Research fellow @Durham_Uni and former special school teacher, interested in storytelling, taboo histories, youth and conflict, and legacies of genocide.
@Puzzledbyadream Applying for funded PhDs is bruising, as is academia itself. I lost count of how many flat "nos" I had for lectureships. Handling rejection on repeat has become a necessary skill on a par with research. It shouldn't be that way, but it is. If it's what you want, keep trying. ❤️
@NoreenMasud@Freya_Gowrley I've been there. Multiple times with multiple strangers. The last time involved me telling a shopper in Tesco, "Have you found that toothpaste yet?" in the belief that he was my husband. (He wasn't. Similar hair and glasses though.) I hope the barista got you a free cup of tea.
@Harrylegg1998 It's a sobering time for you to be doing oral history. I'm really looking forward to reading what comes out of your project. The topic has ramifications for the study of racialization's role in contemporary genocides.
Tonight I'm on @bbcfreethinking with three other academics and writers who are working with the legacies of the Holocaust. I came away having learned a lot, and it was a privilege to share a snapshot of my current research as part of the conversation.
https://t.co/hOv1fKdQEm
New article out today: compassion as an agent of historical change! Do think empathy is a helpful tool for the historian? Well maybe read on… #twitterstorians https://t.co/DyIUDhlUlF
@BurgandiLeeds My supervisors used to tell me that a PhD doesn't need to be perfect, it only needs to be finished, and you should think of it as the starting point of your academic journey rather than the grand finale. Good luck. I'm so excited to read your thesis.
@Sarah_M_Hall You've reminded me that I've been planning to submit an abstract for something. Unfortunately I've forgotten what the conference was and what I planned to say. 👀 I will follow your lead and reclaim that bit of my brain for something else!
@rmason717@ChrisKempshall Same. I decided that if I couldn't get a permanent job as my next step that I wasn't going to chase after fixed-term and zero hours contracts any more. At one point I was commuting in three directions for two zero hours gigs and one part-time temporary job. It's not sustainable.
@theaurorac @thenameishyde That behaviour is telling because it suggests that whatever solidarity they offer GRT people is conditional on them being able to control the conversation. Native Americans who call themselves Indian/NDN get exactly the same bad-faith hectoring for the same reasons.
Lately it's been impossible for me to sit down for longer than 4 seconds without my lap being filled by 3.5kg of purring cat. This is all very lovely except for her desire to have full editorial control of my work, which means every 10 minutes she tries to knead the keyboard.
One good thing to emerge from this pandemic is the array of online learning. It used to be almost impossible to find a Yiddish class in the UK outside Oxford and London. If you've always wanted to learn Yiddish (and of course you have) here's your chance.
https://t.co/mXqlsSC1tg
@lingerie_addict It's not that they didn't understand what you wrote, it's that they resent it and they desperately need you to be the unreasonable bad guy.
@lingerie_addict People feel defensive about fast fashion etc because they know these things are lethal to the planet and that workers are exploited to the point of slavery, but they don't want to sacrifice their convenience. Rather than admit that they invoke disability as a get-out clause.