Tales from the Trenches: Academic Labor Organizing in Troubled Times

This year the labor caucus panel is also secretly a second queer caucus panel, featuring dual-carding caucus members Kathleen Dillon and Bethany Hellwig

I'd also be interested in putting together a panel on anarchist pedagogies. My practice of Slow Resistance draws on slow pedagogy and anarchist pedagogies.

Is anyone planning to attend #4C26 interested in putting together a panel on how we can practice a Slow Pedagogy in the neoliberal/late-stage capitalist academy?

“This was a purposeful decision by ICE to make me, Mahmoud, and our son suffer. My son and I should not be navigating his first days on earth without Mahmoud. ICE/the Trump admin have stolen these precious moments from our family in an attempt to silence Mahmoud’s support for Palestinian freedom.”

I just sent my advisor a full draft of my dissertation for her to review. I think I am on track to graduate this August!!!

A simple watercolor drawing of the Baltimore Inner Harbor, complete with a ship on the water and poorly drawn pink blossoming trees

Two CDs — Marvin Gaye’s Greatest Hits & Aretha Franklin’s Greatest Hits 1980-1994

Cassette — Linda Ronstadt’s For Sentimental Reasons

I really enjoyed the #4C25 Stitch & Spin event!

Aww, thank you! :)

I brought a cassette of Linda Ronstadt singing love ballads, and CD of Aretha Franklin's Greatest hits thru the 80s. I also brought my watercolor set. :)

It’s starting to happen. I got called sir at the airport (followed by a “I’m sorry — ma’am???”). Some might be put off by this, but I’m over here feeling very affirmed!

Thanks, Keith! See you there!

Wonderful! See you there!

Thursday @ 10:30 AM in room 314!

See you Thursday at the Labor Caucus meeting!

I have a fractured finger, so this work is going very slow indeed.

Picture of Kat’s desk with copies of Jesse Cohn’s Underground Passages & Emma Goldman’s Anarchism and Other essays as well as plants, clutter, and their MacBook, showing the presentation (Practicing a Slow [Anarchist] Resistance w/ a picture of the anarchy cat).

Prepping my presentation “Practicing a Slow [Anarchist] Resistance in the Writing Classroom” for #4C25

On Wed. March 12 at 5:30 pm at the Sheldon Auditorium we will have our third speaker of this year's Humanities on the Edge series under the theme of "Thinking in/of the present". Dr. Nicole Archer will present the talk, "American Made: Textiles and the politics of state violence "

My long-distance fiance and I are listening to a shared playlist on Discord together of songs that remind us of each other, and this is indeed a great way to spend a Friday night. It would be better if we were physically together, but this isn't bad.

Sending solidarity — you’ve got this! Breathing exercises help me too.

#OtD 6 Mar 1913 Joe Hill's song "There is Power in a Union" first appeared in the @IWW union's Little Red Song Book. Get it and dozens of others in this Big Red Book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...

We’re putting down our 18 year old cat Nova today. She has cancer, and the tumor on her mouth has grown so that she can’t eat. It’s time, and she’s lived a full life, but it’s still so hard.

I had forgotten about this, so I appreciate the reminder. OP's recommendation is to vote Withhold on all 3 candidates, and I've seen that elsewhere too, so that's what I did. You have to be a member and have purchased $10+ in the last year to be eligible to vote.

Sending solidarity.

What a week – I did stand-up comedy without my phone/notes, did the best at an interview I've done yet, and made serious gains in weight lifting. I am feeling exhausted but super happy. I still don't know what the future will hold, but it's looking bright.

Happy economic boycott day to all those who celebrate!

Today's interview is likely the last of this job market season for me. If this job doesn't work out, I'll stay a grad student another year to gain more experience & try again next year. I really like the idea of this school I'm interviewing for, though. Hopefully, they will like me!

Sending solidarity. The job market is tough.

I'm pretty vulnerable with my students. I write sample essays for them & have written about gender & politics. I also recently performed a stand-up set for them where I talked about my gender & growing out my facial hair. It's scary to be so vulnerable, but I know it's brought our community closer.

I had my students pair up & write a peer profile piece to get to know each other & practice their interview skills before their community research essay. I’m so impressed with these profiles! They really made their peers shine!

My mom found this CD and hid it from me. I stole it back, and then she crushed it. Thankfully, I got another copy. She thought the image on the cover was inappropriate. I think it's fabulous.