“We are the flow and we are the ebb … we are the weaver, we are the web.” Fiber, clay, metal, wood, glass. These are the “materials of craft,” written in the order with which I am familiar, though metal and wood would probably tie for third place. I have…

By Cham Holland 9/8/2020 This chapter looks at the history of the standard English language as it relates to the systemic oppression of culture and language in the US, both through history and in the present. Throughout the chapter, hooks continually returns to the quote, “This is the oppressor’s language…

There was once a great mother, who lived in a house. Her children were small, ‘round the size of a mouse. She wore a small necklace, all round little pearls. And her sleeves were done up, in cream colored curls. Her hair, black as night, was short to her shoulders. But back to her children, before they grow older. There were two, rather small. One a boy, one a girl, both not very tall. With hair blond as sun beams. They were quite the team.

“Yet fear the dark, do you not?” Twas asked of her. “Fear the dark?” Replied she. “Why is it that I should fear the dark, when tis the dark that ought fear me?”

woman womyn womxn a man who says he doesn’t mansplain but walks ahead like it’s his right why do we need our own name? a man who say’s he listens but presses on when you say not now why have we not had a name before? what do they mean? in a world ruled by men why is the world so mean? why have we not had our own name before?

A self performed interview Who and what has influenced your thinking about teaching and learning? “Growing up hearing stories from my friends who were educated in formal school settings, they often described scenes that were the absolute opposite of what I think of as “good” teaching. I have been left…

The fight for unbiased Star Wars products is almost won In a well-know galaxy far, far away, there have always been strong female characters, starting with everyone’s favorite rebel princess, and most recently gaining the addition of a young baton wielding warrior. …

It is portrayed in advertisements, the news, and in movies; white people hiking, backpacking, paddling, and climbing. People of color apparently just “don’t do” the outdoors. Or at the very least they aren’t “supposed to.” Finney (2014) gives an example of this in the very beginning of Black Faces, White…

I shouldn’t have to be perfect to live. We want to catch the bad guy. I shouldn’t have to be perfect to live. We want to be the hero. I shouldn’t have to be perfect to live. Wandering officers, wandering, wandering. I shouldn’t have to be perfect to live. I…