Current PhD student here, albeit in the social sciences. The great paradox of academia is that at the same time as it draws its participants from the most anxious, neurotic pool of people, it also is one of those environments that will absolutely amplify anxiety and neurosis.
— pluckemin commenting on Academic careers in the humanities
This is just a collection of things I think are neat.
A general overview of 'things I think are neat':abandonment/the post-industrial midwest, anarchism (syndicalism, insurrectionalism, etc), race/ethnicity (esp. defining/constructing the boundaries of whiteness), gender, class (talking/thinking about class generally seems to be an underrated activity), health care (access to, the experience of obtaining, etc), art, science fiction, punk music, conservative talk radio and anthropology (which probably incorporates almost everything else about people).
