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i& #39;ve decided today is the day to say one of my most strongly held, most likely to lose me a whole bunch of (academic twitter) followers so let& #39;s go! as much as i enjoy medieval twitter (and its a lot) i can& #39;t enjoy it. the prof who ended my PhD career w/o cause was one of theirs
i talked about it TOO MUCH over these last yrs, & no one from those circles inquired seriously, no one amplified, no one tried. so when i see these discussions about improving the state of the field (only adjacent to my own, so who tf am i) i just wonder. how serious are they
what i wanted when i this first happened was a transformative story: where bc i could no longer work in my own field i would pick up the field of the person who hated me, & thrive. eventually, my name would be clear through some book i would write. great story right?
it& #39;s not a good idea bc i have zero responsibility to triumph over other peoples sexism/ableism. my job is to be kind, grow vegetables, read books, that& #39;s it. but i would like to have felt, in that early time when i wanted it, that it was possible. that doors were open.
i also want that for anyone else that Professor Malegam (of Duke University) might be currently making feel less than
