#affinity spaces

and PS not telling me it's a "non masc" space until I say my plus one is my partner is also extra icky. Just say no cis men cuz that's clearly what you mean

However, we're all humans who both deserve and need to have our baby steps acknowledged and celebrated!

In an email on March 18 to Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Charmie R. Curry, the day of the so-called “healing space,” a Wellesley High School fitness & health teacher writes: “I wanted to check first, is it appropriate for me to go to this healing space?” Curry responds: “This time, we want to hold the space for Asian and Asian American students and faculty/staff. I hope this makes sense.”

In an April 12 email to school district colleagues, Curry notes that “Equity Literacy” is required coursework in the district. Curry writes: “There is still plenty of time to enroll in the two required courses – ‘Understanding Equity and Inequity’ and ‘Learning to Be a Threat to Inequity.’ These courses, with a keen focus on helping us to build/sharpen our structural ideological lenses, are essential to our ability to address inequities in our community. Our students who are being impacted by inequities such as racism, homophobia, ableism, etc. need to be equipped to respond today to their needs in order to positively impact their experiences.”

So, a little introduction:

Hello, I am a graduate student! I have also been a big fan of Creepypasta--and scary stories in general--since I was a teenager. 

Right now, I am in a Master’s program for Rhetoric/Composition Studies. (In fact, my second semester just started a couple weeks ago.) Lately, I have been thinking a lot about the career I want to build from this degree--a career in College/Adult Education, especially in regards to literacy--and what research I can do to basically “make my mark” in this field. I have also been thinking a lot about affinity spaces, and the ways they can impact collaborative writing and composition courses.

Now, definition time:

Affinity Space -- a place, either virtual or physical, where informal learning takes place; most people who interact with each other in these spaces share common interests and/or engage in a common activity. 

Some examples of such places include: online forums, special interest conventions/conferences, blog sites, and LARP sessions.

(If you are interested, please research James Paul Gee; he’s basically the poster child for this scholarship. He has also written on Video Games.)

There is a lot more to say on this topic, and I’d highly recommend researching on it because it’s all pretty damn cool; but I’m not here to just discuss that. I have a lot more on my mind right now, and I’m trying to keep it as concise and organized as possible.