On the question of how college professors get alienated from their work I do have one really simple answer, they do not have a safe space in which to do it. I just got one, after not having had one since graduate school except for a period of about two years. During that safe period … More El dos
The trap in which I have lain is multi-pronged although all roads lead to Rome. Let us see: IN LIFE IN GENERAL – PROBLEM A: the idea that the slightest misstep will bring down extreme violence / exile / death, and the knowledge that one must be constantly on guard about these missteps since the … More El uno
One of my great frustrations in life is with people who tell me I am being “perfectionistic” if I find any flaws in any work I do. I could not disagree more because I do not believe Leonardo da Vinci just had his work spring out of his head spontaneously. You have to keep zigzagging … More Study questions and paper topics, or, Santa Sangre
I keep wanting to answer, for me, the question posed at the end of this post, so I will start making a list of the factors without insisting I finish the post all at once. 1. My dissertation was in beautiful prose but I did not have enough background on the topic to be writing … More Des réponses
These are the revelations of the week on how the phrase do not work so hard which I am convinced is a misogynistic strategy (note to men: it is a common line, too, you could try it…) — 1. when it really is a version of I do not have to, because I am being … More On women, and time, and the war metaphor
The answer to this question is easy. If they say research is not part of your job description it is not too bad. You can do research as your hobby and even keep a lot of it off the version of your vita you give them. If they say research is part of your job … More How do academics get alienated from their work?
Someone said: I had to get past the internalized shame and doubt because I hadn’t been producing when I was sick. I am expected to have this issue but I do not really — it is more sadness at the fun I missed. I have internalized shame and doubt is about not being able to … More Algo bien básico
It is not time management, y’all, or management of priorities, or of tasks, these are the things many of us learned even before serious school started. It is energy management and again, I am not talking about time or priorities or effort. I will explain. Axé.
Colleague, by telephone: You must help me, as I am terrified. I am painted into a corner, it is not easy to move from here and I cannot afford to move soon. I need to make tenure, really need it. Yet conditions are such that one cannot work to it. And I have found I … More Pelo Telefone, sung by Bahiano (1916)
Colleague: Only you did not lie to me or misrepresent anything at my interview. Z: None of us lied, or intended to misrepresent anything. It is only that I know what it is like where you are from, and also where you studied, and I am not from here either, although I have been here … More Coda on advice and its sources II
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