“I am incurably addicted to productivity content…hoping that somewhere amid rise-n-grind Instagram and essays on rest as anti-capitalist resistance, the boundary between labor and leisure will be revealed.”
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We've Been Thinking About Work All Wrong chronicle.com/article/weve-b | An interesting read that invites us to consider who can “reimagine how [they] spend [their] time and energy” and why. #HigherEd #FacultyLife #SAPro
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"This worldview, [...] was a loftier, late-20th-century version of the “if you love your work, you’ll never work a day in your life”/“no days off” mentality that became a linchpin of early-2000s hustle culture" chronicle.com/article/weve-b #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #phdlife
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Our newest special issue, BODY POLITICS, is here! This double issue explores the myriad ways the right seeks to control decisions about our bodies, from abortion bans to attacks on trans youth. Essays, features, and book reviews abound. Subscribe to read it all now:… Show more
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Buzzkiller Doug P with the copy of "Fit Nation" that he won by being a supporter of Professor Buzzkill on Patreon. Listen to our interview w Dr. Natalia Mehlmam Petrzela: bit.ly/PBFitNationAud
#history #fitness
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A real privilege to review two smart and daring new books from Sheila Liming + Jenny Odell, both of which pushed me to reflect about how I organize my life - both in the daily Google Calendar way and in the big-picture sense of WHAT REALLY MATTERS
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Love a good Early Internet Era story - the mid-90s was such a different time, but we tend to fold it into the “digital age” - and this one delivers
Also, I was *obsessed* w Pink Floyd in hs, but somehow never heard of Dark Side of the Rainbow until now?!
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The #StopWOKEAct Compels Profs to Commit Educational Malpractice. For more see amicus brief & I filed today 1/2
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“I am incurably addicted to productivity content…hoping that somewhere amid rise-n-grind Instagram and essays on rest as anti-capitalist resistance, the boundary between labor and leisure will be revealed.”
My latest! New from me now @chronicle chronicle.com/article/weve-b
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I’ve spent all day working on this, it’s going to happen, and now - in true dad fashion - I’m going to take a nap
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I really want to start doing a Dad Culture podcast: fitness, World War II, smoked meats, comfortable sneakers, tall wooden ships, things of that nature. Should I do it?
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One of the worst effects of recklessly tossing around “groomer” is that it distracts from very real abuse happening to kids
This is my kids’ old school, where this man was an after school fixture… sharing in case this news prompts others to come forward
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"This, I’m sorry to say, wasn’t what I wanted at all, but then, queer history isn’t always joyful, or straightforward... this jaunt makes clear that fantasies based in purity are dangerous."
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“Liming is no uncritical cheerleader … she astutely captures the blurred lines [] that characterize academic conferences — a dynamic that enables precious moments of bonding in a geographically far-flung profession, but also grossly predatory behavior.”
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“We should acknowledge that ambition can indeed be soul-sustaining, but only if we define it more expansively than in service of the traditional ‘social script of achievement’” Hard agree,
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A real privilege to review two smart and daring new books from Sheila Liming + Jenny Odell, both of which pushed me to reflect about how I organize my life - both in the daily Google Calendar way and in the big-picture sense of WHAT REALLY MATTERS
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“…it is difficult to just enjoy anything when your default state is to analyze everything.”
I feel very lucky to do the work I do, but… this is can be challenging to navigate!
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