Talia Hussain1d ago

I applied for a studentship at a famous university, got shortlisted, interviewed and rejected. Three years later, the people who interviewed me started publishing papers describing how they executed my project.

I applied for a post-doc fellowship at a famous university, got shortlisted, interviewed and rejected. Two years later, they are launching a conference exploring the ideas in my proposal.

The worst part is, they don't understand the ideas, so they do a shit job.

#academicChatter

Show threadTansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉1d ago
@Talia this is awful btw - infuriatingly unfair AND sounds like they messed the whole thing up to boot.
Show threadTalia Hussain1d ago

@tansy it's all frustrating. I'm very slow at publishing my work, but what has gone out is already setting new directions for fashion sustainability research. People are setting up conferences and new research groups, using my work as a foundation.

Obviously, I cannot get a job :(

Show threadTansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉
@Talia Eugh, so sorry - this just sucks. It's a really depressing and unbalanced academic field - sad to hear your work is being sidelined and misrepresented.
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Show threadTalia Hussain1d ago
@tansy I try to be happy about the press coverage it gets
Show threadTansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉1d ago
@Talia that stance is full of grace!
Show threadTalia Hussain1d ago
@tansy that's nice of you to say, when it's probably only partially true 😅