One of the many straws on the proverbial camel’s back that led me to stop watching THE CHAIR after only 8 minutes was when the dean said “We can’t add another line” for the junior scholar. 📺
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About to go pick kid up from first day of preschool. (1/2 day today, full day Thurs). Achieved:
- made coffee
- made breakfast
- drank coffee
- ate breakfast
- took meds
- finished reading Data Feminism intro
- replied to email
- measured feet
- ordered motion control shoes
📚 Just finished the introduction of Data Feminism & am jotting down some thoughts. I hope to expand on these later.
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To what extent and how do the 7 principles of data feminism intersect/interact with Jennifer Armbrust’s 12 principles for prototyping a feminist business?
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Women were the first computers. Is there a relationship between this history and the default woman-coded voices of digital virtual assistants that goes beyond generic sexism?
📚 Data Feminism has the best (and perhaps only) definition of positionality I’ve ever seen: “Positionality is a term that describes how individuals come to knowledge-making processes from multiple positions, including race, gender, geography, class, ability, and more. Each of these positions is shaped by culture and context, and they intersect and interact.”
Colleagues are all “I forgot how exhausting teaching in person is!” & I’m all “I forgot how exhausting getting your kid ready to go to preschool in person is!”
Want to read: Books Promiscuously Read: Reading as a Way of Life by Heather Cass White 📚
Me, prepping for my kid’s very masked return to preschool:
IMAGE: Liz Lemon (from the TV show 30 Rock), a white woman with brown hair wearing glasses, says, “I’m going to become wonderful.”
Want to read: Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly 📚
📺 It’s been interesting seeing other (current or former) academians’ responses to THE CHAIR. I made it 8 minutes but once the notion of just getting through the tenure process and THEN shaking things up was mentioned, I had to stop. My heart was hurting.
Setting aside my TIME 100 list plan to play in the land of YA rom-coms. Just started NICK AND NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST. 📚