Karen and Kel talk about the 7 ways the academy resembles a cult and how that creates a debilitating culture of shame around productivity and Imposter Syndrome.
Karen and Kel interrupt regularly scheduled programming to amplify the Black writers, scholars, and activists they follow and learn from on a daily basis. Here is the list, with Twitter handles, in approximate order: Alishia McCullough (IG @blackandembodied) and Jessica Wilson (IG @jessicawilson.msrd); [the rest are Twitter] Brittany Williams (@DrBritWilliams); Brittany Packnett Cunningham (@msPackyetti); Ijeoma Oluo (@ijeomaoluo); Tressie McMillan Cottom (@TressieMcPhD); Roxane Gay (@rgay); Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia); Brittany Cooper (@ProfessorCrunk); Kimberle Crenshaw (@sandylocks); Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey); Clint Hill Smith III (@ClintsmithIII); Ibram X Kendi (@DrIbram); PhDivas Podcast (@PhDivas); Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (@ibjiyongi); Zoe (@ztsamudzi); Tricia Matthew (@TriciaMatthew); Carol Anderson (@ProfCAnderson); Nyasha Junior (@NyashaJunior); Ruha Benjamin (@ruha9); Imani Perry (@imaniperry) ...
Every winter, lots of folks have to confront the reality that they didn’t get the jobs (or grants or publication acceptances) that they’d been hoping for. In this two part series, Karen and Kel discuss twelve strategies for confronting disappointment in a healthy and productive way, on the theme of: Face the Facts, Feel Your Feelings ...
Rejection is inevitable in the academic life, but that doesn’t make it any less painful. Karen and Kel talk about how to manage rejection to keep it from derailing you, and turn it into a positive force. ...
