I thought grad school would be hard math not fighting tooth and nail against a bureaucracy that would wear me down. The only time I really stood up to my advisor was when he didn't want to pay me between my defense and thesis deposit, because he thought i would slack off. #womeninstem #womenengineers #womeninsteam #feministscience #academicwomen #feministsciencestudies #feministsciencesubstack #phdadvice #stemadvice #gradschool #gradstudents #gradstudents #researchlife #phdstudent