i am a velorutionary!

another day as an organizer and teacher

the secret word is: velorutionary

today i learned a new term in one less car: velorutionary (ahhhhhhhh!!!!!), otherwise known as a bike activist, or biketivist. academics certainly love to make up new words!

today has been busy with some unpaid jobs i hold. i met with a fellow teacher about guest lecturing on feminism and porn. we talked for over 2 hours about media literacy. we talked in depth about dreamworlds, a media literacy video about sex and dominance in popular media. although the premise is a bit problematic (leaving little agency in the viewer to determine reality from fantasy), it is a fantastic video to show (and enlighten!) undergrads and others uneducated about media literacy.

i have also been helping to craft criteria for assigning TA gigs in my department. i am grateful to have a boss who is so committed to ensuring proper working conditions for us grad workers.

i just finished editing a training document to assist my fellow workers in talking with RAs about job issues and concerns. the training is largely based on some organizing i helped with in madison last weekend. i spent last weekend with a network of grad worker unions. it was inspirational and educational. woo.

thus i have stayed busy and have done very little GRPP-appropriate work this week. but i am staying productive and energized.

this blog is very "perzine"-esque. it should shift to a more academic angle soon.