In my past life as an academic, one of the things people would do is examine my tweets for subtext whenever they were trying to say 💩 things about me to discredit this in some way.
But the funny thing is as my friend @jessifer said to me when he encountered those folks, “Have you even met Adeline? She already says all the things she’s not supposed to say! What is the need to look at subtext?” 😂😂😂
This sheds on light on some of the numerous ways I did not fit into #academia. I am honest and direct and forthright as much as I am able.
This never fit into academic social norms, which rely on courtly manners, prevarication and dissemination in majority of social contexts.
This never fit into academic social norms, which rely on courtly manners, prevarication and dissemination in majority of social contexts.
I’m glad I left, but it makes me sad that qualities like directness cannot exist right now peacefully within academia, because I think providing a space for it would make it a more human and richer space.
#highered #postacademia #postac #quitting #leavingacademia
#highered #postacademia #postac #quitting #leavingacademia
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