#Precarity

Miriam O'Callaghan

mir_ocall

Thread. #Covid19 is exposing the dark side of Irish work, economics & society. We class people as "essential workers" then we treat them as if they are disposable. Our meat

Dr. Erin Millions

erinmillions

Can we talk about academic precarity and the committments we make in community-engaged research? #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #phdchat I'm about to enter the last year of a 3-year postdoc. I love

Brandon

blgtylr

Me, literally any time someone asks me to talk about books: There should be a timer for how long it takes me to get to Jane Austen in any and

Catherine Connolly

KitConnolly

A little thread: I’m leaving academia. It’s the right decision for me, but was still a hugely emotional one to make; I cried a lot! Since making the decision, I

Frisco Uplink

_danilo

So you have all of these oppressive systems that create unequal outcomes in life, liberty and happiness depending on factors like race, gender, physical ability, class, etc.There is a solidarity

Emma Wiik

emma_wiik

Thread on #casualisation #AcademicTwitter to everyone out there being "delighted" about this or that promotion or permanent job. I wish I could block that word from my feed. Do you

Your Woke Aunty

YasminYonis

This obsession with youth is partly because of the fear of death (and patriarchy and capitalism and ableism....)I see folks on here grieving a “lost year” of their 20s &

claire 'literally a communist' alexander

thebestaardvark

The strawman visage of the greedy *individual capitalist* is not the good cyberpunk anti-capitalist critique you think it ishttps://twitter.com/ClassyKernel/status/1336543491577540608 The horror of neoliberal capitalism is in the vast commo

Nora Loreto

NoLore

The vaccine hierarchy is such an interesting debate. Who gets it second (if there is consensus on who gets it first?) The teacher unions mentioned that they want to know

Arshad Isakjee

Isakjee

1/9 #Geography #AcademicTwitter is tracing links between academics & supervisors. It's urgent we reflect critically on our praxis, networks and mentorship. Two big challenges for our discipline: 1.) Global North

Mateusz Fafinski

Calthalas

Academic Job Discourseᵀᴹ is back (it’s never gone).Tl;dr: There are no jobs.Headline: Commodification of academia has decoupled the value of research from the chance of employability.Long read: Research and teaching

Jeremiah Brown

JeremiahTBrown

The biggest mistake that leftists make (and are continuing to make) is to separate cultural and economic voting motivations. It's true that they can be distinguished, but they are deeply

Kris

KrisAbdelmessih

In @matthewclifford letter today he surfaces a post about why more well-paid tech workers don't quit to pursue their passions. It's a good question I've wondered since its easy to

Ioana Cerasella Chis ⚡️🦦

CerasellaChis

This conceptualisation of risk (makes me think of Beck's Risk Society?) takes the status quo of #casualisation for granted.It seeks to achieve reform whereby the worker is made to accept

Equitable Growth

equitablegrowth

Yesterday the @uscensusbureau released the Household Pulse Survey. @LipstickEcon, @Raksha_Kopparam, @CSanchezCumming and @AustinClemens2 dig into the data with on economic impacts of the Coronavirus Recession by race, education, and income

Michael Wheeler

michaelcwheeler

As the coordinator of a graduate leadership program housed within a university theatre department, I have been thinking about this tweet which has been quite popular in my TL this

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