Academia's Bonfire of Vanities
In this post: It's too late to save education, and it has been since the 1970s. In this post, I explain why in the context of neoliberal policy and deregulation.
Read MoreMyth of Meritocracies (Revisited)
In this post: Academia is no meritocracy. Neoliberal ideology-driven competition turns us into fools, shame on us.
Read MoreTeaching Under Trump: One Adjunct's Story
In this post: Theorist of race and gender Kevin Allred shares his story of how a classroom exercise about free speech got him arrested.
Read MorePanic at the Ivies: Graduate Student Unions
In this post: Why are the Ivies so adamantly against Graduate Student Unions? I talk about something very powerful to be earned through collective bargaining.
Read MoreBurn it Down: A Systemic Crisis in Academia
This is a post about how systemic the abuse and exploitation of adjuncts and graduates students is: Know if this is happening to you, or in your department, you are not alone.
Read MoreMob Mentality and Toxicity in Academia
In this post: About the toxic culture of academia and its perpetuation of systemic abuse, my expulsion from academia, and what I came to find when I left.
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