BFF.
SELF-CARE FOR ACADEMICS
BODY FREEDOM FLUTTER
ABOUT BFF.
Has the airflow across your wings been disturbed? Are you vibrating into pieces?
Body Freedom Flutter (BFF) is a type of flutter, or 'self-excited vibration,' the coupling of inertial force, elastic force, and aerodynamic pressure, when flying, which causes an aircraft to fall apart. It's also - we argue - a state of mind some academics (and non-academics!) experience. But guess what?! IT'S ALSO a best female friend - a person (imaginary or not) who reacts without judgement to your metaphorical flight and structural dynamics, (and their interaction), and helps you reassess yourself and glide through a cloudy airspace like a mythical, stealthy and structurally-sound angel, despite inherent imbalances. That is our dream for you - that you keep flying, baby, just keep gliding, keep soaring, do not fall apart. We repeat: do not fall apart.
Do not go gently into that pitch and plunge. Rage, rage against the oscillatory load.
XOXO,
YOUR BFF.