This is a fun game. Right now it may not feel like a fun game, but I’m calling it that, as six months from now, I’ll be able to look back at this post, at this moment when I have no idea what’s going to happen in my future, and I’ll be able to say… Continue reading What Should I Do After the MFA? The Employment Edition
Category: 2017
The Tax Bill and Graduate Students: What We Know as of December 2, 2017
I wish this post didn’t need to be written, but unfortunately, it’s a tumultuous time with regard to the future of funding for graduate students, including those pursuing an MFA. As many of you know, earlier this week, Republicans in the House passed a comprehensive tax bill, and last night, Republicans in the Senate passed… Continue reading The Tax Bill and Graduate Students: What We Know as of December 2, 2017
On Goal Setting
When we were young, Pops’ promised my older brother and me that we’d go somewhere new as a family every year—if we had the money. With enough savings we could take a trip to the motherland (the Philippines) or a trip to Canada; maybe we’d even go across America in an RV. We thought we… Continue reading On Goal Setting
My MFA People Pleasing Problem
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Surviving Grad School & the “Me too” Campaign & Weinstein & Literally Everything Else
Image Credit: torbakhopper cw: sexual assault After the countless hours I spent last year on sexual assault prevention techniques and safe/consensual sex seminars, I felt confident in my victimhood. For me, fighting against the systemic powers that reinforce toxic masculinity has changed the way I see my place in it all. From being a struggling,… Continue reading Surviving Grad School & the “Me too” Campaign & Weinstein & Literally Everything Else