Academic Hindsight

@academichindsight
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Thoughts and research on the lived experience of the people for whom the academy was not really created. And memes.
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There is no note ending here with "just keep following your dreams" BS. The truth is, this is a fluke. So I do not plan to stop focusing on the issue; instead, I think I'll be able to focus more because that stress is no longer mine. (2/2)

We are housed, permanently. It still doesn't feel real. Or that something will happen before we sign the lease. Somehow, we'll have our hopes dashed again. After two years of not knowing where we'll live next month, sometimes next week, it just seems like it can't be happening. (1/2)

#homelessness #housinginsecurity #socialissues #unitedstates #housingmarket #inflation #greed

Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at The University of Olivet

Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D.

Today's job find: Master's preferred, 3+ years experience, specialized knowledge, $25/hr.

#jobsearch #underemployment #jobmarket #rdiculous #

Inside Theaster Gates’ Mega-Archive of Black Radical Imagination:

"Speaking from his Chicago studio, interdisciplinary artist Theaster Gates talks to Elise By Olsen. "The renowned American artist and professor – is speaking from his studio in Chicago, surrounded by his pertinently organised personal archives."

Images from AnOther Magazine

#TheasterGates #BlackRadicalImagination #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #Blacks #Books #Library #AnOtherMagazine #Writers #Academia #Image #History #Photography

Today's job pick: Bachelor's degree preferred. $16/hr.

#underemployment #jobsearch #unemployment #usjobmarket #cantmakethisup #collegeeduation

Isojärvi National Park, Finland. May 2012

#SilentSunday

How the system works...

(and why we need to change it)

#Politics #Economy #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis