How come every time Rachel Cohn & David Levithan collaborate the result is adorable? What’s up with that? 📚
Casey Fiesler asked for tips for creating equal participation in breakout rooms. One strategy to try is providing distinct roles for each individual. Cal State-San Marcos Instructional & Information Technology Services explains why & how to do this.
Younger S7E5 is delighting me with Janeane Garofalo as an art college dean and Sutton Foster as Liza Miller dancing to a recording of Sutton Foster in Thoroughly Modern Millie.
🎙️ Listening to Keegan-Michael Key’s The History of Sketch Comedy on Audible & in ep 5 he mentions the Carol Burnett Show. Comedian guests on The Hilarious World of Depression consistently cited that show as their earliest comedic influence. It’s mine, too. ♥️
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. 📺
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 📚