Please consider subscribing to my Patreon so I can afford the Xanax necessary for full-time work on white supremacist infiltration (and all the fun that entails: see below) -- without insurance or employment.
Many of you constantly bully me to advertise my Patreon (even the thought of being seen as a grifter is beyond gross to me), so for new followers who don't know the *why* here:
I'm on Patreon and have no job because... I'm very good at the job.
Apparently the “America isn’t racist and the American Dream is real and we welcome all people because we’re the party of personal freedom and values” brigade is also happy Megan Rapinoe lost because —
The strength it takes for women (especially young, and especially from underrepresented and marginalized communities) to love and value ourselves enough to say “This is my limit”: radical & beautiful.
I happen to fit some of those categories also, so don’t assume or project.
But since the publication who tweeted this article is dedicated to higher education, and the article addresses that context, that’s why I’m commenting on that particular aspect of the pandemic.
COVID budget cuts don’t just hurt unemployed professors. They hurt students.
Not a day goes by without hearing from a former student asking if I’ve got a new one because they want to follow me for a PhD, asking for mentorship, advice, etc.
And I lost my job a year ago.
I worked since I was 14, and taught university students since starting my PhD - 15 years ago.
I’ve never lost any job, or had trouble getting full-time academic positions - even in an already nightmarish market.