My kid definitely just said “Thwip” in his sleep. πŸ•ΈοΈ

“People as everyday theorists of their experiences” - great insight from Bill Penuel at the Crown Institute Participatory Toolkit introduction webinar.

Welcome to my mid-life crisis.

[Image description: An eBay item page for an 18 inch fashion doll. The page says “You purchased this item on Feb 01, 2022.”]

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Me, thinking about my mom’s experience with leukemia: The medicine will be what it will be, but what about her feeeeeeelings?

(Never has it been more appropriate that my sun & rising are in Cancer.)

Me, gathering up all my old dolls that I gave my kid so I can brush their hair: “I know - dolls.” (Oh, Clyde Bruckman. You ask such good questions.)

We must be brave enough to look at our own academic systems, if we plan to make them just and equitable. - Kelly J. Baker, Sexism Ed: Essays on Gender and Labor in Academia

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Feeling cute today.

[A pale white woman with dark hair & blue eyes wears black cat eye glasses, a black cable knit sweater over a white dress with a black jaguar & hot pink rose print, & large silver hoop earrings. She holds a cane in one hand & phone in the other.]