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Is Higher Education a “Family-Friendly” Career Choice?

August 16, 2018August 20, 2018 / Jodie-Lee Trembath / Leave a comment

At the end of a day of academic work, you may not want to talk to anybody else, and giving yourself that option is a form of self-care. But that kind of self-care doesn’t help you to play well with others, so it becomes a vexed choice - be a good academic, or a good wife and mother.

Talking in Silences

May 3, 2018August 20, 2018 / Simon Theobald / Leave a comment

Elizabeth has an agency all of her own, albeit one that we might not be familiar with, and so to reduce her experience only to the ties of sociality that bind her to others, is I think, to miss a significant portion of the story.

Ep. #5 Stunted thinking: Annie McCarthy talks slum children, NGOs, and stunting in Delhi

January 7, 2018November 10, 2018 / Jodie-Lee Trembath / 1 Comment

“...the child operates as a powerful figure in our society, where children can mobilize anything, from anxieties about same sex marriage to fears about children in detention, and all these things that we see in our own society today.”

It’s Not Just Your Parents’ Fault

November 1, 2017August 20, 2018 / Ian Pollock / Leave a comment

Did you know that your mind is a cesspit of anger, and fear, and unresolved moments from your childhood? It’s not just you. Apparently everyone is living in a minefield of emotional triggers and traps. And underlying all of your behavior is a completely individualized personality structure, built up from stray comments and the subtle … Continue reading It’s Not Just Your Parents’ Fault

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