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PhD candidate @McMasterU philosophy, ABD 🪴🧝🏼♀️✨ currently playing: Ocarina of Time + Echoes of Wisdom
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airport border officer asked me "do you think people are born self-interested" after I responded "going to an academic philosophy conference" to the question "where are you going"
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I love the idea that he was quizzing me to make sure I was indeed going to a philosophy conference but after I replied he said that a professor of his opened a class with that question one time and it stuck with him
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maybe this is a hot take but I really think that students should be allowed to ask for extensions without having to share details about their personal life, mental health, or physical health
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bad news for philosophy departments returning to in-person classes 😔
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my sister just informed me by text that all of the dads on the street are outside watching my dad chainsaw branches that fell in the storm (big day for dads)
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philosophers when they say something is “outside the scope of this paper” in a footnote
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had a dream where philosophy books had illustrations and honestly it was pretty nice
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me explaining the philosophy community to an outsider: okay so first of all, there is this well established professor who cyberbullies graduate students
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thinking about my ex who would say "aren't you supposed to be good at rational debate because you're in philosophy" whenever I would get emotional during an argument with him
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just got the news that a paper of mine has been accepted to a journal! it will be my first ever publication 😭☺️
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I can’t believe all of philosophy twitter is going to have to migrate to tiktok because of elon musk! all the tenured professors will have to learn tiktok dances to keep their jobs 😔
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how people in the 8th year of their PhD look to incoming grad students
392 year old Shark in the Arctic Ocean, exploring the ocean since 1627
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I don't trust grad students who only talk about philosophy in social situations! what are ur hobbies! who are you!
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🧵 the best advice I got before my PhD was from a mentor who said, "if you pursue a PhD to be a prof, be careful because that doesn't always happen, no matter how hard you try. the best way to look at this is as a chance to learn and spend time on topics that excite you"
Has anyone yet put forward a compelling argument as to why getting a PhD in arts and humanities is worthwhile even if the end result is not academic employment? Personal enrichment aside—and I think that can be valid—is there literally anything out there?
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I am TAing an ancient philosophy course on the good life which is split into four units on plato, aristotle, epicureans, and stoics! I am! so excited (esp for unit three)
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oh to be a sleeping rabbit woken up by being surrounded by food
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guy who has read too much rawls and is convinced that the only way to fairly divide up chores between housemates is to use the veil of ignorance
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I GOT THE GRANT I APPLIED TO! I GOT A SSHRC! I AM GONNA SCREAM 😭🥲🥂
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on the reading list this week for the class I am TAing
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teaching my first ever solo class as an instructor today! excited and nervous 🫢
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I won the PhD instructor-level teaching award in my department 🥹
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babe, are you okay? you've barely touched your copy of "Zoophilia is Morally Permissible" from the Journal of Controversial Ideas
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it’s my favourite thing when undergrads call a philosopher by their first name in a paper
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journals should advertise papers in the style of a movie trailer and be like "FROM THE SICK AND TWISTED MIND OF-"
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passed my QE (from the comfort of my cozy office) with distinction (!!!), I’M ABD 📚🥲🙌🏻
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I live in fear of philosophers who are brave enough to date/marry other philosophers
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this feature should not be allowed on philosophy twitter
Elon Musk confirms that Twitter’s character limit will be raised from 280 to 4000 characters.
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screw astrology, tell me who you play in super smash bros melee so I can better understand your personality
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thinking deeply about how similar “butt dial” and “booty call” sound despite being very different things
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idk how people have time to hate-read things? I barely have time to read things that I actually like
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discovered today that if u pass ur thesis defence and go to the campus pub at my uni you get to drink a free pitchers worth of beer FROM A SPECIAL GOBLET and sign ur name in a book
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I am 🤏🏻 close to rage-writing a short paper on why it’s important to include women philosophers on syllabi by referencing treatment of philosophers who aren’t men on twitter
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"spooky season" is over it is time for everyone to have seasonal depression
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forever thinking of the dude in my undergraduate feminist philosophy class who said “when babies are growing in the stomach” while making a comment about abortion
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thinking deeply about how some philosophers have names that sound like pokemon
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I am way too excited about my new setup with a vertical monitor for reading 😍📚✨
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I want to make myself a reading list based on who ppl think count as underrated philosophers
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starting this (got accepted to an early modern women conference this morning so I will be channeling that excitement into reading) 🥸🤟🏻
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I think academic conferences should provide little buckets of popcorn to all the attendees during talks
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does everyone in philosophy have a certain area that they are scared of? like if you were thrown into a seminar in that area you would feel unprepared? mine is phil of language
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if you could get away with never engaging with/reading work from a philosopher, who would it be and why?
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aHHHH I won my department’s annual teaching award!!! 🥲
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need to write my thesis like this
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My first-ever publication, "Self-Improvement in Astellian Friendship," is out today at Feminist Philosophy Quarterly! Link here:
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I swear some philosophers write this way
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what's the word you constantly need to edit out of your writing due to repetition?
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concept: a philosophy conference for people who specifically want to talk shit about locke
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omg why did no one tell me u can air fry OCD and depression?
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I hope that one day I can repair my relationship with casual reading but right now reading for fun on top of reading for school feels impossible
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no one talks about the sad reality of PhD students who become friends with MAs in their department who graduate and leave so quickly
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me when I see a post from someone I have never interacted with who successfully defended their thesis
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shoutout to the dad I overheard on my walk who was enthusiastically explaining what a straw man argument is to his family
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writing a 10,000 word paper on rawls: HELL YEAH
trying to find conferences and places to submit it at that word count: HELL NO
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will always be shocked by the kind of unhinged responses female philosophy students get on here when they post just about anything
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getting into a conference vs realizing I have to publicly speak about my work
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update: dad is wearing the best outfit for this situation
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if you care about a graduate student, give them a bottle of wine to make up for the free alcohol they didn’t get at events during the pandemic
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going to listen to sad music and drink gin tonight, pls drop ur sad music recs below 🍷
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it feels illegal to drink wine with ice cubes, am I committing a crime
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incredibly grim vibes on philosophy twitter today, gonna stay off for a while but all I will say is believe survivors
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I am so excited to announce that my paper "Self-Improvement in Astellian Friendship" is forthcoming at Feminist Philosophy Quarterly in their final issue of this year! I am over the moon about finding it such a great home and thankful for everyone who helped me along the way ❤️
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I graded 60+ short essays on p*t*r s*ng*r's drowning child scenario today, where the hell is my medal 😤🥱
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how it feels to speak during a Q&A if I don't write down my question first
false prophets, england, 14th century
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I DID IT!!!! I 100%’d botw!!!!! no I do not want to talk about my play time
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you wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me
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yeah u may have seen ur fave band in concert but I got to boo j*rdan p*terson off my undergraduate campus
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so happy to see my paper "Rawlsian Anti-Capitalist Environmental Justice" in print today 📚📝you can check it out in the most recent volume of Ethics, Politics, & Society:
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had a little "we eloped in the fall and leave for our honeymoon soon" party 🤍
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I feel like current graduate students need to strike a better balance between warning incoming students about how challenging and exploitative programs can be without being like "congrats, welcome to the worst years of your life" and crushing excitement
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my grandpa passed yesterday. today I am thinking about him and revisiting my favourite story about his career as a graphic designer: he was paid 1 dollar for a logo that is now used all the time!
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if you care about a bisexual in your life, buy them this
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no one asked, but this is my fave candid photo that matt took of me a few years ago
I think you can clearly tell how much someone loves/cares for you by the types of pictures they take of you. It’s not just beautiful posed ones, but when you’re doing the smallest things like eating or napping or staring out the window
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trying to decide if it would be very weird if I went to a concert alone? has anyone done this? am I a loser?
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a bunch of people in my department read a WIP of mine and today when we discussed it my supervisor said she has not had that much fun reading philosophy in so long! and the chair said it was beautifully written! i’m crying!
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as a graduate student, seeing that it is july makes me think “oh no, I am halfway through the summer and have done basically nothing” and I think that’s beautiful ❤️
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the amount that I learn in seminars has increased so much ever since I have felt comfortable starting a question by indicating that something is confusing or has gone over my head
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I need to know how everyone who posted a stack of books with the caption "summer reading list" is doing
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teaching is just the absolute best, I think one of the hardest parts about being a graduate student in a field with a highly competitive job market is not knowing if I will get to keep teaching long-term
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very glad I have these pics of myself (a bisexual) holding a copy of TOJ right before I gave a talk on rawls
Wait fuck bisexuals are real?? I thought it was just a twitter bit. Are Rawlsians real too?
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she has a forthcoming paper ❤️
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ok my hair is still kinda wet but I GOT A HAIRCUT ✂️✨
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I truly believe that working in here would make my writing better
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does everyone have a mug that they would want to cry about if it broke?
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