In September, I wrote the essay linked below from my vantage point as a former educator who is “Still Coviding.” I thought about rewriting it by changing “Pandemic Response” to “Response to Fascism/Loss of Democracy” because it directly aligns with the exponential increase in old and new challenges we now face. I decided to discuss it with my husband and favorite person and invite you all to listen in instead. Let us know what you think in the comments.
The Intellectual Virus Fueling America’s Pandemic Response (And The Underutilized Vaccine For It)
Ironically our understanding of health has expanded even as our collective health has declined.
Links to content mentioned in this conversation:
Gatto’s A Few Lessons They Won’t Forget (the 7 things we discussed also I was way off with timing; it was written in 1991, it seems).
Tressie McMillan Cottom’s Insta Live Discussion of the Joint Address to Congress
The Ink: Watch Free America (if you’re tired of Dems doing nothing and being excellent 7th grade Social Studies students)
Instagram Reel about 75 Years of Authoritarian Conditioning
“Decorum” Clip showing Biden being interrupted by Republicans
Nate Bear’s Tweet on Covid’s Transfer of Power to Workers
Rep. Al Greene’s removal from House Chamber (note the colleague’s expressions/body language, etc.)
Welcome to the Age of Technofeudalism (Yanis Varoufakis)
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