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Dr. Judith Lakamper and Dr. Erin Bell share their experiences being parents in academia and academics at home. Your co-hosts discuss life with children during and after graduate school as they highlight scholarly research regarding parenting, marriage, gender, and other pertinent topics as well as their own experiences as both mothers and scholars.
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Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Toxic Productivity
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
What is so "toxic" about being productive, anyway? In this episode, Judith and Erin discuss this buzz-worthy term and how social norms suggest that working parents need to be ultra-productive all the time. The hosts question whether working in academia may exacerbate these pressures before providing some tips to help listeners navigate the pressure to be productive through mindful living.
This episode refers to the work of Dr. Julie Smith, which can be viewed here: https://twitter.com/bbc/status/1262382683214286849?lang=en
The episode also refers to Nancy Driver's article regarding toxic productivity posted here: https://medium.com/swlh/lets-talk-about-toxic-productivity-c76b12ec5dee
and the Living Marvelously Blog: https://livingmarvelously.com/blog/
The opening and closing song, "Vienna Beat" by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License and shared through the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/RadioPink/Vienna_Beat
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