when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive —Audre Lorde My previous two posts (Theoretical Intifada and Material and Symbolic Intifada
I wanted to leave a note and say thank you for this piece. As someone who went through the colonial trenches of academia for a PhD in psychology, and being approximately 1-3 years out... I would say I’m still (un)learning many ways I knew to 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡 to through academia culture. I am just starting to write again thanks to the Global Strike called by Gaza Journalist, Bisan, and also connections to the local Palestinian advocacy community and artists/writers. Even so, I find myself internally grappling with “holding” thought before considering sharing or publishing because of the conditioning of what may be arguably material investments in the academy, that is, publishing. I am trying to find the balance. And my voice, and work through my internalized fear. I guess you can say I am trying to liberate.
I wanted to leave a note and say thank you for this piece. As someone who went through the colonial trenches of academia for a PhD in psychology, and being approximately 1-3 years out... I would say I’m still (un)learning many ways I knew to 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡 to through academia culture. I am just starting to write again thanks to the Global Strike called by Gaza Journalist, Bisan, and also connections to the local Palestinian advocacy community and artists/writers. Even so, I find myself internally grappling with “holding” thought before considering sharing or publishing because of the conditioning of what may be arguably material investments in the academy, that is, publishing. I am trying to find the balance. And my voice, and work through my internalized fear. I guess you can say I am trying to liberate.