It is the good cleansing crying dear Shannon. The one of “I am not alone” and it is much bigger than me, operating on multiple levels. I think this whole current system needs to abolished as you said, we are far beyond reform measures now. The institution needs to be rethought and built anew

I cried wallahi, the amount of none sense I have been coerced to do without any recognition is just sickening

“The whole thing is a supplemental gift economy that bolsters the industry’s bad business (and management, and pedagogical, and…) practices.

We fill in the gaps of an unstable apparatus we didn’t design and would rather reform or abolish”

“yet the distributed, voluntary labor required to sustain those infrastructures isn’t written into most folks’ job descriptions.”

“manufacturing all kinds of tests and rituals and administrative labor to deem people worthy of advancement. The entire academic enterprise also depends upon these systems of external support and validation — support through external grants, external validation as a means of quality assurance”

“The entire academic enterprise depends upon reifying power differentials between ranks and classes, keeping people hungry to advance, cultivating jealousies and resentments, disincentivizing solidarities,

Amazing! Thanks marral

Thanks marral this looks great!

That’s great, and if you happen to remember any other texts please don’t hesitate to send it my way. الف شكر يا فيصل

@layalftouni.bsky.social @faisalhamadah.bsky.social if you have written anything related, would be so glad to assign. If not, would really appreciate your recommendations. It could also be a public writing piece, not necessarily academic

Also, maybe this is an important to process to collectively rethink, what are writing and who are writing for after all of these revelations

Same here, and i guess everywhere, bas yalla let’s encourage each other. A writing group for resistance