@/Real_HistoryGuy (Prof Guy Halsall from @yorkmedieval) has posted disparaging comments about me and my work, claiming that my supervisor was saying I spent too much time on Twitter while writing my thesis.pic.twitter.com/tBKC3YWc9x
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@/Real_HistoryGuy (Prof Guy Halsall from @yorkmedieval) has posted disparaging comments about me and my work, claiming that my supervisor was saying I spent too much time on Twitter while writing my thesis.pic.twitter.com/tBKC3YWc9x
I have submitted my thesis as of March 31st, which was an extended deadline that I was given as a result of the pandemic. I had curtailed access to the library and my postgrad office where I normally worked.
My supervisors have been incredibly supportive and helpful at this time, and not once have they ever monitored my social media presence or commented on it. They are professionals and I do not expect them to be gossiping about their PhDs with other academics.
However, even if it were the case, comments of this nature are so incredibly unprofessional, especially from a senior academic in my field. This is also not the first time he has attacked grad students.
I have had a very hard time during this pandemic between fearing getting COVID and worrying about my family, especially my parents. My mother works in supply chain and thus is an essential worker and my father has a heart condition for which he is having surgery soon.
This has added to my already very bad anxiety and depression alongside my undiagnosed and untreated ADHD, which I was going to try and sort out but then the pandemic happened. I already have chronic pain and other chronic conditions that are expensive to manage.
So all of this has been particularly hard, because I was forced to get an extension on my PhD and had to go further into debt. I got a small stipend towards the end of my PhD but it was not enough to cover the living expenses I’ve had since September.
I have been active on Twitter and other online spaces because social media is the only feasible place for me to interact with those who aren’t my family/boyfriend.
It is frustrating then to be attacked for my activity on Twitter by a senior academic who is also very active on Twitter, as if it is okay to say or do whatever you want as long as you have tenure at a university.
Thank you Dorothy, and I apologize that this seems to be dragging you into this mess again too.
Do not worry. Do you need anything? Extra eyes on thesis or any other written work. Treats? Funny cat videos?
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