Month: January 2019
“Fitting In”: Taking Up Space in the 116th US Congress
“Next time someone tells Bronx girls to take off their hoops, they can just say they’re dressing like a Congresswoman.” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) Every year, I make a feminist New Year’s resolution: apologize less; shut down more mansplaining; take up more space. Sometimes I mean this last one literally: I’ve learned to square my shoulders
Revisiting Unruly Instruction
This week, we dive into Broadly Textual’s archive, from its days as Metathesis, to revisit a piece of important work by now-Dr. Melissa Welshans. Her post, written in 2014 during her time in the English PhD program, addresses the same issues discussed by Natalie El-Eid in her first contribution this month, and reflected in the
Dysphoria
“The aim of this month’s posts is to interrogate our need to reconstruct our bodies, minds, and identities to fit the cultural standards of who and what we should be.” — Natalie El-Eid, “New Year, New You … True You?,” January 8, 2019 Write something, Write something, Write anything,Write About bodies, about my body, about
New Year, New You … True You?: Reconstructing Identities and Cultural Standards
Welcome to 2019, everyone. With the ushering in of a new year comes the seemingly incessant need for a new “resolution.” But is it really a need? Or are we dealing, rather, with a set of societal norms and the pressure we feel to conform to them? It’s a pressure that’s hard to escape. We’re