Trust Your Gut, But Which One?: Indecision in Grad School
Recently, I made a big decision. I spent months agonizing over it, partly because my options were in flux for so long and partly because…
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How to Talk about Race with Your Racist Family
“Talk to your racist family,” is one of the first things we say to non-Black (especially white) people concerned about social justice. With the recent…
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Semester’s End: On Figuring Out the Routine for an Academic, Pandemic Summer
Here in this one-bedroom Bloomington Indiana apartment, the Spring 2020 semester is over. Grades have been submitted and approved. Final papers uploaded to their respective…
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We Know about the Racists – Now What?
In the White House, a white man in arguably the most powerful position in the world crosses out the word “corona” and writes, in bold…
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An Open Letter to Faculty Teaching Graduate Courses During COVID-19
Dear Faculty Member, We are not okay. We are the graduate students who don’t seem to have it too bad, who have places to stay,…
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A Day of COVID-19 Self-Isolation
I wake up groggy, lift my head to decipher the red glowing letters across the room. 7:37 am. I roll over a few times, but…