May 20, 2005 01:00
The bullet point version of my life:
Working on my own privilege can be an uncomfortable thing. I’ve been especially working on my white privilege. I’m becoming aware of how much I should know and don’t about other people’s cultures and experiences (working on this), and I’ve also just been aware of how my white skin operates in the world.
I’ve just realized that I haven’t been doing a very good job of promoting myself as an artist.
Only six more days of my job and then on to the queering femininity conference and then on to rest of my life and grad school.
I’ve finally have been jumping into activism and now I’m putting myself out there more, especially working with the College of Education stuff, and am feeling the discomfort of doing so. I’m also noticing how it takes up time, but it also feels good.
I’ve also realized that while I’ve been going to tons of meetings, I haven’t been getting enough social time in with people. It is especially true that I have had no one but nodesignation, my mom, and my dad to talk about all the issues going on in my life with, and that really isn’t enough. I need other people to talk about things with.