Polly Pallister-Wilkins

pollypw.bsky.social

19 May 2025 18:55

“You should be fine, you’re called John Smith and are pasty white enough but I’d bring a burner phone and leave your laptop at home just to be sure.” “What do you mean you don’t want to financially support a fascist regime? What happened to academic solidarity, oh and do you have any jobs?”

Corey Robinson

corey-robinson.bsky.social

19 May 2025 18:55

Agreed. Come to network and maybe get detained! You can do an autoethnography of detention!

Audra Mitchell

audralmitchell.bsky.social

18 April 2025 15:28

And just to be clear: I'm not suggesting that research is some kind of 'break' or 'holiday'. It is incredibly demanding work in every sense. Rather, my point is that adjuncts and early career folks are expected to do it ON TOP OF gruelling work schedules, without pay, often while sick from overwork

Audra Mitchell

audralmitchell.bsky.social

18 April 2025 15:27

Important thread. Grants aren't randomly awarded. They are won by researchers (not universities)through highly competitive & labor intensive processes. They employ dozens (or more) of people to work on priority areas. Research isn't an 'add-on' to academia - it is absolutely essential to what we do

Martina Tazzioli

smartitaz.bsky.social

21 January 2025 19:53

"Bridled Labour and the Making of Migrants’ Route. Refugees’ Workers at the French-Italian Border" just came out in @journalpariss.bsky.social brill.com/view/journal... in the article I use Yann Moulier-Boutang's concept of "bridled labour" to politicise migrants' escapes