https://irmamcclaurin.medium.com/?source=post_page-----6275c7ddb3d0----------------------------------- Irma McClaurin https://zora.medium.com/ode-to-bell-hooks-6275c7ddb3d0?source=post_page-----6275c7ddb3d0----------------------------------- Dec 16·2 min readImages from bell hooks INSTITUTE, Berea College, bellhooksinstitute.com sista bell hooks, to you, we owe an enormous debt that can never really be repaid in full. You fed our minds, gave us concepts like Black Feminism

https://irmamcclaurin.medium.com/?source=post_page-----6275c7ddb3d0----------------------------------- Irma McClaurin https://zora.medium.com/ode-to-bell-hooks-6275c7ddb3d0?source=post_page-----6275c7ddb3d0----------------------------------- Dec 16·2 min readImages from bell hooks INSTITUTE, Berea College, bellhooksinstitute.com sista bell hooks, to you, we owe an enormous debt that can never really be repaid in full. You fed our minds, gave us concepts like Black Feminism

It’s an incredible example of careful processing of a dearly loved but also toxic former workplace https://sarahstankorb.medium.com/?source=post_page-----532e515e16b4----------------------------------- Sarah Stankorb https://gen.medium.com/in-drama-queens-podcast-one-tree-hill-stars-rehash-the-making-of-the-show-the-good-bad-and-532e515e16b4?source=post_page-----532e515e16b4----------------------------------- Dec 16·6 min readPhoto courtesy of Drama Queens I’m of an age that for me, first-run...

It’s an incredible example of careful processing of a dearly loved but also toxic former workplace https://sarahstankorb.medium.com/?source=post_page-----532e515e16b4----------------------------------- Sarah Stankorb https://gen.medium.com/in-drama-queens-podcast-one-tree-hill-stars-rehash-the-making-of-the-show-the-good-bad-and-532e515e16b4?source=post_page-----532e515e16b4----------------------------------- Dec 16·6 min readPhoto courtesy of Drama Queens I’m of an age that for me, first-run...

10 lessons learned that I never want to lose https://medium.com/@lindacastrilli?source=post_page-----942da44c924----------------------------------- Linda Castrilli https://index.medium.com/i-took-an-extended-break-from-the-rat-race-here-are-lessons-learned-that-i-never-want-to-lose-942da44c924?source=post_page-----942da44c924----------------------------------- Dec 16·6 min readPhoto: GettyImages In the spring of 2021, I left the corporate job I had been in for the prior seventeen years. It wa...

10 lessons learned that I never want to lose https://medium.com/@lindacastrilli?source=post_page-----942da44c924----------------------------------- Linda Castrilli https://index.medium.com/i-took-an-extended-break-from-the-rat-race-here-are-lessons-learned-that-i-never-want-to-lose-942da44c924?source=post_page-----942da44c924----------------------------------- Dec 16·6 min readPhoto: GettyImages In the spring of 2021, I left the corporate job I had been in for the prior seventeen years. It wa...

SPIRIT MEDICINEEssential prep for the beginning and end of the new year https://medium.com/@amberthealchemist?source=post_page-----e55199ddf7b4----------------------------------- Amber the Alchemist https://zora.medium.com/how-to-ground-your-mind-body-spirit-and-emotions-e55199ddf7b4?source=post_page-----e55199ddf7b4----------------------------------- Dec 17·8 min readSome folks use notebooks to review the old year and plan for the new year. Do you? Image: Getty You don’t need a crystal ball ...

SPIRIT MEDICINEEssential prep for the beginning and end of the new year https://medium.com/@amberthealchemist?source=post_page-----e55199ddf7b4----------------------------------- Amber the Alchemist https://zora.medium.com/how-to-ground-your-mind-body-spirit-and-emotions-e55199ddf7b4?source=post_page-----e55199ddf7b4----------------------------------- Dec 17·8 min readSome folks use notebooks to review the old year and plan for the new year. Do you? Image: Getty You don’t need a crystal ball ...

Photo by Barry Zhou on Unsplash I lost two students last month. Not students who are currently enrolled in my class, although I have experienced that particular sort of devastation. No, these students were in my class several years ago. My kids. Any teacher will tell you that this is how it works. When a student comes into my classroom, I tell them they have a lifetime warranty on their experience as my student. Struggling in college? Call. Need a reference? Email. Want to meet up for an in-p...

Photo by Barry Zhou on Unsplash I lost two students last month. Not students who are currently enrolled in my class, although I have experienced that particular sort of devastation. No, these students were in my class several years ago. My kids. Any teacher will tell you that this is how it works. When a student comes into my classroom, I tell them they have a lifetime warranty on their experience as my student. Struggling in college? Call. Need a reference? Email. Want to meet up for an in-p...

In my 16-year career as a high school teacher, I have been through more lockdowns than I can count Image by Ulrike Mai from Pixabay There’s a bucket in my classroom. It’s bright yellow plastic with a sturdy black lid. It’s large. It looks like any one of the industrial sorts of buckets you might find in the aisles of Home Depot or in the dusty disarray of a construction site. It lives under my desk, just between a box of printer paper and a crate of student portfolios, and it has been there s...

In my 16-year career as a high school teacher, I have been through more lockdowns than I can count Image by Ulrike Mai from Pixabay There’s a bucket in my classroom. It’s bright yellow plastic with a sturdy black lid. It’s large. It looks like any one of the industrial sorts of buckets you might find in the aisles of Home Depot or in the dusty disarray of a construction site. It lives under my desk, just between a box of printer paper and a crate of student portfolios, and it has been there s...

Finding joy in sharing traditional meals with my loved ones. Story by Bella Coronado Esperanza Coronado didn’t cook because she had to, or because it was a hobby; cooking was her love language, how she communicated joy. On the rare occasion when my Abuela’s four sons, three daughter-in-laws and 12 grandchildren gathered together, we came around her food. She valued the way food brings people together, because it brought warmth that could be felt in every room; it was felt through conversation...

Finding joy in sharing traditional meals with my loved ones. Story by Bella Coronado Esperanza Coronado didn’t cook because she had to, or because it was a hobby; cooking was her love language, how she communicated joy. On the rare occasion when my Abuela’s four sons, three daughter-in-laws and 12 grandchildren gathered together, we came around her food. She valued the way food brings people together, because it brought warmth that could be felt in every room; it was felt through conversation...

A note to myself from the side of the highway https://kategreentripp.medium.com/?source=post_page-----3a340c067550----------------------------------- Kate Green Tripp https://forge.medium.com/when-life-is-slow-go-even-slower-3a340c067550?source=post_page-----3a340c067550----------------------------------- Dec 13·3 min readPhoto: Artur Łuczka / Unsplash Last week, my car needed service. I typically manage such days of privileged inconvenience by dropping my car at the dealer and grabbing a rid...

A note to myself from the side of the highway https://kategreentripp.medium.com/?source=post_page-----3a340c067550----------------------------------- Kate Green Tripp https://forge.medium.com/when-life-is-slow-go-even-slower-3a340c067550?source=post_page-----3a340c067550----------------------------------- Dec 13·3 min readPhoto: Artur Łuczka / Unsplash Last week, my car needed service. I typically manage such days of privileged inconvenience by dropping my car at the dealer and grabbing a rid...

It’s an incredible example of careful processing of a dearly loved but also toxic former workplace https://sarahstankorb.medium.com/?source=post_page-----532e515e16b4----------------------------------- Sarah Stankorb https://gen.medium.com/in-drama-queens-podcast-one-tree-hill-stars-rehash-the-making-of-the-show-the-good-bad-and-532e515e16b4?source=post_page-----532e515e16b4----------------------------------- Dec 16·6 min readPhoto courtesy of Drama Queens I’m of an age that for me, first-run...

It’s an incredible example of careful processing of a dearly loved but also toxic former workplace https://sarahstankorb.medium.com/?source=post_page-----532e515e16b4----------------------------------- Sarah Stankorb https://gen.medium.com/in-drama-queens-podcast-one-tree-hill-stars-rehash-the-making-of-the-show-the-good-bad-and-532e515e16b4?source=post_page-----532e515e16b4----------------------------------- Dec 16·6 min readPhoto courtesy of Drama Queens I’m of an age that for me, first-run...

Maybe you’ll want to read them too, but it’s OK if you don’t. https://evepeyser.medium.com/?source=post_page-----88ec444b6835----------------------------------- Eve Peyser https://evepeyser.medium.com/the-best-books-i-read-in-2021-are-all-about-weirdos-88ec444b6835?source=post_page-----88ec444b6835----------------------------------- Dec 10·6 min readI might be a professional writer or whatever, but for many years, I have felt deep shame over the fact that I don’t read enough books. It’s not t...

Maybe you’ll want to read them too, but it’s OK if you don’t. https://evepeyser.medium.com/?source=post_page-----88ec444b6835----------------------------------- Eve Peyser https://evepeyser.medium.com/the-best-books-i-read-in-2021-are-all-about-weirdos-88ec444b6835?source=post_page-----88ec444b6835----------------------------------- Dec 10·6 min readI might be a professional writer or whatever, but for many years, I have felt deep shame over the fact that I don’t read enough books. It’s not t...

And corporations are now reaping what they’ve sowed https://pwross.medium.com/?source=post_page-----db40275a5418----------------------------------- Pete Ross https://index.medium.com/entry-level-jobs-are-everything-wrong-with-the-21st-century-db40275a5418?source=post_page-----db40275a5418----------------------------------- Dec 13·4 min readPhoto: Adrian Sulyok/Unsplash As a 41-year-old, I’ve seen the working world make a sizeable transition from when I was a kid to the point we’re at now. Whe...

And corporations are now reaping what they’ve sowed https://pwross.medium.com/?source=post_page-----db40275a5418----------------------------------- Pete Ross https://index.medium.com/entry-level-jobs-are-everything-wrong-with-the-21st-century-db40275a5418?source=post_page-----db40275a5418----------------------------------- Dec 13·4 min readPhoto: Adrian Sulyok/Unsplash As a 41-year-old, I’ve seen the working world make a sizeable transition from when I was a kid to the point we’re at now. Whe...

https://philosophyasawayoflife.medium.com/?source=post_page-----3419f18bb86f----------------------------------- Philosophy as a Way of Life https://philosophyasawayoflife.medium.com/what-philosophers-think-2020-edition-3419f18bb86f?source=post_page-----3419f18bb86f----------------------------------- Dec 16·9 min read[image: the “Thinker” by Rodin outside Philadelphia’s Rodin Museum, Wikimedia; this is essay #351 in the Philosophy as a Way of Life series] Philosophy, contra popular opinion (ev...

https://philosophyasawayoflife.medium.com/?source=post_page-----3419f18bb86f----------------------------------- Philosophy as a Way of Life https://philosophyasawayoflife.medium.com/what-philosophers-think-2020-edition-3419f18bb86f?source=post_page-----3419f18bb86f----------------------------------- Dec 16·9 min read[image: the “Thinker” by Rodin outside Philadelphia’s Rodin Museum, Wikimedia; this is essay #351 in the Philosophy as a Way of Life series] Philosophy, contra popular opinion (ev...