Hi Evan. It's adorable that you think this perpetuates patriarchal norms. Let me explain in detail why I do this, and why I'm not going to stop doing it: (1/4)
I used to be fine with students using my first name. And then I started talking with female colleagues who found that their students were far more likely to use their first name in interactions, diminishing their authority. (2/4)
Furthermore, they also told me that male profs who act super-casual about this are part of the problem, since students then think, "Why can't I call her Mary is I can call that prof Dan?" So maybe, Evan, you're actually part of the problem? (3/4)
Beginning in March 2020, I started monthly diary entries about life under COVID-19. With the pandemic functionally over in New England, yesterday was the last entry. Here’s a thread of the month-by-month emotional reactions:
If someone asks me about pursuing a Ph.D., I behave like a rabbi responding to someone who wants to convert to Judaism: I explain why it’s a bad, bad idea for so many reasons (2/5)
If someone is in a Ph.D. program, I will tell them to follow their passion when writing their dissertation. That’s not because everything works out if they do, but the odds of it working out if they don’t are way lower (3/5)
I guess this will have to do until ARMY OF THE DEAD comes out.
Oh FFS...
UPDATE: I’ve made it through Part I. So far it’s... okay. Not great, not awful. But as @Yair_Rosenberg noted it’s weird to call this the Snyder Cut since he that would imply he’s cut something.