I had no intention of responding to Anne Marie Slaughter’s article in The Atlantic. However, as my first post says, I felt compelled by the reaction I received on Twitter and my own need to make sense of my response. Shortly after posting it the fine folks at Racialicious were kind enough to cross-post. ThatRead More “Trickle Down Feminism: An Update Ahead of the Radio Show”
Yearly Archives: 2012
Linking Back & More Talk of Trickle Down Feminism
Blogger Kathleen Oberlin links to my response to The Slaughter Article That Will Not Die. It is also a good segue-way into my radio interview tomorrow in which I will be discussing trickle down feminism, intersectionality, and why having it all is a capitalist fantasy. You can catch the show live tomorrow, July 10th, atRead More “Linking Back & More Talk of Trickle Down Feminism”
“And then SHE said…” A Thought Experiment
In the course of my research I receive a lot of feedback. I mean, a LOT of feedback. You’ve not lived until the masseuse knocking the comp exams knots out of your back starts to assail you about how much she paid for an unaccredited certificate. Do you know how many times I’ve been verballyRead More ““And then SHE said…” A Thought Experiment”
A Roundup of Assorted Ramblings and Goodies
I have a great deal to post about. I plan to write one of my screeds about this foolish article that admonishes poor people for paying for a college degree. Because we all know how much I just ADORE individual “solutions” to structural problems. I also want to direct folks to and engage with thisRead More “A Roundup of Assorted Ramblings and Goodies”
Talking For-Profits
The lovely Kali-Ahset Amen invited me to speak about some of my work on for-profit colleges on WRFG in Atlanta, GA. As is my usual schtick, I attempted to discuss the topic more broadly to include questions of race, gender, class, and access. Click to listen: tressieshow-tressietalk Many thanks to my friend, Jade Davis, for theRead More “Talking For-Profits”
Here’s an interesting one from orgtheory via Katherine Chen’s work on organizations and charisma. I find this line of questioning very interesting. As someone mentioned in the comments the succession of Apple post-Jobs exposed, for some, the limitations of personal charisma in necessary bureaucratic processes. But I also think further back to civil rights organizationsRead More
Amazing Grace: The End of Student Loan Six Month “Grace” Periods
From the Chicago Tribune today comes a story about what, I agree, is a criminally under-reported change in the administration of federal student loans. The byline reads: Starting Sunday, grad students to pay interest while in school, undergrads lose 6-month grace period That’s true but a conversation on Twitter earlier today made clear that thisRead More “Amazing Grace: The End of Student Loan Six Month “Grace” Periods”
All Your Skinfolk Ain’t Kin Folk?
That’s what my spirit animal, Zora Neale Hurston, is quoted as saying: “All my skinfolk ain’t my kinfolk.” My experiences in academe have been…a textbook case of everything that could happen would happen. That includes a rocky start in a different program and a transfer and yadda, yadda, yadda. Needless to say my experiences primedRead More “All Your Skinfolk Ain’t Kin Folk?”
Reading Privilege
My tweep and friend, Melonie Fullick, has written a great piece about the privilege bubble in academe. It’s in response to an article that many of us in my twitterverse found disturbing in its lack of critical reflection: Yesterday, as I was taking a short break between grading assignments and exams and working onRead More “Reading Privilege”
How Will I Know How To (Mis)Treat You If I Don’t Know What You Are?
Back in the olden days before I understood the weird space the Internet could be I was much more forthcoming about my personal life. And, by forthcoming I mean I way overshared. I probably still do but I try not to conflate my work with my self. I have friends who do work on identityRead More “How Will I Know How To (Mis)Treat You If I Don’t Know What You Are?”