lukes' dimensions of power

i’ve been meaning to write about this for a long time, but i have put it off because i still don’t totally know what i want to say about it. for now, i guess i’ll just restate the theory and then go from there…

less of that, more of this

that = sports.

on imagination, death, apocalypse, and facilitating society

ook so this is gonna be a random disjointed collection of thoughts. they’reconnected in some way, but i’m not sure how at the outset, so i’ll just start and we where it lands.

how to make professional development happen (or a quick word on systems change)

a few weeks ago i was in a conversation about professional development (pd) and i offered this comment up to the group: professional development (individual or organizational) fails unless people actually sit down and take the time to adjust their work load (often via calendar). if it just stay at the level of an idea, the work load stays the same, people don’t adjust their schedules, they fill their plates like they usually would (which typically means overwork), and they end up with no time or mental energy to do any pd.

challenging the two-parent heteropatriarchal household

i’m reading salvation: black people and love, the second book in bell hooks’ love trilogy. as always, there’s lots of good stuff but chapter seven: cherishing single mothers, has a ton of pushback on the westernized notion of the male-headed, two parent nuclear family.