Learning without anguish, Teaching without fear, Creating without limits
Friday, 29 November 2024; 07:00am I know it will be hard to conjure up the wonderfulness of this precise feeling later, so let me do my best to set the scene of my ‘right now.’ The warmth and comfort of having spent the last two weeks at Home is not unlike the blissful heat of …
>> CONTENT WARNING: The first mini gallery (below) contains potentially distressing images from a laparoscopic surgery; the second mini gallery does not! LINK TO INSTAGRAM VIDEO: Roundtable Presentation: “From Survival to 'Thrival': How Female Blackademics Transform Necessity into Spaces of Community” (JoAnn Michel, NeMLA 2023; Buffalo, NY) FULL VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: "Good afternoon! Thank you so …
About four years ago, I created a blog with the intention of documenting and demystifying the long road to a doctoral degree by sharing my graduate journey with my public. My goal for grad school was not to be incredible, brilliant, or exceptional in this academic space. Rather, I just wanted to exist--an action that …
“She emerges three-dimensional from the flat, plaster setting as though breaking through water—though whether she is coming up or going under is unclear. Her position is contrapposto, arms raised as though awaiting the click of my camera. The energy of her nude body is wound tight and ready for release. Her next move is a …
when I’ll meet Me. if we have already met but are not on speaking terms. * what my mother’s mother looked like. what my father’s father smelled like. which part of this body that I critique so much is actually an heirloom. * if pain will always be a prerequisite to happiness, for Bodies like …
ANONYME My name is whatever. My face is not important. You do not need to know me, Identify me. Just know that I am Black. But also that "black" is not All that I am .
Bad Blackadémique 