I performed diva. Not because I am one but it was the only way to get through the anxiety of a return to an element of an institutional structure that caused me pain.
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My keynote focused on the importance of critical race theory to premodern studies. It also denoted (love this word) the difference between "premodern race studies" (PRS) & premodern critical race studies (PCRS). I'm the latter.
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RaceB4Race2 was a moment TBH I'd always wished for but didn’t expect to see (obvious list of villains). It was a community of BIPoC scholars establishing sovereignty within an acad discipline, colonizing premodern studies if you will.
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My keynote may have offended. If you truly know me, you’re aware I know how to wear pearls. I also know their purpose. My keynote was not for senior scholars in premodern studies. You & I know the terrain. Don’t @ me w/your BS. This talk was for ECRs.
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#RaceB4Race showed what my exile, my silence, the absence of my support & my “I got your back” may have meant to this emerging community, to myself. This isn’t about ego but about visibility. Seeing your “own.”#RepresentationDoesMatter1 reply 3 retweets 29 likesShow this thread -
#RaceB4Race2 ECRs I made an offer/promise to support & elevate your work. I offer me as a potential reader of your work for publication venues & personnel. Doesn’t mean I’ll get chosen but know you can list me as a possible reviewer.1 reply 4 retweets 31 likesShow this thread -
I offer me as a confidential sounding board. Stress-free venting is crucial to survive premodern studies (or any career). I had Kim, Arthur, & Ayanna. No senior scholar of color mentor. The few BIPoC when I started were pretty much in the same boat, ECR.
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I offer advice: Let nothing keep you from the PCRS convo. The arena is larger & more varied than when I began. I was fortunate. Today, I’d probably be the best fucking premodern studies Independent Scholar writing romances on the planet.
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A BIPoC reminder: Be kind to yourselves, cruel to your enemies, & know there’s a community of BIPoC premodern critical race studies folk gathering. There are allies (ask a Senior BIPoC & ye shall be told). Not all who speak allyship bear the scars.
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#RaceB4Race2 MargoH no longer in exile: Denver 2020 SAA "California Love" to#RaceB4Race community Gif: Tupacpic.twitter.com/K21PUfDe513 replies 3 retweets 40 likesShow this thread
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