chelseamdo.bsky.social
Higher ed. Community College. Belonging in higher ed. Grower of things. I used to run a tutoring center now I do student success stuff. PhD student, research on belonging in the college classroom. She/her. Views my own.
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Husband: there's a precipitation alert
Me: yes, it just poured rain for about 3 minutes, I imagine there's more
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True, there's very little character development
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ma'am
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can you not
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One of the key principles of the wellness industry is to undermine evidence-based healthcare, so that whatever snake oil they are peddling can fill the gap.
When people like RFK Jr. yammer on about conflicts of interest, they tend to ignore those with the wellness industry like they don’t matter.
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Building community isn't super hard and doesn't take time, but it is an investment. Get to know the neighbor's names, if they have kids or pets. Greet the mail person, the delivery drivers. You build community before you need them (but not *if* you need them, it's not warfare).
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- you need to have your own house in order. This includes your own mental and physical health as well as your own routines to make sure you don't feel overwhelmed. You can build these slowly, with your network!
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- neighbors who you can call on the fly. They could be down the road, if you're not. Someone to have an extra set of house keys. Someone to keep an eye on the garden. Someone who knows the right vehicles in the driveway. Your own neighborhood watch as it were.
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- people as an excuse to hang, but who know you'll have emergencies/urgencies. Plan dinner, make it a priority, but know you'll need to be flexible if life happens.
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When my dad was having a bad day, I'd text people asking them if they had time to talk with him. They'd call, he'd light up like a light bulb. He would always wonder how people knew he needed someone to talk to.
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Community I used:
- people to help run errands. You will need groceries, groceries take *so much time*. Find someone who will help with the occasional grocery run
-pep talks, not just for you, but for those for whom you are caring...
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I think it's in the handbook
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I wish I could have taken photos of some of the things I saw on my drive. I contemplated just driving back to campus and waiting for the rain to end, if it ever did.
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Oh God, I didn't even think of that. I couldn't actually figure out what going on with Cassian's character in that one either. It was such a jumble of stuff...
I think throne of glass also has loose threads, but I'd be afraid of where that goes
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Yes! I was like "wtf is going on here?!" and she just took it!? No, ma'am.
I also do not want a coming of age or whatever story for Elain, that would be the worst. Like, the small, shy fawn of the family learning to use daggers or whatever. Ugh.
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People much smarter than me have written many, many words on this. So, yes, much of the popular romance is hierarchical, heteronormative, and trad wifey. But, there's also sex and kink and exploration and power involved.
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One last thing (maybe), I also think a big reason why the romantasy genre is super popular is that in those worlds, men actually like the women. There are partnerships and opportunities. The women can be powerful and sexual. That's a far cry from some of today's realities.
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And, yes, a lot of these super popular books/series are written about women in their early 20s. I wish there were more about slightly older women, those with careers are life experiences, but some of *those* stories involve very little character development.
I can still learn at 38, thanks.
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There's a very popular series where the fmc is like "I just want to be with you, my mate" for like books and books and then all of a sudden is like "for solstice, let's try to have a baby" and I wanted to throw the book across the room. The next book the mmc was all super protective.