The Future is Another Country
The consequences of halting gender affirming surgeries could be deadly for a marginalized community that already faces high fatality rates from transphobic violence, substance abuse, and suicide tied to the mental health impacts of gender dysphoria.
We don’t want to teach students to work themselves to death over a dollar in someone else’s pocket.
Rent, utilities, groceries, loan repayments, shitty housing conditions, shitty landlords: these all continue as normal.
All people deserve the opportunity to teach and learn in the community, not just those whose family can subsidize their graduate education. Until then, we strike!
The promise of a better future through education and agitation is a calling that no pandemic, however serious, could interrupt. We must and will persevere.
Our world is a global system, and we need to see beyond ourselves more than the President is inclined. Stronger international collaborations would pay off. So also would a good dose of humility in face of the coronavirus.
Imagine that degree of disconnect—urging employees who have to work several jobs and find external support just to make ends meet to set up a rainy day fund. Every day is rainy for us.
Based on your class schedule, format, and requirements, this may look different for each of you, but it’s important that you maintain a routine.
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