The fuck??

I’m not surprised and I’ve heard that many many times from several people. 

Help a MFAer out. Does anyone know? Inbox me. 

Update: John Casey has been suspended from UVA pending investigation. There are now 5 title IX complaints.

LSU students, anyone else want to weigh in?

BRING. THEM. ALL. DOWN.

Our hearts go out to the folks in Charlottesville who stood against hate, bigotry, and fascism. Our hearts go out to Heather Heyer and her family. Our hearts go out to students at UVA, especially new students, who are heading to classes soon and may be wondering what kind of town they now live in. Sending so much love.

Not sure if there was supposed to be something else with this copy and paste but...yeah? If someone named names elsewhere (like in another Tumblr post or article) I can't strip that. Might have missed a couple too if they were general comments. I don't post the long-ass rants about specific people though. In general I try to ask myself, "is this something important a potential student should know?" [insert appeal to my humanity here]

“I’m asking the program to think about what they really mean when ‘diversity’ is used. To me, diversity has become a neoliberal concept and a handy concealer to excuse the lack of any real engagement with identity differences (Urciuoli 2009). It promotes tokenization at the expense of students with marginalized identities because it asks us to participate in a structure and environment that does not care about us. We are asked to participate because it makes the institution look good, while the institution continues to perpetuate systems of domination and erasure.” Everyone needs to read this.  http://www.ethosreview.org/intellectual-spaces/a-parting-letter-to-my-mfa-program/

I haven’t seen anything on the Route Nine tumblr. To get around the links thing, just send it with a ton of spaces in between in a separate ask and I’ll verify it. 

Ouch. And Trump is not going to make things better for anyone. 

Since the 2017-2018 application season is gearing up and we have new folks coming through, I want to remind everyone that all of these posts are to be taken with a grain of salt. People’s experiences are just that; THEIR experiences. It’s possible you’ll have different ones at the same programs. But hopefully these posts give you something to think (AND ASK YOUR POTENTIAL PROGRAMS) about.