Issy Pyle
@issypyle
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AHRC funded PhD student at Lancaster University. Researching surrealism, identity, and women artists. She/her.
Joined May 2015
High time I stop blasting shit jokes at poor colleagues who follow me; this account is strictly for academic stuff now, but if you did actually follow for the shit jokes I’m migrating them to @pylesofproblems
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I had a professor who would write “NO” in red sharpie next to whole paragraphs. I think the neurotic attempt to figure out what she meant and how to write in a way that didn’t generate “NO’s” made me a better writer. Bring back unexplained, unhelpful comments that provoke anxiety
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Absolute corker in this round of fresher's essays: Bertolt Brecht's "Fear and Misery in the Third Reich" is INDEED quite different from Beauty and the Beast. Can't deny it.
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PhD’s are easy. I arrive at the library, I buy a coffee, accomplish nothing, then return home and lay my body down to sleep.
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when you submit an abstract you might one day have to write the paper. few know this
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Submissions are officially OPEN for the VILE BIRD journal series— surrealist works of art, poetry, fever dreams and holy visions welcome!
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Had a great time discussing Hope Mirrlees’s “Paris” this evening- serendipity to have been introduced to creative-critical methods through such a dada inspired piece!
Errant are running creative-critical workshop this summer! First up we'll be focusing on 'Paris: A Poem' and thinking of way to get creative-critical ideas flowing. Friday 28th of July 5-6pm, online. Sign up here on eventbrite: https://t.co/nTHQp3SOUb
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Surrealism is back in town, Lancaster! Check out our website, and get ready for a brand new journal 👀 https://t.co/9Gyw94t3JP
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Some other fun bits from the exhibition- including great representations of the fragmentation of female form!
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A research trip to the Met/ birthday gift for myself- Leonora Carrington’s Self Portrait, in the flesh!
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Just found out about Pablo Picasso. These paintings make me feel sick. That's not what stuff looks like.
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Another cousin is set to start his PhD, which makes six of us- the next time I get rejected for funding, I’ll be interrogating the family gc to see who took it off me.
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We are delighted to inform you of the reopening of the Maison André Breton in Saint-Cirq-Lapopie with a large exhibition on "Surrealism and Alchemy". Dates: 21st May - 31st October 2023 https://t.co/jzGhMkDUf9
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Teachers: "AI is a disaster, how am I going to know who is cheating?!" Students:
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Well I considered leaving academia very seriously but now that my personal life’s exploded in a storm of infidelity, what better time to get this show back on the road! Hmu if your department would benefit from some ✨surrealism✨!
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I have a very exciting job interview and will simply not be able to do any work until it's passed. Tips welcome!!
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Salvaging a godawful couple of weeks (Covid, lost phone, family medical emergencies) by holing up in the British Library. If I can’t find a seat, we riot.
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Managed to contract covid despite barely ever leaving my damn desk- studies into jstor pdfs as vectors of infection?
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humanities PhDs looking at their fees now funding is being scrapped apart for STEM
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Today I had the industrial relations scholar who literally told me they were EDITING A BOOK ON STRIKES!!!! Freeriders with no shame! #UCUstrike #ucuRISING
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