Right, so I’m having all the alt-ac angst about this conference presentation I’m supposed to give in April. The conference itself is *fabulous* -- I’ve gone many times before and loved it. I have a lot of friends who go, and it’s more collegial and woman-friendly and alt-ac-friendly than, well, than any other academic conference I’ve been to, I think.
TwoThree drawbacks:
1. I proposed a stupid paper that’s out of my immediate area.
2. I don’t actually have the $200 it would take to attend (it’s in my city this year, but I’d still have to pay association dues and conference registration). No hope of institutional funding, either.
3. Husband likely to freak out if I abscond for a weekend to attend.
I don’t want to waste my time writing a stupid paper, and I don’t want to go (further) into debt, but also my situation here at the edge of academia is verrrrrry tenuous, and I feel like conference presentations do keep me at least slightly in the game?
Ugh. What do I doooooooooooo?