“[The graduate program] hinges on a level of detachment from the corporeal, on a laser focus and dedication to one’s intellectual development.” - Dr. Rachel Leventhal-Weiner, Succeeding Outside the Academy 💬📚

“Lives matter more than careers. Focus on building the life you want rather than pursuing the career that people think you should have.” - Dr. Kelly J. Baker in Succeeding Outside the Academy 💬📚

Finished reading: The Freelance Academic by Katie Rose Guest Pryal 📚

Want to read: How Humans Learn by Joshua R. Eyler 📚

Want to read: The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey 📚

Want to read: Forces of Nature: The Women who Changed Science by Anna Reser and Leila McNeill 📚

Just finished the introduction to SUCCEEDING OUTSIDE THE ACADEMY. Excited to read the rest. It seems like having 14 informational interviews in a book. 📚

Hello today I think my ideal job would be to read books and then write essays (not straight up reviews) about those books. Sometimes a group of books or a pairing, like I might try reading Monster She Wrote and Women and Other Monsters. 📚📝

I finished reading Mona Awad’s BUNNY last night. I can’t even write a review of it because I don’t have enough words to convey all the important things about it. It’s beautifully written, sad and weird. It completely blew my mind. I’m so happy to have read it. 📚

Finished reading: Bunny by Mona Awad 📚