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1. I hope this will not come off as sad but writing a diss during a pandemic with basically no academic job market has required a lot of rewiring for my brain in terms of what does & does not belong in my grad school work, given that it is prob the last academic writing I will do
2. this is fine - I think my voice/work fit better with nonacademic audiences & I certainly don't plan to stop writing (I would die if I could not hear my own voice??) but it has ushered in a major shift in approach as I consider whether something I thought would be in the diss
3. would actually be better as a guide, blog post, documentary, curriculum, exhibit, twitter thread, or even conversation. in a way, this has been really freeing for me: the diss is NOT the end of this work and perhaps it actually isn't the right place for a lot of it!
4. it used to feel like every smart thought I had NEEDED to be in there bc how else would I prove that I knew what I was talking ab? but now I'm excited to explore other avenues, especially bc they offer opportunities to work collaboratively, which I have rarely done in academia
5. anyway, I realize this thread is very self-indulgent but I imagine some of my peers might be going through it too, so let me just end by saying: if you really want to write, you will!
now I'm worried that it comes off as too happy. don't worry everyone, I'm still miserable!!!!!!!!
very touched by the responses to this 
anyway lmk if you guys want to join my cult https://twitter.com/_alyssacsmith/status/1354074821144018949?s=20
anyway lmk if you guys want to join my cult https://twitter.com/_alyssacsmith/status/1354074821144018949?s=20
