Making Time to Write: How to Resist the Patriarchy and TAKE CONTROL of Your Academic Career Through Writing

by Cathy Mazak

Overview

The revolutionary guide to putting women’s writing--and their careers—first.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781631958229
Publisher:	Morgan James Publishing
Publication date:	11/10/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	141
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Cathy Mazak was a tenured, full professor when she founded a writing coaching company for women professors, researchers, and doctoral students. Cathy and her team are dedicated to changing the way that academic women leverage writing and publication to create the careers and lives they want through courses and group coaching programs. Cathy has a PhD from Michigan State University and is the editor of several scholarly collections and the author of numerous textbooks and academic journal articles. In her work as a professor at The University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez she attracted external funding for her work in bilingualism and higher education and co-founded a research center. Her popular podcast, Academic Women Amplified, teaches how to use writing to resist the racist, ableist, patriarchal culture of academia. Cathy lives in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Part 1 It's Not You, It's the Patriarchy 1

Chapter 1 How Academia is Structured, to Keep Womxn from Writing 3

Chapter 2 The Danger of the Twin Scarcities 19

Part 2 Building a Sustainable, Relationship-Based Writing Practice 43

Chapter 3 Soaring versus Slogging 45

Chapter 4 Writing at the Center 73

Chapter 5 The Myth of Accountability (And What You Need Instead) 91

Part 3 Resisting "Shoulds" 105

Chapter 6 Stop "Shoulding" Yourself 107

Chapter 7 When Writing Gets Derailed 121

Chapter 8 The Role of Rest in Writing 141

Conclusion: Writing as Transformation 153

About the Author 161

Endnotes 163