NYMA:
Words We Carry
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Because we are women, because we are academics, because we know so much and so little about using words to create identity and reality, there are many things that we don’t say out loud, and it is so much the worse for us because we remain silent when we should speak.
Words We Carry
Favorite Quote:
“I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a
voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect
fear more than ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence would save us,
but it won’t.” (Audre Lorde, n.d., n.p.)
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Morgan and Roxanne
have collaborated on many projects since they worked together at Texas
Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. Roxanne became a graduate student
while Morgan was the Writing Director at TWU. Roxanne completed her PhD
while Morgan was at Clemson, and during that time, they developed a
project on academic mentoring as academic mothering. Although that
project remains unpublished, the...
Friday, June 10, 2011
Roxanne
says, “I believe in blowing off work to spend time with friends and
family. I make each choice by asking myself which I would be more proud
of on my deathbed: submitting to one more conference or snuggling on the
couch with the girls.”
But choosing not to work doesn’t mean never choosing work. It is rather choosing balance.
I just went up for tenure and actually had my chair in her formal...
But choosing not to work doesn’t mean never choosing work. It is rather choosing balance.
I just went up for tenure and actually had my chair in her formal...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Something important to remember, as suggested by a fellow GenX faculty member:
• “If you want to pole vault over it [the tenure hurdle], you go right ahead, but no one here is going to back up the Brinks truck and start dumping all this cash on you, simply because you’ve decided to work like you have three jobs” (Helms, 2010, p. 10). It is important to remember that no one outside us values the decisions we make the same...
• “If you want to pole vault over it [the tenure hurdle], you go right ahead, but no one here is going to back up the Brinks truck and start dumping all this cash on you, simply because you’ve decided to work like you have three jobs” (Helms, 2010, p. 10). It is important to remember that no one outside us values the decisions we make the same...
Monday, February 8, 2010
Often,
one of the reasons that we are afraid to speak is that we don’t know
how our words will be taken. We don’t know whether our combinations of
words will be effective for those who hear or read them. One of the
biggest barriers to communication is the unexpected word. It is too easy
to shut down, to break communication, when we encounter the unexpected.
We have become so used to easy...
