Catherine Pitcher
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Catherine Pitcher
@catpitch.bsky.social
Blurring the line between teacher and student. Here to read & post about all things related to education, equity, justice, teaching and scholarship on those topics.
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In case things are very confusing & stressful rn, just know that fascists tend to throw lots of harmful policies at ppl at once. This is a purposeful tactic to keep ppl panicking & divided so you can't fight policies together. It's to isolate you from others. So be on guard.

Here's some blue yarn.
January 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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What does it mean for a Black woman to show up as her whole self in an educational system designed to keep her small? For me, the answer is tied up in my 4C hair.
December 13, 2024 at 4:51 AM
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Honored to be part of this issue and share my new article, “I Am My Hair: A Black Woman Educator’s Autoethnography of Oppression and Liberation Through Schooling, Bantu Knots, Box Braids, Locs, and a Press” located in the Harvard Ed Review. @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social doi.org/10.17763/194...
I Am My Hair: A Black Woman Educator’s Autoethnography of Oppression and Liberation Through Schooling, Bantu Knots, Box Braids, Locs, and a Press
In this Voices: Reflective Accounts of Education essay, Eghosa Obaizamomwan-Hamilton argues that for her, and for many Black women, hair is integral to her identity. She situates her knowledge and the...
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December 12, 2024 at 3:44 PM