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Disability is not a catastrophe
Considering that most of us who live long enough will become disabled at some point in our lives, it makes sense to approach disability as a normal part of any life.
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Two Years Out: Missing My Husband but not Lonely for Him
The gnawing loneliness I felt for my husband for over a year has faded (for now?).
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What Being a Caregiver Taught Me About Gracefully Receiving Help
Most of us who live long enough will find ourselves in need of caregiving at some point. We can make it a nightmare for everyone by being stubborn and refusing to accept help or we can receive the help gracefully.
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Specific Actions to Change the Way Caregiving is Understood in (Academic) Workplaces
I was both heartened and saddened by the responses I received to my last post on being a caregiver in academia. Many fellow academics and plenty of folks in other fields reached out to me to say that they, too, are caregivers and they wish that part of themselves didn’t have to be so compartmentalized.…
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A Re-Reboot (or Why I’m Still Pissed Off about the Same Old Things)
I rebooted this blog on April 22, 2020 with the intention of posting every week on resisting hetero-patriarchy, racism, ableism, and other hegemonies in academia and sometimes beyond. I did not intend my June 1, 2020 entry to be my last, but 2020 threw me a little curve and changed my priorities when my amazing…
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