“The moment you put people into big institutions the goal shifts from knowledge discovery to moneymaking.” —Sabine Hossenfelder, My dream died, and now I'm here
Why can't just one single good work thing happen to me without a guy finding it necessary to remind me that my purpose in life is to be fucked by men, and that I'm not even good enough for that?
Like... just why?
Something positive happened and now I feel like shit.
Another excellent post from Terry McGlynn on how the expectation that #EarlycareerResearchers will have to move between cities or countries every few years contributes to inequality in STEM.
Something we don't talk about enough when encouraging academics to say no and protect their time is how passive-aggressive the reactions of (While, old-ish, male) scholars can be when you refuse to follow their personal deadlines #Academia#WomenInAcademia
On 12 September, at a meeting of the IHC’s Scientific Committee, it was unanimously decided to send a letter to the publisher #Routledge expressing its position on the withdrawal of the chapter “The Walls Spoke When No One Else Would”, from the book "Sexual Misconduct in Academia", edited by Erin Pritchard and Delyth Edwards (2023).