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I looked after the alley cats of Kabul. Would they remember me when I returned? by Pamela Constable. Includes cute cat pictures and a happy ending.
On Trouser Pockets by Sam Bleckley. Via one of![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
silveradept's linkspams. WANT!
How to Curate Your Zoom Backdrop, and Why You Should by Janine Barchas. The kind of thing that's obvious once you notice it. (I am not personally endorsing any specific bit of advice. See discussion here in comments.)
San Francisco Was Uniquely Prepared for Covid-19 by Daniel Duane. Because AIDS pandemic. And collaborative relationships between government and scientists.
Holding Space for Another: How to Bring Your Body into the Picture by Glen Fielding. Maybe we can listen better when we're centered in our own body.
The Third Promise: Can Judaism’s indigenous core help us rise above the damaging politics of our time? by David Mevorach Seidenberg. A fascinating approach to a very fraught question of Judaism and being indigenous and how to live where you are.
A Basic Meditation to Tame Your Inner Critic by Mark Bertin. I would say "notice" rather than "tame."
A Way to Talk About Race, 6 Words at a Time by Zenobia Jeffries Warfield. I love all the projects people are doing to try to get people to notice and talk about racism.
Systemic Racism Can't Be Fixed Without Tackling It Within Cycling. 14 stories from Black people who love bikes.
Relatedly, Travel Oregon film follows three women on bikepacking trip, a joyful video of Analise Cleopatra, Dejuanae Toliver and Brooklyn Bell on a bikepacking trip.
“Hurting People at Scale" by Ryan Mac and Craig Silverman. Facebook employees dish about how Facebook is failing all of us. Okay, this one is depressing.
On Trouser Pockets by Sam Bleckley. Via one of
silveradept's linkspams. WANT!How to Curate Your Zoom Backdrop, and Why You Should by Janine Barchas. The kind of thing that's obvious once you notice it. (I am not personally endorsing any specific bit of advice. See discussion here in comments.)
San Francisco Was Uniquely Prepared for Covid-19 by Daniel Duane. Because AIDS pandemic. And collaborative relationships between government and scientists.
Holding Space for Another: How to Bring Your Body into the Picture by Glen Fielding. Maybe we can listen better when we're centered in our own body.
The Third Promise: Can Judaism’s indigenous core help us rise above the damaging politics of our time? by David Mevorach Seidenberg. A fascinating approach to a very fraught question of Judaism and being indigenous and how to live where you are.
A Basic Meditation to Tame Your Inner Critic by Mark Bertin. I would say "notice" rather than "tame."
A Way to Talk About Race, 6 Words at a Time by Zenobia Jeffries Warfield. I love all the projects people are doing to try to get people to notice and talk about racism.
Systemic Racism Can't Be Fixed Without Tackling It Within Cycling. 14 stories from Black people who love bikes.
Relatedly, Travel Oregon film follows three women on bikepacking trip, a joyful video of Analise Cleopatra, Dejuanae Toliver and Brooklyn Bell on a bikepacking trip.
“Hurting People at Scale" by Ryan Mac and Craig Silverman. Facebook employees dish about how Facebook is failing all of us. Okay, this one is depressing.
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Yes, instructors and students are all people, and the students may someday be where the instructor is now. At the same time, they do have different roles, and it might be harder for some people (who aren't cis straight white males, for example) to get the minimum level of respect they need to do their jobs. The instructor *is* the authority in the classroom - that's why they're the ones being paid (at least a little bit!) to teach. The students may also know lots of things, but they are not currently in the instructor role, and that's an important distinction.
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Maybe I am overreacting to something that's not there, but the whole thing feels very condescending, and that gets in the way of any useful advice that might be offered.
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I (used to, pre-pandemic) run a weekly dance group in my living room, and have clients come in to my basement office, so I already manage almost my entire house as publicly viewable space. Maybe that's why the article isn't grating on me as much.
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