I think that I’ve definitely suffered organizing burnout here at Santa Cruz. There is so much going on, so much change in the air, that I feel a bit sad to be leaving. I’ll be moving to LA, finding a job – hopefully a design job – and definitely being out of the action of student organizing in Santa Cruz.
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Every election year, I get frustrated with the excitement of election politics. There are several reasons, but the two biggest ones are the opposites of one coin.
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Anxious Black Woman writes:
“It had become painfully clear over the last couple of months that my students can read the literal text (e.g. James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time or a political cartoon about the presidential race or a print ad depicting women’s bodies in sexualized ways) but ask them to dig deeper for the subtext, and they get lost. In a course on racism, this is particularly brutal for students because much of our language and messages about racism are all in the subtext.
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Since I’m not taking real courses this quarter, I don’t have to go through the trauma and constant state of panic that usually accompany my week of finals. But, for all the folks out organizing and going to school full time? First, I got yo back! And then here are some tips to help you get through finals week.
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