#Precarious

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

If you're a student who is a member of an underrepresented group and you think that getting a PhD, postdoc, or faculty position is going to make those oppressions be

BenjaminThomasWhite

Mixed feelings about the picket this morning.It was excellent to see professorial colleagues on the line, especially those with management roles.But the presence of these few was a reminder of

I don't know if this needs saying, but I was under the impression that elcaf is in some way run by nobrow but that seems not to be the case

Hailey Bachrach

i frankly hate when people in academia say that no one should do a PhD because it feels like pulling up the ladder...... but i really hope potential supervisors are

Dr. Caitlin Pandemic et Circenses Baird

I am trying *so hard* not to be furious with the rhetoric going on rn, but let’s just back up one hot secondNot even four years in, and hundreds of

here is what I have to say about these two maps: the first one lacks a ton of context that the second one includes. if you're using the first map

Jenny Chamarette

Having mixed feelings about the article that's circulating about #gender disparities in #research productivity under lockdown. Yes, it's true, but it's only bringing to acute visibility the inequalities that were

𝐌 𝐀 𝐏 𝐌 𝐀 𝐊 𝐄 𝐑

There was a time when I tied my worth as a person to the quality & quantity of maps that I made & shared. But through the years it grew

I am participating in #ScholarStrikeCanada on September 9 & 10, and I hope you will too.https://scholarstrikecanada.ca/ We will be joining thousands of academics in higher education in a labour action

“I passed my viva 7 years ago. Since then I have had over ten fixed term contracts of varying lengths and pay. The best (and worst) contracts were ones where

swarthmoreburke

Regarding Jessica Krug. This is about identity and knowledge making but not limited to it. Scholarship depends on trust. Of different kinds. The astonishing thing? Despite what disciples of more

VictorianPopFic

I know academia is a precarious and difficult field but I am *so* tired of the whole 'do not do a PhD' tweets. I get that it's just people being

From 25 Nov-4 Dec @UCU is striking over pay inequalities, casualisation, unmanageable workloads and attacks on our pension scheme. I will not respond to work-related messages during this time.I am

Grandmaster Flashdrive

This “If you aren’t livestreaming rn you aren’t a real DJ, or you don’t love it, or won’t make it” sentiment is trash and needs to stop. What if all

Dethroning God is the compromise 🐬🏴

Caring about Housing policy is not simply a “purity test” when the test is for literally being the mayor of a city. Can think of few other positions where those

Dr. Johnathan Flowers wants to see academia fall.

I’m still waiting for the academy (generally) to recognize the toll that this pandemic will take on precarious and junior scholars and graduate students, particularly if our social distancing extends