Skipping March 8, see you April 5
Dear friends, Thank you so much to everyone who joined our February session! It was a special joy to have Jade E. Davis join us to talk about her forthcoming...
Wed, Feb 8: Ethics and Epistemology of Care (Not Empathy)
Dear friends, As I write this, I’m gearing up to teach my first solo class in… a long time. CUNY’s semester starts late, so I’m sure that many folks reading...
Surprising communities: On assemblages, symbionts, and the fediverse (Jan 11)
Dear friends, I feel like I blinked and a month has gone by. The outside-of-time feeling of the holidays, at once lazy and busy, shifted to restlessness—a...
The longest night: Solstice thoughts and greeting 2023
Dear friends, The solstice. For me, more than the day that the calendar year changes, the moment when we finally begin adding slivers of daylight feels like...
Centering your values and priorities: Upcoming Inkcap events
Dear friends, A lot of our discussions together have focused outward, on the contexts and infrastructures of higher education. This month, we’re turning...
Higher ed's heartbreaks (cw: gun violence, labor exploitation)
Dear friends, I’ve been lucky to step back into in-person speaking and conferences in recent weeks, the busyness of November buoyed by the joy of seeing old...
Making DH Work for Us: Labor, Care, & Careers (Nov 17)
Hi, friends, By now you
Coming up: Inkcap@ASA, Nov 6 (in-person and virtual); gratitude; new projects
Dear friends, October's session on white feminism in the academy was powerful and necessary. I'm so appreciative of the work the Britt Munro and Houda Ali...
Reminder (TODAY!): White feminism and the academy, Oct 12 at 3pm EST
Hi friends, Just a quick note to remind anyone who wishes to join us that our next discussion is today (Wed, October 12) at 3pm EST; please register here....
White feminism and the academy, Oct 12 at 3pm EST
Dear friends, I've been putting off writing and sending this, and now it's too long! Apologies—and hope you'll stick with me to the end, there are some great...
Reminder! Wed, Sept 14, 3pm ET: How do we know what we know?
Dear friends, Perhaps you, like me, are shaking off a summer fog and preparing for the onrush of the school year. For me it has been a summer outside of...
Mark your calendars for Wed, Sept 14 at 3pm ET
Dear friends, Many thanks to everyone who took the time to share your availability. For this fall, let's plan to meet on the second Wednesday of each month...
Celebrating "fragile possibilities" // poll for future discussion times
Dear friends, Request: Please fill out this availability poll if you'd like to be part of our discussions in the semester ahead. whenisgood.net/inkcap...
Poetry, Pedagogy, and Social Change: Insurgent Knowledge with Danica Savonick (Aug 2)
Hello friends! I am so excited for next week's discussion, which will be facilitated by my friend and colleague Danica Savonick (ACLS Fellow and Assistant...
Summer reading, writing, thinking, noticing
Dear friends, Warm thanks to everyone who joined us at our recent discussion. Despite my nerves about sharing a rough-stage project, it felt incredibly...
Tracing intellectual roots; hope as a discipline; reproductive justice
Dear friends, I hope you'll bear with me for a longer-than-usual message. (And do join us next week, July 5, for our next discussion if you can. Details...
Reminder: July 5, 2022, In Our Own Words (works-in-progress)
Dear friends, I'm writing to you on the northern hemisphere's summer solstice. In some ways this is my favorite day: perfect summer, not too hot yet; so many...
In Our Own Words (Tuesday July 5, 2pm EDT)
Dear friends, Thank you to everyone who joined us for our recent discussion on Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing. We brought together many threads from past...
Prompt for today's discusson on Jenny Odell's How to Do Nothing (1pm EDT)
Good morning everyone! Hope to see many of you later for today’s discussion of Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing. (1pm EDT, sign up here.) If you can, please...
Rage, Renewal, Refusal (Reminder for June 8 session and update on postcard project)
Hi friends, Happy June! As a reminder, we will gather next week on Wednesday, June 8, at 1pm EDT to discuss How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention...