deadline: today

Today was the deadline for electing for voluntary separation from the university or staying on and run the risk of involuntary separation (read: layoffs) with half the amount of severance. Guess which option I chose?

Of course I’m anxious about the labor market’s hostility towards my age, race, and gender. Mine is a near lethal combination.

But in this climate of fear, where the Trump administration and the complicit mainstream media are hellbent on instilling passivity and compliance, I consider this my personal form of resistance.