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Yael Kisel

Yael Kisel

Free Research Ideas!

It’s been 5 years since I finished my postdoc fellowship and left academia. All that time, I held onto a folder of research ideas…

Apr 12, 2019

Apr 12, 2019

Yael Kisel

Bye for now

I set out to do a writing project this year, planning to post something here on Medium every Friday, all year. Two months in, I’m quitting…

Mar 4, 2019

Mar 4, 2019

Yael Kisel

Productivity

Old me would have said,

Feb 23, 2019

Feb 23, 2019

Yael Kisel

Trying out a new definition of perfect

Each of my cats is a perfect cat. All cats are.

Feb 16, 2019

Trying out a new definition of perfect

Feb 16, 2019

Yael Kisel

Why keep writing?

It’s only the beginning of February and already I hate my year-long writing project. Why am I doing it? What do I have to offer?

Feb 9, 2019

Why keep writing?

Feb 9, 2019

Yael Kisel

Activism for Recovering Perfectionists

Because you’re not Captain Planet.

Feb 2, 2019

Activism for Recovering Perfectionists

Feb 2, 2019

Yael Kisel

The written equivalent of a circle

Today I tried to write something about balance, and wobbling, and useful realizations. But I’m tired, and all that came out was…

Jan 26, 2019

The written equivalent of a circle

Jan 26, 2019

Yael Kisel

Words to live by

There are some phrases I’ve collected over the years that help me remember how I want to live life. Maybe some will strike you as helpful…

Jan 19, 2019

Words to live by

Jan 19, 2019

Yael Kisel

You Can’t Do All The Things

In 2017 I gave myself a project: draw something every day, minimum, a circle. This year, I’ve given myself another project: write and post…

Jan 12, 2019

You Can’t Do All The Things

Jan 12, 2019

Yael Kisel

Let’s think about privilege as an opportunity, not a sin.

In the last years, I’ve seen a number of wonderful articles and comics laying out the idea of structural privilege (like this one by Toby…

Jan 5, 2019

Let’s think about privilege as an opportunity, not a sin.

Jan 5, 2019

Yael Kisel

Yael Kisel

A biologist/semi-artist/reader/person thinking a lot about what to do with my small life. Posting something every Friday in 2019; we’ll see where that goes.

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