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Please Respond! Publish or Perish (Part II)

August 4, 2020August 3, 2020 ~ Fiona Smith ~ Leave a comment

We have to publish our research. Particularly if we are junior scholars who just finished our PhD or are still working on our PhD, our publications often decide whether we have a chance to stay in academia—or if we have to leave. I talked about the difficulties to find the time and the material in … Continue reading Please Respond! Publish or Perish (Part II)

About Gardening: Publish or Perish

May 5, 2019May 5, 2019 ~ Fiona Smith ~ 1 Comment

I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a house. They know how many rooms are going to be in the house, what kind of roof they're going to have, where the wires are going to run, what kind … Continue reading About Gardening: Publish or Perish

Stop Being Such Assholes

April 21, 2019April 24, 2019 ~ Fiona Smith ~ Leave a comment

Before getting to my main argument, I want to highlight two things: The term ‘asshole,’ as I understand it, is gender-neutral. To make sure it is, I googled it and found this convincing post by redw6452. FYI: it’s quite difficult to google ‘asshole for women.’ Most hits explain how to be a perfect asshole to … Continue reading Stop Being Such Assholes

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