People always ask me : “Cristi, how do you manage parenting a baby while going up for tenure?” It’s easy. The secret is *flow-based-scheduling*. Here are its three core strategies for new academic parents: Sleep when the baby sleeps Cry when the baby cries Publish when the baby publishes

Next week! events.bl.uk/events/engli... #EnglishGrammarDay #Grammar #EnglishLanguage @bethmalory.bsky.social @hwimbushenglish.bsky.social @debsadelight.bsky.social @robdrummond.bsky.social @billylinguist.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

Book now for the English Grammar Day! Teachers: do bring your GCSE and A-level students! www.ucl.ac.uk/english/engl... #EnglishGrammarDay #grammar @blevents.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @engfacoutreach.bsky.social @bethmalory.bsky.social @hwimbushenglish.bsky.social @robdrummond.bsky.social

Gotta love teaching pragmatics in January 😅 #thetraitors

Delighted to share that the programme for the BAAL Language Gender & Sexuality group annual event is now live: baalgensex.wordpress.com Register here: mmu.estore.flywire.com/.../baal-sig.... looking forward to welcoming everyone on May 2nd!

@uclenglishusage.bsky.social is now also on here 🦋

Nikita Hand is a very strong inspiring woman.

Celebrating joining the Xodus with my first post; this week Louise Nuttall and I published a new report on attitudes to diagnostic language for pregnancy loss, which was picked up by the @theguardian.com Report here: www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usag... Article here: amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Thought provoking blog on clinical language choice by Beth Malory. Important work on a sensitive topic, pregnancy loss: medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11...