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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)

The Joys of Mansplaining

July 7, 2020July 8, 2020 ~ Fiona Smith ~ Leave a comment

Thank you, dear men, for your endeavors to explain the world to me. Thank you, dear men, for explaining my research topics to me. Thank you, dear men, for approving of my decisions. I had no idea what I was doing for years before you came around and explained everything in one or two sentences! … Continue reading The Joys of Mansplaining

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

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