So I read less than half the books I read in 2020 or 2019…but on the plus side, I did get back into knitting, and I’ve watched most of the seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race by now. I’m okay with the shift in priorities. And while I almost never use this blog (instead writing my […]
The TL;DR for folks short on time – fascism is a product of capitalist disintegration and decay, it must be fought ideologically and politically, and it is deeply insidious in our contemporary politics.
So I read a lot this year. I also stopped tracking through Goodreads, because Amazon can go fuck themselves, and because the Storygraph (which my friend Emily showed me) has much cooler features and was created by a Black woman. Anyway, Storygraph tells me I read 125 books this year (as of 12/27, but tbh […]
So, major thank you to Josh for pushing me to read this (by pushing me, I mean refusing to talk to me further until I read the essay). And thank you to Elijah for having already purchased it (!!!) so that I could start reading within the week. I have already decided that as a […]
I was recently talking to a Black woman and union leader about our frustration seeing the silence and “🤷🏻♀️” from white allies in our social justice space. Letting BIPOC people lead does not mean waiting around for your marching orders while all of the labor, organizing, strategy, and risk fall on the people of color (let’s […]
Start with yourself. Know what you’re talking about by reading as many books and you can, and citing and including sources for what you’ve learned and read. An educated teacher creates educated students. Some of the books that address the intersections of race and teaching (that I personally recommend) include We Want To Do More […]
“Our program becomes not the realisation of socialism, but the reform of capitalism; not the suppression of the wage labour system but the diminution of exploitation, that is, the suppression of the abuses of capitalism instead of suppression of capitalism itself.”
I have intentionally been keeping the blogging at arm’s length, in part because I want to conserve my energy for the many things draining it right now (my son, teaching online, staying healthy, the news), and in part because I want to recognize that in the onslaught of writing strewn across our newsfeeds, we (I) […]
We’ve all been pretending to be really excited about spring break, and while there are definitely some positives (not being expected to check our work email, less required Zoom meetings) there is also an undeniable sense of disappointment and dread. Typically, many of us would be traveling. People have had to cancel flights, hotels, tours, […]
I don’t really have words for the past week. Last weekend, I went to an AP training with hundreds of people, went out to brunch in a large group (who breathed on me?!) and went to a kite festival with thousands. We were conscious about washing our hands, but we weren’t in the panicked state […]
Candid Irreverence 