Working over Christmas?

Longtime readers of the blog will know Research Degree Insiders is a big fan of time off — there’s a … More

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

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

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

Warning: Today I’m going to talk about going to the gym and femininity. Moreover, I’m going to talk about my personal, embodied … More

I’ve been thinking a lot about productivity and efficiency recently. Reading yet more articles about startups working a 4 day … More

This is the third post in a series on giving ourselves permission not to be perfect, which seems to be … More

This is the second post in a new series about giving ourselves permission. The first one is here. Actually, I … More

One of the problems with self-help advice (and, yes, I know, this blog is chock full of self-help advice) is that … More