Excellent point that shows how this new WFH Zoom culture that media tells us is so very futuristic is still so ridden with old inequalities.
Even this thing of shaming people who have cameras off. Why? Not everyone can afford to have a curated Etsy accessorized "WFH space".
Even this thing of shaming people who have cameras off. Why? Not everyone can afford to have a curated Etsy accessorized "WFH space".
https://twitter.com/HaggteZakhm/status/1501167679788380162
WFH over Zoom is the exact opposite of egalitarian.
Cos at least in office or in school, everyone shares the same space, no matter who they are.
But in WFH Zoom culture, the nicer your house or your room, the more you benefit from it.
Not everyone can turn cameras on, you know?
Cos at least in office or in school, everyone shares the same space, no matter who they are.
But in WFH Zoom culture, the nicer your house or your room, the more you benefit from it.
Not everyone can turn cameras on, you know?
I'll list my own advantages and privileges.
I'm a middle aged professor who doesn't have kids.
Just that is such a huge advantage for me over my colleagues who have kids and have to manage their care or even presence while teaching.
This meme was a joke. But it isn't, really.
I'm a middle aged professor who doesn't have kids.
Just that is such a huge advantage for me over my colleagues who have kids and have to manage their care or even presence while teaching.
This meme was a joke. But it isn't, really.
Y'all know I've been almost militantly against camera mandates in zoom classes. Right from the start of the pandemic. Throughout.
Never have I ever asked my students to have cameras on no matter what.
I tell them why it'll help me, then leave it to them
Never have I ever asked my students to have cameras on no matter what.
I tell them why it'll help me, then leave it to them
https://twitter.com/gauravsabnis/status/1480561268796928006?t=UGLaixBVHMfgW-EdEMFueg&s=19
Maybe it's because I grew up in a 450 sqft apartment in a family of 4, but I will never understand the appeal of "work from home".
It's such a privilege play. And the most privileged will set the rules, like a 30 minute lunch break.
It's such a privilege play. And the most privileged will set the rules, like a 30 minute lunch break.
Today, my family and I are lucky and privileged enough to have nice spaces of our own.
But I'm remembering 1996, when I was 16 and my sister was 12 and the 4 of us shared this small 1 bedroom space.
And if the covid lockdown had happened then?
Yikes!
But I'm remembering 1996, when I was 16 and my sister was 12 and the 4 of us shared this small 1 bedroom space.
And if the covid lockdown had happened then?
Yikes!
Golden rule, people, golden rule.
This.
This is why we need to define expectations, not in terms of the ones who can deliver the best, but in terms of who have the most constraints.
Because otherwise, people will feel pressure even implicitly. And feel horrible. 😞😞
This is why we need to define expectations, not in terms of the ones who can deliver the best, but in terms of who have the most constraints.
Because otherwise, people will feel pressure even implicitly. And feel horrible. 😞😞
https://twitter.com/Aakripasta/status/1501571646016180235?t=p8_5HBrzFKFpz96whIMs5w&s=19
I should say, who can deliver the "best".
That "best" belongs in quotes cos even that is often defined by those who have the most privilege and resources
That "best" belongs in quotes cos even that is often defined by those who have the most privilege and resources
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