first semester of 4-4 while teaching 8:30am classes… it was a journey.

read this over 10 years ago so revisiting it now has been an experience. in any case, if anyone has any similar recommendations, let me know!

when i say “love it,” i mean that i’m obsessed with janet malcolm’s book in a way that goes beyond loving and hating it (i’m a plathie, so obviously i have issues with how she writes about plath) but it’s just so good in a completely bonkers way.

i am SUCH a fan of this film (it's just delightful?) but also as a figure skater, i love how they did the hockey & ice skating animation!

be gentle with yourself and definitely celebrate! it's such a huge achievement!!!

"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."

when we're talking about the power of narrative, i'm constantly drawing connections to art's fundamental capacity to move us and how it's absolutely essential to understand the way language works across mediums and genres

for our upcoming peer review, i compared it to how you get constant critique and feedback in acting classes or film where you take the constructive criticism back to the drawing board where one is constantly leaving one's ego at the door in order to improve their craft

when i gave students a difficult theory reading for this week, i explained how it's similar to how in dance you get challenging choreography that seems impossibly complex at the time and you break it down and practice. you sit with the difficulty.

hope you’re feeling better!!