Published at Women in Higher Education on February 28, 2017. Revolutions begin with hope for a different future, a different world; resistance and activism begin with hope, and anger too. Hope gives us a kick in the pants and makes us act; fear overwhelms and keeps us stationary.
Published at Sacred Matters on February 17, 2017. When pop culture portrays white supremacists, they are stock characters, visibly terrible people who are oh-so-easy to identify in a crowd. White supremacists in television and film are so damn obvious in their racism. Their look dramatizes their white supremacist ideology. Their clothes and affect signal a style of […]
Published at Chronicle Vitae on January 17, 2017. As years passed, I couldn’t help but notice that men were still more likely to be regarded as experts than women. I couldn’t help but wonder why conference organizers still allowed men to dominate as panelists, keynote speakers, and award winners.
Published at Women in Higher Education on February 1, 2017. I’m not happy because I’m a woman living in a culture that routinely hates women. I become less willing to claim happiness. Unhappiness makes more sense when happiness can’t recognize oppression.
Published at Women in Higher Education on January 2, 2017. Resolutions suggest that individuals are responsible for our own destinies and conveniently forget the institutions and structures that limit and bind us. The project of self-improvement is easier than building a better world.
Published at Women in Higher Education on December 5, 2016. Readers, I got angry. (I’m still angry.) My anger brought into crystal-clear focus a truth I already knew but felt more staggering in the moment, that the work of feminism is not even close to being done.