This is why my blog/twt is pseudonymous as well. Dropped out of a MA in psychology with 1 semester to go, because I was so disenfranchised by the whole thing. I thought it would be fun, but the seminars just devolved into personal anecdotes and political interpretations of studies. I was a great student, professors tried to get me to stay, but it just wasn’t worth it (I was foolishly paying for the degree).
Decided to just read and write about my psychology on my own terms.
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The commissars really don't like people noticing the inconsistences. While you gave in to their struggle sessions back then, you're not willing to do that now. It shows that you have grown, I hope that realisation tempers the shame.
On the topic of becoming a published writer, these days self publishing is de rigueur. Also given the tosh that publishing houses put out, such as Harry's awful tome, likely for the best. The only thing I know is that whatever you put out into the world having a good editor is a must.
The only thing I can really advise is. keep going.
off topic but I just realized you're on twitter so I went and read your tweets and what you said about fantasy vs reality of autistic gfs is kind of what I meant about unfacedoxxed egirls as male fantasy (I think I might have articulated that badly)
while there are definitely people who benefit from using their real name, like those who promote their business/services or who use it for networking, I'm skeptical if it's a net positive for most people. Like, I'm a student and not established in any career, I don't want prospective employers to google me and find my opinions on whatever, that's much more likely to give them reasons to not hire me than vice versa. I don't know if those concerns apply to you tho.
Also, context collapse! I didn't know that term until I read https://bayesshammai.substack.com/p/shana-tova-internet but it happened to me recently irl when someone I matched with on a dating app found my linkedin. I'd guess it would also make the effects of that kind of policing worse, because parts of one's life that are entirely unrelated might get dragged into it.
also, this isn' t meant as a criticism, just a funny observation, but talking about how literary journals you're published in are boring is kind of like that tiktok/instagram trend you wrote about. Like, you get the status for being gatekeeper-approved without being that kind of person. I don't know to how many people it would come across like that? It seems like it can be a very smart social strategy so I'm wondering if I should adopt it in some instances but I would probably mess it up through bad execution. Tbh I never would have noticed it if I hadn't read your posts about the phenomenon so thank you for that :) (I don't think this comes across how I mean it but I don't know how to phrase it better sorry)
i love this symp lore. that program sounds like hell on earth, i'm glad you kept writing :')
This is why my blog/twt is pseudonymous as well. Dropped out of a MA in psychology with 1 semester to go, because I was so disenfranchised by the whole thing. I thought it would be fun, but the seminars just devolved into personal anecdotes and political interpretations of studies. I was a great student, professors tried to get me to stay, but it just wasn’t worth it (I was foolishly paying for the degree).
Decided to just read and write about my psychology on my own terms.
The commissars really don't like people noticing the inconsistences. While you gave in to their struggle sessions back then, you're not willing to do that now. It shows that you have grown, I hope that realisation tempers the shame.
On the topic of becoming a published writer, these days self publishing is de rigueur. Also given the tosh that publishing houses put out, such as Harry's awful tome, likely for the best. The only thing I know is that whatever you put out into the world having a good editor is a must.
The only thing I can really advise is. keep going.
off topic but I just realized you're on twitter so I went and read your tweets and what you said about fantasy vs reality of autistic gfs is kind of what I meant about unfacedoxxed egirls as male fantasy (I think I might have articulated that badly)
while there are definitely people who benefit from using their real name, like those who promote their business/services or who use it for networking, I'm skeptical if it's a net positive for most people. Like, I'm a student and not established in any career, I don't want prospective employers to google me and find my opinions on whatever, that's much more likely to give them reasons to not hire me than vice versa. I don't know if those concerns apply to you tho.
Also, context collapse! I didn't know that term until I read https://bayesshammai.substack.com/p/shana-tova-internet but it happened to me recently irl when someone I matched with on a dating app found my linkedin. I'd guess it would also make the effects of that kind of policing worse, because parts of one's life that are entirely unrelated might get dragged into it.
also, this isn' t meant as a criticism, just a funny observation, but talking about how literary journals you're published in are boring is kind of like that tiktok/instagram trend you wrote about. Like, you get the status for being gatekeeper-approved without being that kind of person. I don't know to how many people it would come across like that? It seems like it can be a very smart social strategy so I'm wondering if I should adopt it in some instances but I would probably mess it up through bad execution. Tbh I never would have noticed it if I hadn't read your posts about the phenomenon so thank you for that :) (I don't think this comes across how I mean it but I don't know how to phrase it better sorry)
Yes. Good morning
we can't even know the real sympopp.. because of woke... 😔