The critical distance break

Sometimes I realise that an important idea I’ve been talking about, almost since the beginning of the blog, has never … More

Self care for everyone

When Audre Lorde wrote ‘self-care is warfare’, she declared that when an African-American woman takes care of herself, she fights back … More

When I started going to the gym (see Exercising Like a Girl parts 1 and 2), one of the things … More

When you start a PhD, you are doing something you’ve been practicing for a long time, studying, and you’ve … More

Often candidates and researchers come to talk to me when they are trying to get back into academic writing after … More

Hello everyone! It’s been quiet here for a bit, not because my drafts folder isn’t full of future posts but … More

This is a story about taking time for things you love. I love food, I love how it tastes, I’m … More

Read this awesome Research Whisperer blog post on your research grant project as being like “a tiny little baby chicken. … More

I wrote Exercising Like a Girl back in early February, about starting out on a feminist and feminine self-care gym routine. … More

Semester is about to start again, and that means long working days, some working weekends, being busy, being tired. And … More