Buried Beneath the Bones

Archaeology...with a bit of Anarchy.

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Why I Chose Edinburgh Over Ox-Bridge.

I have officially received offers from all three universities: Edinburgh, Glasgow, and York. They are conditional as I haven’t graduated yet, so I accepted Edinburgh and Glasgow (I double checked and since they are conditional I can accept but once offered unconditional I have to choose). I chose Edinburgh as my top school because I am in love with Scotland (Harry Potter nerd here lol) and I also want to live in proximity to England without living in England. Scotland is more of my vibe, especially Edinburgh, which is more relaxed and quiet than Glasgow, despite them both being huge European cities.

As I write this in the beginnings of a polar vortex, because WINTER IN NEW ENGLAND (lol), I wanna say that I fell so deeply in love with Edinburgh as soon as I visited the website. It checked off everything I needed:

-automatic accommodations for international postgraduate students

-tons of academic merit scholarships

-beautiful campus

-proximity to EVERYTHING including a sleeper train that takes you into London overnight.

-HOT SCOTSMEN

-funny and jovial AF Scottish lifestyle

-UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE VIA THE NHS

I just knew that this was my school. I knew that I more than met the credentials to be offered a letter of admission and yet I still cried when I received it. To know that I will be in Edinburgh in just a few months, living my new life, makes me brim with happiness and light and the feeling of freedom and belonging. I will continue to work hard and earn scholarships to pay for my Masters degree there because it is only for one year and then I can apply for citizenship (which i will do). 

Most importantly, I feel as if I am going where my intuition and spirit are leading me to go and that...makes the work that I am putting into manifesting my dream life all the more sweeter.

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That’s it, the Professor is truly the King of Sass

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Success!!!!!!! Accepted into University of Edinburgh and Glasgow for graduate school!!!!!

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King Amenhotep III

Bas relief depicting pharaoh Amenhotep III (r. 1391-1353 BC) wearing the Double Crown of Egypt, detail from court wall of Amenhotep III, Luxor Temple.

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i attended two excellent talks at the university today and i am so tired. my brain is so full. they were so good. trying real hard to take advantage of on-campus goodness before i move and no longer have access to my incredible department

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love this setup!!!

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@JensenAckles | jensenackles

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Just walked into a lecture hall on the first day of the quarter to find nothing but “FRANZ BOAS” written across the entire board in giant letters, and honestly that’s a Mood.

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kinda iffy about Boaz.

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Unsolicited advice for baby academics: Do not name-drop. If you worked with someone who’s a household name if your field, that’s great, and you can mention it if and when it’s relevant to the conversation, but for the love of God do not find a way to shoehorn it into every discussion every time you speak. This shit is insufferable, nobody is impressed by it, and it doesn’t make you look cool. It just makes you look desperate and insecure.

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by nissistudies.

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“be stubborn about your goals but flexible about your methods.” the best advice I’ve ever received.

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Tips for writing spells:

If you want to keep something close, bury it in your back yard. If you want to attract something, bury it under the front door step If you want to destroy its influence, burn it. If you want it to move away and sink, throw it in running water If you want to disperse it to a distance, throw it into a crossroads If you want to fix its influence, inter it in a five-spot pattern If you want it to work by means of spirits, bury it in a graveyard If you want to hide its point of origin, conceal it in a tree If you want it to work in secret, give it in food or drink If you want it to work by stealth, hide it in clothing or on objects If you want its influence to begin or strengthen, throw it East If you want its influence to end or weaken, throw it West If you want its influence to rise and fall cyclicly, float it in a tidal estuary

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Oh, guys. Oh. Guys. This, if you’re ever stuck on how to perform a spell! Handy little guide of awesome.

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If you want to work with ancestors or guardian spirits, put it to the North. If you want to work from a place of innocence, put it to the South. If you want its effect to be strong and quick, burn it. If you want it to curse- burn it then bury in the West of a crossroads. If you want to break curses, soak it in water in the West.  If you want to add extra power to your spell, dance before dealing with the incantation. If you want it to work by means of spirits, call to the directions If you want it to work by demons, put it in the forever-dark place If you want it to work by angels, burn then put ashes into sanctified water. If you want it to cleanse, shred it and bind in a bundle of sage. If you desire freedom from a situation- do it behind your back.

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Stone Engraving of Princess Meritaten from el-Amarna, Egypt dated between 1365-1347 BCE on display at the NY Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen

Princess Meritaten was the daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten and the Great Royal Wife and Queen Nefertiti. She was the Great Royal Wife of Smenkhkare, the short lived Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. Their names and history are recorded in the tomb of Meryre II, Royal Scribe and Superintendent to Queen Nefertiti, in el-Amarna.

Photographs taken by myself 2018

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When the Boss Says, ‘Don’t Tell Your Coworkers How Much You Get Paid’

The HR manager tried to convince me that the offer was competitive. She told me that she couldn’t offer more because it would be unfair to other paralegals. She said that if we did not agree to a salary that day, then she would have to suspend me because I would be working past the allowed temp phase. I insisted that she look into a higher offer and she agreed that we could meet again later. Before I left, she had something to add.

“Make sure you don’t talk about your salary with anyone,” she said sweetly, as if she was giving advice to her own son. “It causes conflict and people can be let go for doing it.” (This is to the best of my recollection, not verbatim.)

It wasn’t all that surprising to hear this from a corporate HR manager. What was surprising was the déjà vu.

Just three months earlier, some of my coworkers at the coffee shop told me that our bosses, who worked in the office on salaries, and even the owner, got a higher cut of the tips than we did. One barista told me that when she complained about it, the managers reduced her hours.

When you make minimum wage and have to fight for more than 30 hours per week, tips are pretty important, so I sat down with my managers to discuss the controversy. That’s when they told me not to talk about it with the other baristas. The owner “hates it when people talk about money,” my manager added, and “would fire people for it if he could.” I sulked back to the espresso machine, making my lattes at half speed and failing to do side work.

In both workplaces, my bosses were breaking the law.

Under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (NLRA), all workers have the right to engage “concerted activity for mutual aid or protection” and “organize a union to negotiate with [their] employer concerning [their] wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.” In six states, including my home state of Illinois, the law even more explicitly protects the rights of workers to discuss their pay.

This is true whether the employers make their threats verbally or on paper and whether the consequences are firing or merely some sort of cold shoulder from management. My managers at the coffee shop seemed to understand that they weren’t allowed to fire me solely for talking about pay, but they may not have known that it is also illegal to discourage employees from discussing their pay with each other. As NYU law professor Cynthia Estlund explained to NPR, the law “means that you and your co-workers get to talk together about things that matter to you at work.” Even “a nudge from the boss saying ‘we don’t do that around here’ … is also unlawful under the National Labor Relations Act,” Estlund added.

And yet, gag rules thrive in workplaces across the country. In a report updated this year, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research found that about half of American employees in all sectors are either explicitly prohibited or strongly discouraged from discussing pay with their coworkers. In the private sector, the number is higher, at 61 percent.

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Damn managers have definitely told me this before

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Always reblog

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adding to this on the subject of medical/family leave: 

a coworker of mine (and integral part of a voluntary team he and I are the sole members of) had to have foot surgery and was told he’d need six weeks to recuperate. when he went to HR they told him his best option was to resign and then reapply for his same job after his 6 week recovery time. 

he originally asked them if he could take those weeks as unpaid time off, and was about to take their “quit and come back” offer because they made it sound like the only option. this would have cancelled the very same healthcare he was using to pay for the treatment in the first place. 

this is a fairly common tactic HR managers will try to use to scare workers out of taking any leave at all, or force you to reduce the amount of time you are “unproductive.” 

it is also illegal under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act - http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/ 

you are entitled to twelve full weeks of (unpaid) time off to care for a family member or to recuperate from medical conditions. the explicit qualifying scenarios are listed on the website above.

you are entitled to keep your job and return to your position on completion. any repercussion/dismissal from your company is illegal. do not get bullied out of your job for medical treatments you or a family member needs. if you are in a situation where you are being forced to quit for a situation that qualifies under FMLA you should contact a lawyer.

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TO REITERATE: IT IS ILLEGAL TO BE FIRED FOR DISCUSSING PAY WITH FELLOW EMPLOYEES. IT IS A TYPE OF WORKER/UNION SUPPRESSION.

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OMG ITS HERE

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