She grabs on now because she *wants* to. It's so fun watching her grow.

Baby classes have been a surprising reintroduction to right-wingers. The amount I'm having to hold my tongue to be able to get through the classes is lol.

I agree with this.

I once got asked to notetake in a meeting I was the lead technical expert in. It made no sense for me to be notetaking.

I said 'No. You've asked me as I'm the only woman.'

The meeting lead just stopped and said 'oh shit yeah'. It was assigned to someone else

A permanent work contract

People that cannot work are not 'scroungers'. It's really important to recognise we are all one accident or medical emergency away from not being able to work. It shouldn't need that context to empathise with those that cannot work, and yet it often seems to.

'For working people'
'For working people'
'For working people'

A lot of people do not work. They may be young, disabled, retired etc.

Working isn't the only way people add value to society, and it'd be great to see labour recognise that.

Couldn't remember the word for burping, so went with 'degassing* the baby' instead

*No child has been put in a vacuum chamber

The 'labour don't have a plan' line is already getting old. I can see the plan. It's outlined right there *waves hands*. It's next level gaslighting.

I fucking can’t believe this in the Spectator about Nicola Coughlan dripping with nastiness and fatphobia. You think you are moving forward as a
society by teeny inches and then a woman comes along who drags us all many steps back with words like these.

Referred to our baby as my biggest achievement, and my husband proceeded to list off a bunch of my achievements 🥲

The Royal Society of Chemistry is hosting a webinar on advancing social mobility in the chemical sciences. 🧪

Speakers will delve into the socioeconomic inequalities that limit inclusion in an open, honest discussion.

June 13th 11:00-12:00 BST - register below! 👇

register.gotowebinar.com/register/89984…

🚨📝 New blog

Addressing lone working for PhD students by Chrissie Thwaites chrissie | the phdiaries

'...solitariness can contribute to feelings of isolation and combine with other factors to lead to feelings of loneliness'

voicesofacademia.com/2024/05/24/add…

#AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

I'll say it again. Every PhD student + everyone who works with PhD students should know about this book 📖
And if your library doesn't have access to a copy yet, take a couple of minutes out of your day to make the request
#PhD #AcademicChatter

There are travel grants available from Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund for up to £500 to help PhD students & ECRs attend #FoodAnalyticsConference2024
Interested? Yes!
Submit your FAC2024 abstract here: foodanalyticsconference.com
ACTF Funding opportunity here: analyticalchemistrytrustfund.co.uk/funding-opport…

One thing worse than being a lettuce. That's being a wet lettuce.

🔜📝 New blog on Friday

Addressing lone working for PhD studentsby Chrissie Thwaites @thePhDdiaries

'But when I arrived, I discovered I’d vastly underestimated how isolating it would be'

#AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

It's time to step up. It can feel like your vote doesn't matter. It does. Please register to vote 🗳 🔴

Can't tell you the joy it brings me that there might be a date in reach for this god awful government to be ousted

Reposting this today, because Marissa Kate , Dr Zoë Ayres , and Alicia A-Z, PhD, she/her have all reminded me this week how important it is to speak out about our experiences. I am very proud of this piece, but it is also very personal, and mines painful memories. zeal.kings.edu/zeal/article/v…

Seems as good as time as any to rehighlight this excellent paper on decolonising the chemistry undergraduate curriculum

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…