Category: Access
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Review: Introduction of Sasha Costanza-Chock’s Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
Sasha Costanza-Chock begins her new book Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need (2020) with a personal anecdote which illustrates why her book is necessary. While going through the airport security line, Costanza-Chock is ushered through the millimeter wave scanner, where their body is flagged as anomalous. This issue is predictable to […]
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Why Do We Need Comprehensive LGBTQ+ Sex Education in the United States?
Upon graduating in the spring, I hope to pursue a career that focuses on community building and support for LGBTQ+ youth, by ensuring that they have access to comprehensive sexual health education. There are many misconceptions about the age-appropriate content that youth should be exposed to, and I hope to close that gap to […]
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Language: A Major Barrier for Vaccinations.
On April 28th in Surrey, British Columbia, the Fraser Health Authority had opened up “pop up” clinics in order to mass vaccinate major hot spot areas in Surrey at Newton Athletic Park. This pop-up clinic opened with very communication amongst the public with hundreds showing up at the parks from word-of-mouth. After speaking with a […]
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Infrastructures of Oppression: Public Transport System of Dhaka City, Bangladesh
One of the early technologies in the history of human civilization that brought extraordinary transformations in the mode and mobility of human life was the invention of the wheel. With this innovation, the progress of human civilization got new momentum allowing people to carry goods, travel between places, and most importantly shrink the physical distance […]
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Elder Care Pods
I’ve been trying to talk my husband to moving back to Chicago for some time now. Most of our family is there. We may be taking care of my mother-in-law. She is out of state. Last week I had a dream that my mother-in-law and my husband’s aunt and uncle were all walking down the street […]
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Where Do We Go From Here? Building Community in the Post-COVID Public University
Like many people, I feel that my world has turned upside down. But has the world turned upside down? Yes, lots of things are very different today than they were three months ago–we no longer enter stores without masks on, go to cafes, or ride the subway at night. However, much remains the same. The […]
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Surveillance Rhetorics – Issue 2
“Lyft Atlanta” by danxoneil is licensed under CC by 2.0 News about ride-sharing services seem to be popping up wherever I go. I used an Uber for the first time this past fall when I traveled to Georgia for a conference (too far for me to drive). I found the experience interesting not just because […]
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Digital Friday Recap: Mental Health & Self-Care in Grad School
In preparing to host the “Mental Health and Self-Care in Grad School” webinar, I dug deep about what I’d like to see more of when it comes to mental health discussions in academic spaces. I thought back to the first semester of my Master’s program. What would that very anxious 26-year-old like to hear? I […]
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Is College Worth It? People Who Are Worth A Lot Think So!
[Illustration from “You Draw It: How Family Income Predicts Children’s CollegeChances,” By Gregor Aisch, Amanda Cox, and Kevin Quealy, New York Times, May 28, 2015. https://nyti.ms/2jX8zue ]* Someone forgot to tell the rich and powerful that college isn’t worth anything. I asked on Twitter: “Does anyone know a study that shows what percentage of […]
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Is Segregation Still Alive In The Classroom?
Is Segregation Still Alive In The Classroom? For over 50 years segregation has ended. However, is when we step into classrooms, walk on school campuses, look at test scores or even athletics programs, we realize segregation is still present. Indeed, there are vastly different opportunities available to students and teachers from less affluent backgrounds and […]