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My tolerance for homophobia, transphobia, racism, and any sort of bigot discrimination is zero but it gets to the negatives when it comes from fellow anthropologist/ anthropology students.

Are you really posting racist transphobic sh t in your ig stories right in front of your cultural anthropology textbook and introduction to human diversity 101 slides on your laptop?!

Why the f are you even studying these things for?

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The lives of Upper Paleolithic European girls by Tom Björklund

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not to sound corny but the textile arts make me feel connected to the world around me. it's so intentional and deliberate and when i sit and do it, i think a lot about how many other women that came before me used to do it, how many hands have used the same supplies i am using, and how many other people might be doing the same thing as me all across the world right now

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teenage me and current me are both depressed directionless girls, the only difference is that current me started appreciating the beauty of the world and realized how good it is to be alive despite it all

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Hymenoptera. Sketches of British insects. 1877.

Internet Archive

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July was as precarious and as messy as my working desk during field season

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sorry for romanticising the mundane. i have little else

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snail and strawberries

book of hours, Bruges ca. 1510-1525

Rouen, bibliothèque municipale, ms. 3028, fol. 58v

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Commission of Velcro for Brianne, who keeps eating their plants.

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you don't suck you don't suck you don't suck

a reminder because something happened today that made me feel shitty and now I need my brain to not spiral into self-deprecation

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Dancing Skeletons by Kawanabe Kyosai

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The naturalist's library - Sir William Jardine - 1833 - via Internet Archive

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On a slightly controversial note, I'm really happy to have got the grant and I'm very privileged to have had the chance to move back and work where I grew up. However, I do want to point out a few downsides to this situation, which I'd like to share with my fellow academics.

I know academic life is mostly about moving around and being flexible, but they expected me to be ready to move and start working immediately. Again, that’s not a problem for me. I thrive on a fast-paced lifestyle and I’m always up for new challenges. However, the logistics of finishing projects with one institution, organizing a move (it was a horrible experience!), and diving immediately into a new job environment takes a lot of time. I'm only human with only 24 hours in a day to use. I can't help feeling like I have to handle more than I can take and feel pressured to do it all correctly and quickly. All I need is a little time to adjust! Also, professors should stop assuming we can read their minds and clearly state what they want from their team, especially when we're just starting out. Figuring all this out on my own has been the most frustrating part.

Has anyone else had this experience?

You know when that big ass opportunity just presents itself and your life completely changes in a matter of ten days?

I won a pretty nice research grant almost unexpectedly and in a couple of days I had to pack four years of my life and start all over again.

I was extremely lucky because I’ll be working in my hometown and I’ll get to work on my PhD proposal while tutoring the students. It’s my dream job and so far I am enjoying it a lot. [(Also, this may sound weird to my non-Italian followers but finally I’m getting paid to do my job feels a bit surreal) In Italy many post grad don’t get paid. That was me until a month ago]

All of these changes are surely stressful but I kind of like the predicament of not knowing what life has in store for me and the feeling of always being on the go. I know it isn’t everyone cup of tea but as of now it’s mine.

Now, off to study some prehistoric kids and write a cool ass PhD proposal!

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one of the biggest things I can advocate for (in academia, but also just in life) is to build credibility with yourself. It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking of yourself as someone who does things last minute or who struggles to start tasks. people will tell you that you just need to build different habits, but I know for me at least the idea of ‘habit’ is sort of abstract and dehumanizing. Credibility is more like ‘I’ve done this before, so I know I can do it, and more importantly I trust myself to do it’. you set an assignment goal for the day and you meet it, and then you feel stronger setting one the next day. You establish a relationship with yourself that’s built on confidence and trust. That in turn starts to erode the barrier of insecurity and perfectionism and makes it easier to start and finish tasks. reframing the narrative as a process of building credibility makes it easier to celebrate each step and recognize how strong your relationship with yourself can become