Alisa B. Lin
@alisablin.bsky.social
Russian & East European theater scholar (Ohio State University), feminist & inclusive productivity author, mama of three. I promise content about all of the above. :)
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March 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Forgot to share that I won an ASEEES First Book Subvention prize for THEATRICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: THE ACTOR'S MIND IN RUSSIAN MODERNISM, coming out in April!
March 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Forgot to share that I won an ASEEES First Book Subvention prize for THEATRICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: THE ACTOR'S MIND IN RUSSIAN MODERNISM, coming out in April!
My 3-year-old points to locations in Peppa Pig and asks whether we can go there. Sure, why not?
March 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
My 3-year-old points to locations in Peppa Pig and asks whether we can go there. Sure, why not?
When you have a big project on your plate that you keep putting off, just start by opening the blank document (or the equivalent) and typing something really basic that needs to be there but doesn't feel daunting.
February 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
When you have a big project on your plate that you keep putting off, just start by opening the blank document (or the equivalent) and typing something really basic that needs to be there but doesn't feel daunting.
Check out my latest Substack post on productivity at wewhotend.substack.com/p/lessons-fr...
February 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Check out my latest Substack post on productivity at wewhotend.substack.com/p/lessons-fr...
Question of the morning is: how many fruit bars will the <2 year old eat for breakfast? We're up to five 😂
February 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Question of the morning is: how many fruit bars will the <2 year old eat for breakfast? We're up to five 😂
Got some reading for my next big academic monograph 🤩🎭
February 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Got some reading for my next big academic monograph 🤩🎭
Art made in the subway of Kyiv while hiding out from Russian attack. 🩵💛
February 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Art made in the subway of Kyiv while hiding out from Russian attack. 🩵💛
9am EST tomorrow at the AATSEEL virtual conference: Parenting in Academia!
February 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
9am EST tomorrow at the AATSEEL virtual conference: Parenting in Academia!
My three-year-old is eating a popsicle topped with sprinkles and veggie straws for breakfast 🤷♀️
February 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
My three-year-old is eating a popsicle topped with sprinkles and veggie straws for breakfast 🤷♀️
In my latest academic news, I gave a talk at Brown, and my theatre class is now part of Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings!
February 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
In my latest academic news, I gave a talk at Brown, and my theatre class is now part of Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings!
Today in class we're working with a play from Kosovo, and it is so refreshing to examine unknown Eastern Europe.
February 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Today in class we're working with a play from Kosovo, and it is so refreshing to examine unknown Eastern Europe.
I'm fascinated by the psychology of how we use our time. If we're stressed about time, we feel stress in our bodies. If take the mindset of time abundance, we release stress. More on that soon!
February 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I'm fascinated by the psychology of how we use our time. If we're stressed about time, we feel stress in our bodies. If take the mindset of time abundance, we release stress. More on that soon!
Did the wrong reading for my class today. Oops. But then I looked at the one I actually assigned, and the one I read was better, so...?
February 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Did the wrong reading for my class today. Oops. But then I looked at the one I actually assigned, and the one I read was better, so...?
Even when we're super stressed, it's so valuable to take a couple of minutes to linger over coffee, chat with a friend, or do something else nice. Enjoyment matters for our success.
February 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Even when we're super stressed, it's so valuable to take a couple of minutes to linger over coffee, chat with a friend, or do something else nice. Enjoyment matters for our success.
At the grocery store, my 3-year-old decided she needed a whole cake. After a tantrum that the entire store could have heard, we compromised on lip balms.
February 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
At the grocery store, my 3-year-old decided she needed a whole cake. After a tantrum that the entire store could have heard, we compromised on lip balms.
I've tried all the apps. Project management apps, to-do list apps, scheduling apps, AI apps. But when I really need to get things done, I will always prefer a handwritten to-do list.
January 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I've tried all the apps. Project management apps, to-do list apps, scheduling apps, AI apps. But when I really need to get things done, I will always prefer a handwritten to-do list.
This week I've taught Valerian Pidmohylnyi's "A Problem of Bread," a short story from Ukraine's Executed Renaissance, and David Drábek's AQUABELLES, a 2003 Czech play about the post-socialist transition.
This is what Slavic Studies can look like. It feels great.
This is what Slavic Studies can look like. It feels great.
January 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This week I've taught Valerian Pidmohylnyi's "A Problem of Bread," a short story from Ukraine's Executed Renaissance, and David Drábek's AQUABELLES, a 2003 Czech play about the post-socialist transition.
This is what Slavic Studies can look like. It feels great.
This is what Slavic Studies can look like. It feels great.
On the productivity front, I'm currently thinking about those times when we just need to get so much done in the next hours, day, whatever. Crunch time. How can we approach these situations with less panic, more peace?
January 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
On the productivity front, I'm currently thinking about those times when we just need to get so much done in the next hours, day, whatever. Crunch time. How can we approach these situations with less panic, more peace?
Email! Yikes!
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January 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Email! Yikes!
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December 30, 2024 at 6:40 PM
I find procrastination deeply interesting. Here are my thoughts on a common tendency to put off small tasks.
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December 16, 2024 at 8:53 PM
I find procrastination deeply interesting. Here are my thoughts on a common tendency to put off small tasks.
wewhotend.substack.com/p/small-time...
wewhotend.substack.com/p/small-time...
Too much productivity advice ignores the fact that sometimes we just don't feel like working.
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December 6, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Too much productivity advice ignores the fact that sometimes we just don't feel like working.
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Thanksgiving, and all my kids will eat is pie. So we have plenty of pie. 🤷♀️
November 28, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Thanksgiving, and all my kids will eat is pie. So we have plenty of pie. 🤷♀️