tw: suicide On Saturday, I couldn’t move from my living room or eat or drink or read or think about anything other than not existing. Two days later, I gave a presentation to 35 faculty and staff members across the university on self-care strategies for academics. I framed self-care as political because it challenges whose…… Continue reading More Than Mental Health Issues
It’s difficult to explain depression to folks who have no frame of reference for it. My dad was the one who came home first when I locked myself in the bathroom when I was 14, and I still remember the way his legs and fingers twitched as he sat down and tried to talk to me about…… Continue reading Sharing Grief
How is Universal Design invoked on college websites, in composition programs and classrooms, and in conversations with students? This year at CCCC, Jay Dolmage, Dale Katherine Ireland, and I are presenting on the panel E.16 “Risks and Rhetorics of Universal Design.” Full-text copies of our talks can be accessed here, which I have listed in order…… Continue reading #4c15
It’s that time of year when end-of-the-semester panic is in full swing. This year, I’m not really feeling the panic. There are a lot of refreshing things about being out of coursework—not feeling that panicky “what am I forgetting?” feeling is one of those things. But also, as someone who is so high-anxiety that I haven’t…… Continue reading Self-Care
Accessing Rhetoric 