how it feels to say "in the grand scheme of things"
"I used to be just like you before I started going to therapy"
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how it feels to say "in the grand scheme of things"
how it feels to edit
wrote a peer review without recommending my own work
“or do you want to discuss on zoom” NO I AGREE!! SOUNDS GREAT
fake ass epiphany you knew that all along
(observing the smoldering ruins of civilization) see what happens when you misdefine “value”
aargh my ex* *guy who unfollowed me
i will have you know that i spelled his name correctly on the first try
what if increasingly unhinged fred talks, after friedrich nietzsche
are ted talks named after theodor adorno
mfs before resenting you for something their mother did
you can't ragebait me i either get depressed or turn it into a joke
not leaving academia just lowkey phasing out
frankfurt i am inside you (theodor adorno)
what if journal loyalty rewards program where your 5th submission automatically gets published
tfw editors think you're an "expert" on something just because you've been publishing on it for the past 5 years
just chose restaurant, told friend i'd pick them up how do men not do this all the time
oomf tryna make me jealous by getting married, having children
if i had a boyfriend i would make it fix things
me: why do they sell separate shower heads when you can just buy it with the shower hose lol me 3 months later: oh
who's gonna guarantee peace & prosperity now
why do you think i need to go to such extremes for material
i noticed nature restoring its balance did something happen
this is me thriving tbh
relatable
2 years ago today
microdosing abundance by having a little treat
the abundance movement radicalized me
if i'm killed, know that i stood up for a cross-cutting idea that isn’t left, right, or center
that’s it i’m going rogue & joining the abundance movement
getting into male dominated fields like saying no
sorry it came out blurry i took it with a hamas camera
“thinking longer for a better answer” ok mr fancy pants
done w making the same mistakes imma make a new one
it's my contribution to society
meanwhile real men are performatively bleeding
sorry for posting so much i have a paper to write
my 7 years at u chicago feel more and more like narnia
the problem with performative reading is you have to leave the house
sometimes just putting the link on google translate and then following the "translated" link does the job
not saying this is about jia tolentino highly entertaining newyorker piece about elizabeth gilbert but i'm not not saying it either
www.removepaywall.com
if you don’t want me using a paywall remover don’t put up a paywall
“you’ve reached your monthly article limit” but it shows up every time you try to write
holy shit 🥲
my state of mind is i just read “assistant professor” as “assassin professor”
there was a language issue, but it was still funny when he said it
"i recognized that your book was supposed to be funny"
female scholar stuns with an impressive "service" section of her cv
taking my chances: haha fuck yeah!!! yes!! getting caught: well this fucking sucks. wtf
when the publisher i did uncompensated reviewing for gives me an ebook
single women in their 40s reading about how taylor getting engaged in her 30s to a man who can't spell gives hope
editor: thank you for the opportunity to consider your manuscript also editor:
i don’t "slide into dms" i specify my location
it's a labour of love
changed my manuscript to british spelling
trump should at least give us time to burn one last american flag
love bombing europeans by smiling
friend not hanging out as much just broke up w his girlfriend
my phd cohort
they should let you retire at 50 if you're going to be funny online
they did not understand me at all *likes reply*
tfw you don’t have enough talent to be this neurotic
how it feels to scroll twitter
academia is like being jewish you can only hate on it if you're a member of the tribe
i feel like the social sciences are the gen x of academia
when their online content helps you get over them >>>
editing hack: pretend your crush is about to read it
advertently!
i'm lactose intolerant to academia
when friends tell me about writers whose self-published books became bestsellers
look out for my jacobin piece “phones in school aren’t the problem, capitalism is”
“the 40s miss you” and it’s a ww2 montage
flirting went too far now i’m proofreading a monograph
what if spam folder but for irl interactions
my toxic trait is if you’re in a car i assume you have about a 50/50 chance of dying
a runny nose is so embarrassing like, why am i leaking
"you up?" me 9 hours later: yes
he contacted me on hinge
look, you’ve been posting, i’ve been posting, let’s not pretend we don’t know what this is
journal's new submission manager ends with fireworks and now i'm curious about the visuals for desk rejection and for revise & resubmit
when you enter academia
who wants to tell him
me recommending major revisions
how it feels to read only the side of the debate i like
can you shoot your shot already i’m tired of trying to be funny online
you’ve given me a lot to think about (me, actively pushing it out of my mind)
my reference list when the style guide forces me to add DOIs
ms copilot takes such a grim view on my life 😢
colleague: all you ever do is spend v little time looking at things people take seriously then claim its all capitalism me: your point being...
for several weeks
me (holding back the tears): call me okay? my nieces: we won't lol
so bored by my paper i've agreed to a software update
can anyone recommend a bad therapist i'm out of ideas for posts
how it feels to write your reply to reviewers
reading the peer review like
she was! i loved stranger on a train and now i want to read more
close (geographically). it's jenny diski
