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This image shows slices of red cabbage (purple and white in appearance) slightly overlapping with each other atop a white cutting board.

Roasted Red Cabbage: A Simple and Delicious Veggie

April 10, 2019

Book cover for My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem (2017, Central Recovery Press).

Responding to Injustice: Why Settling the Nervous System and Slowing Response Times Matter

March 31, 2019

This photo shows the final meal: a mixture of lentils and veggies topped with green onions—in a blue bowl against a white tabletop.

Lentil Not-Soup (Or Lentil Soup in Solid Form)

March 12, 2019

This poinsettia with pink and fuchsia blooms and green leaves sits against a white wall and white counter-top.

Lessons from a Poinsettia: Growing Resilience in 40 Days and Beyond

February 24, 2019

This image shares the statement “I believe in supporting creators of the content that inspires, motivates, and teaches me,” against the night sky with shades of black, purple, and orange.

Why Small Sustaining Support Matters for Creators

February 15, 2019

This image shares the quote: “Collectively, our bodies are scarred (and scared).” against a background of footprints in sand.

Learning from and Healing Scars, Both Personal and Collective

February 7, 2019

The question "Who's blocked, dismissed, and disbelieved by these white solidarity moves?" appears in white text against a black background.

Why I Don’t Believe the #CovingtonCatholic Student’s Statement

January 23, 2019

This screenshot shows the start of the IHE article, “What I Learned as I Was Leaving,” along with the stock photo of a woman opening a key-shaped door.

Announcing the Decision to Leave Higher Ed: 3 Responses that Surprised Me

January 16, 2019

This image shows a sign that reads "Sorry we're closed" against a dark and shadowy background.

Living in Shutdown USA

January 10, 2019

This photo shows a heart found in nature: green moss has been cut into the shape of a heart, revealing a light grey rock underneath. I took this photo when hiking in Wisconsin, earlier in 2018—at a time when I was planting the self-love seed for this post.

My New Year’s Resolution = Self-Love for Countering White Fragility

January 1, 2019

This photo shows a blue bowl against a white tabletop. Inside the bowl is the sweet spread (a light brown color with creamy texture) next to sliced apples (light, yellowish centers with red skin).

Sweet Peanut-Butter Spread for Snacks, Parties, Lunches, and More

December 27, 2018

This image shows two abstract figures -- a larger person (presumably parent) and smaller person (presumably child) reaching for each other's hands. The title "parenting myself 101" appears in blue against a light teal background. The figures are in a darker shade of teal.

Parenting Myself 101

December 21, 2018

Screenshot of the article “Planning to Leave?” as it appears in Inside Higher Ed, showing the first few paragraphs and an icon of an arrow, representing exit from academia.

Planning a Career Change in 3 Stages

November 28, 2018

Against a cream background reads navy blue text: “There are many, many things wrong with U.S. elections.” Under this text is a sticker with a white background; American flag (red, white, and blue); and the words: “I voted. Yo vote.”

My Heart Hurts on Election Day

November 8, 2018

Black text against a pink background, reading: "If we’re not alarmed now, then when? If we’re not engaged now, then when? If we’re not enraged now, then … truly … when?"

Hurting and Hollering in the Wake of This Week’s Violence

October 28, 2018

This hyperlinked screenshot shows the article (black text against a white background) as it appears in Inside Higher Ed.

Deciding to Leave Higher Ed: Strategies for Career Discernment

October 10, 2018

Compilation of book covers showing what I'm reading now: Rankine's Citizen, Gay's Hunger, Reynold's Long Way Down, Grahl's Running Down a Dream, and Nelson's A Wreath for Emmett Till.

Loving to Read Again

October 4, 2018

This card from Doreen Virtue’s “Magical Mermaids and Dolphins” oracle deck says “Blessed Change” in large letters at the top. An image appears below these letters and in the card’s center showing a mermaid floating upside down among seaweed, coral, and shells. At the card’s bottom appears the message: “A major life change brings you great blessings.”

Blessed Change

September 28, 2018

Image of a fuzzy yellow-and-brown caterpillar with black and white hairs sticking out of its body, positioned on a wooden stick. This photo was taken along a hiking trail, so there’s faded grey and green in the background.

Inside the Chrysalis, or Experiencing Mess, Mess, and More Mess

September 22, 2018

This hyperlinked screenshot shows the article (black text against a white background) as it appears in Inside Higher Ed.

Announcing “Outside Higher Ed” in Inside Higher Ed

September 12, 2018

Green pesto sauce appears in a clear glass container against a black table top.

Adaptable Pesto Sauce (Vegan + Gluten-Free)

September 7, 2018

Photo taken near Sedona, Arizona, showing a green prickly pear cactus in the foreground, red soil and rock, a shrub in dark shadow, and mountain peaks and blue sky in the background.

Beyond Self-Care: How Hiking Invites Self-Work

August 30, 2018

One large black rock sits at a diagonal, dominating the left-side of the photo. To its right is a trail marker (wooden stake in the ground). A green bush is to its right, and a light blue sky stretches above the rock, trail marker, and bush (with shades of blue becoming lighter toward the top).

Do It Scared

August 24, 2018

The pudding is prepared and appears centered in a blue bowl with a metal spoon inserted, its handle stretching beyond the photo’s edge.

Single-Serve Chocolate Avocado Pudding

August 20, 2018

First page of the chapter “Pedagogical Too-Muchness: A Feminist Approach to Community-Based Learning, Multimodal Composition, Social Justice Education, and More” (screenshot of the PDF document).

“Pedagogical Too-Muchness,” Or a Call for Shaking up Schooling

August 10, 2018

Printed copy of the spell (words that appear in this blog post) taped to a bathroom mirror with a colorful shower curtain showing part of a tree reflected in the mirror. The photo has a pink tint.

A New Spell for a New Space

August 3, 2018

The question "What emotional work is waiting to be done?" appears in white cursive font against a background of blues and greens. The background image appears to be an aerial view of the ocean with deeper water appearing as dark blue and shallow water as lighter blue and teal/green, touching land masses represented by brown-tan-yellow.

Against the Tyranny of Positivity

July 27, 2018

A grey teddy bear sits next to a cardboard box, which is full of books.

The Pain and Pleasure of Moving

July 23, 2018

Naming Trauma as Trauma

July 10, 2018

I’m an educator living in Washington, D.C. with connections to many places, including Wisconsin, Georgia, and Tennessee. I write from my identities as a white, feminist teacher and researcher; reiki and yoga practitioner; hiker and vegan. My deepest commitments are to equity and justice. These commitments lead me to write about intersectional identities, embodiment, power, and rights, among other matters. In this blog, I document my ongoing efforts, struggles, and attitude of “try-try again” to align with these commitments. Read more ...