I've heard such varying reports of this book but this makes it definitely one for the to be read list.
"This is a book about George Orwell; and it is not. This is a book about Eileen O’Shaughnessy, Orwell’s wife; and it is not. This is a book about the marriage, or what Anna Funder refers to as ‘the constellation’ that was Orwell and Eileen as they orbited around each other; and it is not. This is a book about patriarchy; and it is not."
@kcfromaustcrime@bookstodon absolutely brilliant- nuanced, great research and beautifully written- a powerful interrogation of the mechanics of erasure of women from history
@jconnellstryker@histodons@academicchatter I agree the proposals are not all practical. My institution grants terminal MAs but it actively discourages 2-year degrees. We have no indication that taking an additional year (nearly all of our MAs are 1-year) affects employment outcomes, while leading some students to disconnect entirely in the 2nd year, something can lead to failure to finish.
Re: PhD: IMO we need to push for increased packages for all admissions, regardless of external funding.
You would have to ask somebody who wrote for MA in my program how it really felt to do that and then continue on to PhD, but being friendlier to dipping out after 2 years with an MA seems like a good thing to me. Maybe even actively working to encourage (and accept) transfers to finish the PhD elsewhere after a 2-year MA would be a good idea, to encourage broader institutional experience?