tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post1081679519364062699..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: 50 Shades of Tenure Track EmploymentSisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-67765893102133954092015-02-18T17:08:59.712-08:002015-02-18T17:08:59.712-08:00Painfully, painfully accurate.Painfully, painfully accurate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-24926329424207980362015-02-17T21:17:29.826-08:002015-02-17T21:17:29.826-08:00What a fabulously insightful analogy, and also how...What a fabulously insightful analogy, and also how sad and awful. And funny. And awful. Uh, good luck?Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-70511930837451556432015-02-17T12:19:50.436-08:002015-02-17T12:19:50.436-08:00This is a fucking great post. You've captured ...This is a fucking great post. You've captured the demands and the mindset of academic employment pretty well. Readers from the outside (non-academics) will still only see it as whining and complaining about hardships that don't deserve commentary. But for those still striving to "believe" in academia and its promises wholesale, this will feel as uncomfortable as it should...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-44038089293718139392015-02-17T06:50:42.984-08:002015-02-17T06:50:42.984-08:00Sis, your last comment is very true. And change h...Sis, your last comment is very true. And change happens when you reject either half.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-79690270685149092382015-02-16T14:34:44.356-08:002015-02-16T14:34:44.356-08:00Sorry Bardiac! It was meant to be (black humor) fu...Sorry Bardiac! It was meant to be (black humor) funny.<br /><br /><br />Nicole/and/or/Maggie: the system only works when people believe simultaneously that they deserve this treatment and are too good for anything else.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-39650382409702598222015-02-16T11:17:04.971-08:002015-02-16T11:17:04.971-08:00It's not worth it! It really is just a job. ...It's not worth it! It really is just a job. You are not worthless.<br /><br />Powerful and disturbing post. :/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-61298569726016056902015-02-16T09:19:40.861-08:002015-02-16T09:19:40.861-08:00This is heartwrenching.This is heartwrenching.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-80590275518928216662015-02-15T23:24:24.967-08:002015-02-15T23:24:24.967-08:00Shorter version: I don't need 50 Shades to kno...Shorter version: I don't need 50 Shades to know that billionaires get off on hurting people --- Andy Borowitz.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.com