When I decided to return to graduate school I was about as devoid of prestige as one can be. I was old, from a no-name undergraduate university (worse, maybe, an HBCU!), I lacked social capital, my undergraduate performance was fine but not stellar, and I did not know the difference between sociology and anthropology. Fortunately,Read More “Blanket “Don’t Go To Graduate School!” Advice Ignores Race and Reality?”
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Did White Feminists Ignore Attacks on Quvenzhané Wallis? That’s An Empirical Question
Disclaimer: Dear white feminists, this post is in keeping with my organizational background. I do an analysis of media organizations and not, say, you and your friends, your individual experiences, or of tweets. You are welcome to conduct that analysis but you will not find it here. Children are sacred. They are off-limits for behaviorsRead More “Did White Feminists Ignore Attacks on Quvenzhané Wallis? That’s An Empirical Question”
Trickle Down Feminism Trickles Down On Itself
Back in June I wrote a piece about what I called “trickle down feminism“, about which I said: Trickle-down economics wasn’t the best experience for people like me. You will have to forgive me, then, if I have similar doubts about trickle down feminism. In it I show my work on the term, crediting aRead More “Trickle Down Feminism Trickles Down On Itself”
Redux: If The Private Sector Wants a Perfect Employee, It Should Train One
The NY Times has a great article today, “Skills Don’t Pay the Bills” by Adam Davidson. It is a relief for me. Sometimes I feel like I’m screaming into the wind when I categorically refute the idea that more degrees equal more and better jobs. The article reminded me of a similar piece I bloggedRead More “Redux: If The Private Sector Wants a Perfect Employee, It Should Train One”
Different Bodies & Different Lives In Academia: Why The Rules Aren’t The Same For Everyone
Part of professionalization in academia involves learning the unpublished rules of how to act, engage, and be an academic. Almost all of us, at some point of our training, is pulled aside and told the “real” rules of publishing, teaching, and cocktail mixers. Minorities – be they ethnic, class, or gendered – sometimes don’t getRead More “Different Bodies & Different Lives In Academia: Why The Rules Aren’t The Same For Everyone”
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”
The Atlantic Article, Trickle Down Feminism, and my Twitter Mentions. God Help Us All
This is one of those posts that can go nowhere but down. There are things you simply cannot do in this life and slaying unicorns is one of them. What do I mean by “slaying unicorns”? It’s an old Livejournal term. It means providing evidence that one’s sacred emotional belief or object is either notRead More “The Atlantic Article, Trickle Down Feminism, and my Twitter Mentions. God Help Us All”
The Case of The Chronicle of Higher Education
I had about as much intention of rehashing this as I ever have any intention of buying generic breakfast cereal. But unlike King Vitamin some things beg to be reconsidered. After a rather unseemly lack of professional judgement led the Chronicle of Higher Education to defend Naomi Schaefer Riley’s attack on black studies, in general,Read More “The Case of The Chronicle of Higher Education”
The Inferiority of Blackness as a Subject
I am writing this very quickly while on the side of Interstate 20. I am also struggling mightily to not use my colorful repertoire of insanely rhythmic and appropriate curse words. Thank me later. Today The Chronicle of Higher Education published a blog entry from Naomi Schaefer Riley entitled “The Most Persuasive Case for EliminatingRead More “The Inferiority of Blackness as a Subject”