My (perhaps polemic? we'll see!) opinion: you cannot be a scholar, policymaker or advocate who genuinely believes in the political & social capacity of youth for positive change AND use the term/theory ‘youth bulge’. They are anathema to each other. #ISaidWhatISaid 🧵 Youth bulge is a simplistic, ageist, racist, sexist framing. It scapegoats youth as ‘the problem’ while hiding the structures & leaders who've failed youth. Using it reproduces narratives of deficit & danger, securitises youth, & reinforces ideas of youth as risky 2/

I am so tired I can’t think properly this afternoon, and so I thought I’d write a twitter thread about academia and exhaustion and work hours and a reminder to others (and myself) that you are more than your productivity. This morning (Thursday) I had already worked 38 hours this week (w a bunch more required work still to do). I know this because I am currently tracking the hours I work. I am also evangelising the tracking of work hours to all & sundry at the moment because it has been revelatory