Teresa J PontA tale of two inevitabilitiesAcademically, I came of age around the 2008 financial crisis (yes, looking for an academic job at that time was great fun). These were, of…3 min read·Feb 22, 2021----
Teresa J PontTwo turning pointsThe big turning point in all of this is, of course, the one that, in the space of a few days in March 2020, changed the perceptoin of…5 min read·Feb 21, 2021----
Teresa J PontThe futility of trying to engage with the Covid do-gooders: a personal storyPreface: I have been plunged into severe depression by lockdowns, complete with suicide attempts. If you object “Oh but you might have had…5 min read·Feb 11, 2021----
Teresa J PontScenes from the post-covid university (I)Another series of indefinite length. Originating from this post here but mostly a harmless bit of fun.2 min read·Feb 10, 2021----
Teresa J PontWhy are most Humanities academics pro-lockdown (VII)I don’t know where the much-touted phrase “lives vs the economy” came from, but I am prepared to be that there’s a high chance it was a…3 min read·Feb 8, 2021----
Teresa J PontWhy are most Humanities academics pro-lockdown? (V)In this post I discuss two rather obvious reasons; because they are obvious — and one of them is not exclusive to A&H academics — , they…4 min read·Feb 6, 2021----
Teresa J PontRandom dystopian fantasizing on the post-vaccine worldLike many in the lockdown-sceptic community, I sometimes fall prey to reverse doomerism (less often, I must say, since I started a course…5 min read·Feb 4, 2021----
Teresa J PontWhat A&H academics have written about lockdownsSinéad Murphy, a lecturer in Philosophy, published last week an article called “Preliminary materials for a theory of Devi Sridhar”. It’s…6 min read·Feb 2, 2021----
