So sadly true in so many dimensions. Living in the shadow, and occasionally working for the elite institution in our neighborhood, the notion of classification, especially within staff versus faculty hits hard.
This is brilliant. I'm pitching around an essay I'm writing about ways to practically account for class in the lit community and this gives me a lot to think about/bolsters my argument. Thank you!
Loved this piece. It’s particularly striking to me that you noted this dynamic between two institutions in the Midwest. My experience as a midwesterner who went to grad school on the west coast and married an east coaster has been that the Midwest is the “dominated” when compared to either coast. Nobody had ever heard of the college I went to, and I’d never heard of many of the elite institutions they attended. Are there hierarchies to this dynamic, is it turtles all the way down?
Lucy, this left me breathless. It makes so much sense.
So sadly true in so many dimensions. Living in the shadow, and occasionally working for the elite institution in our neighborhood, the notion of classification, especially within staff versus faculty hits hard.
Lucy!!! I feel like I really relate to this
This is brilliant. I'm pitching around an essay I'm writing about ways to practically account for class in the lit community and this gives me a lot to think about/bolsters my argument. Thank you!
This is an excellent piece, Lucy! Thank you. XOXO Karen
Loved this piece. It’s particularly striking to me that you noted this dynamic between two institutions in the Midwest. My experience as a midwesterner who went to grad school on the west coast and married an east coaster has been that the Midwest is the “dominated” when compared to either coast. Nobody had ever heard of the college I went to, and I’d never heard of many of the elite institutions they attended. Are there hierarchies to this dynamic, is it turtles all the way down?