…the actual research, both gets the research out there and potentially strengthens future applications for All The Things. I’m curious though, how did you conclude that the given opportunity wasn’t targeting someone like you?

…we consider the opportunity cost of these applications. The question of “fit” in any given cycle—whether for a job, fellowship, or something else—perpetuates the feeling that we must apply to All The Things, because you just never know. I appreciate the reminder that shifting the time to do…

That’s a really good point, even though it hits me in an admittedly mixed way… we hear so often that we lose 100% of the opportunities to which we don’t apply, but between that and the “you never know, it’s such a crapshoot” bit that pervades seemingly everything in academia, it doesn’t seem like…

The real trap here is that the Republicans have made defending civil rights seem like a frivolous thing and a whole lot of liberals are falling in line. Even if it was a culture war, so what? This would be a war worth fighting. What are we even doing here, people? Get it together.