What happens when therapy slips into the scroll — and care has to go viral?

Read here: open.substack.com/pub/glittera...

for my media literacy students, we’re digging into her song “fuel”—breaking down how it critiques cultural power, consumerism, and the systems that decide what counts as “good” art. 🎶📚

nothing like blending fangirl joy with teaching practice—when your syllabus meets your soundtrack. 💜

I’m so stoked to join the incredible folks in the lab and continue building knowledge, community, and care together. Cheers to what’s ahead! 🥂

Kishonna has been a beacon of light and a true champion of mine ever since we first met back in 2019 at UIC in Chicago. Since then, we’ve published together, worked side by side, and become not just colleagues but friends.

one student told me he loved and appreciated that i asked them and included them in creating this. 💬 that reminder—that learning is co-created—was the best teaching moment of all.

today one of the most meaningful parts of class was setting our classroom community & culture guidelines together. i simply facilitated, but my students did the work—sharing, listening, and shaping the list we’ll carry with us all semester.

I wrote about the why + the how here:
open.substack.com/pub/glittera...

Curious—what are y’all trying in your classrooms this fall? 🍎📚

📺 Street interviews turning into popular social media trend (NBC News Now)
www.nbcnews.com/now/video/st...

Big thanks to @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social for making the connection! 🙂

What helped you soften the cost of showing up?

I’d love to hear your thoughts, and you can read the full reflection here: open.substack.com/pub/glittera...

or relentless stamina, but by rhythms of care, rest, and mutual support?

Even if you’ve never been to an academic conference, you’ve likely experienced a space that demanded a version of you that felt unsustainable. How did you navigate it?

and/or as neurodivergent scholars—from the invisible labor of preparing for travel, to “conference face” masking, to the care networks that keep us afloat.

At its core, the piece asks: what if participation wasn’t measured by constant visibility