the thing i don't miss about academia is telling people, especially non-specialists, that I "work on X subject" and then they immediately recommend a bunch of books I've either read or know about and have no intention of reading
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assume, folks, that i've read (i.e., worked with) pretty much every single book on fitness culture, sports history related to those sports i cover, all sports autobiographies relevant to my work, and so on. or refer to my "working lists" on goodreads.
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i better be on the clock if i'm going to jaw with you about those things. at this stage in my work, i've either heard about it and engaged with it, or have a well thought out reason for not doing so ("had we but world enough and time...")
