If you like teaching courses, you can design a course. If you like writing, you can write a book. If you like mentoring, you can volunteer. You do not need to be in academia to do any of these things.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're in academia, there's a decent chance you're in a toxic workplace. There is far too much tolerance for shady behavior within academia. Commenters, back me up here: raise your hand if you've witnessed toxicity in academia.

How many women out there always had normal blood tests but knew something was wrong? Is this #pcos ? Please tell me I'm not the only one who is gaining weight in a calorie deficit all my life, for every doctor to tell me that everything is normal. #WomensHealthMatters #helpless

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Quisiera estar ahí para compartir la marcha con todes hoy. Soy científica gracias a la universidad pública, gracias @unq_oficial. La educación es un derecho, un derecho PÚBLICO. Sin educación no hay nada. #23auniversidadpublica instagram.com/reel/C6G4GEZuB…

Controversial opinion: research is not a calling, it's a job.

Pay PhD students a living wage.

The way people excuse bad behavior in academia is one of the hardest things to grapple with. “Oh, that’s just how he is” “They didn’t mean it like that” Or worse… [SILENCE] This culture where people are reluctant to hold each other accountable is debilitating.

Growing up poor or working-class, makes people more creative and industrious. When you can’t afford to buy expensive things you create new things to solve problems. We need those unique perspectives and to pave a way for those individuals to be debt-free and successful here.

Academics don't leave academic research. They leave the academic system: politics, schmoozing, appeasing people in power, abuse, harassment, credit stealing, big egos, university bureaucracy, Reviewer 2 Academic Exit Dr. Karen Kelsky 🏳️‍🌈 Pro-Palestine Anti-Z ✡️

I really don't understand this society... A society where anything that doesn't look like you, does not deserve to be represented. Please share, and always fight for diverse games where everyone is represented. I stand by all the #gamedevelopers that make these games possible!

You’re underestimating how many PhDs are miserable in academia. It’s not just you - I get dozens of DMs every single day. Everyone is burnt out. No one knows how to leave. It’s heartbreaking.

When 50% #PhDstudents suffers of mental distress, ~40% of academics leaving coz of poor #WorkLifeBalance and 50% struggling due to #job insecurity... ...you can't just say people are not motivated anymore. There is a clear problem in #academia. PhD Voice - Independently Run PostdocVoice

"I can't have lunch because of the experiments". When did we become robots? How is it possible that academia owns us to the point of prioritizing the experiments over our own health? #toxicacademia #academia #science

I'm not "pro-industry" and "anti-academia." I'm "pro-living wage, work-life balance, and healthy workplace environment." If you can find all of that in academia, that's amazing. Sadly, most of us won't. That's okay too.

Things PhDs think are normal (but are not): 1. 60+ hour work weeks. 2. Bullying and harassment. 3. Anxiety and depression. 4. Unpaid labor. 5. Criticism. What else?

Academia will replace you in an instant, your family and friends will never replace you. Remember this when you decide to skip a birthday for an experiment.

And then academia wonders why people are leaving and not looking back...

They aren't quitting science, they're quitting academia.