2020

My name is…

At the beginning of every term, I introduce myself to my students. I say, “Hi folks, I’m Anna Cook. You can call me Dr Cook, Prof Cook or…

Feb 29, 2020

My name is…

Feb 29, 2020

My Post-It Reminders to Breathe

During the year I lived on my own, I learned the value of fresh-cut flowers, self-made dance videos and Post-its on the wall.

Feb 1, 2020

My Post-It Reminders to Breathe

Feb 1, 2020

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Teaching with Tea

How bringing tea for my students challenges expectations of who counts as a ‘serious thinker’

Jan 11, 2020

Teaching with Tea

Jan 11, 2020

Good Enough: On Picking the Right Password

How an online password led me to build trust in my own abilities.

Dec 3, 2019

Good Enough: On Picking the Right Password

Dec 3, 2019

On Choosing the Right Font

I switched to Garamond when I was completely stuck in the middle of one of my qualifying exams to become a PhD candidate in philosophy.

Nov 17, 2019

On Choosing the Right Font

Nov 17, 2019

On Meeting my Graduate School Monsters

I named my monster Lenny. Well, I didn’t name it so much as its (his?) name became viscerally apparent in a therapy session.

Oct 31, 2019

On Meeting my Graduate School Monsters

Oct 31, 2019

Anna Cook

Anna Cook

Philosophy professor. Thinker and overthinker. I’m an ambivalent academic and an academic of ambivalence. Happiest when dancing or starting a puzzle annacook.ca

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