education

coming out

You Need Help: I Never Imagined I’d Live Past 20. Now What?

Babe, I promise you’re right on time. In 2020 I can’t be sure of hardly anything, but I am sure that you are good. You belong right where you are,…

Adrian —

Oct 27, 2020

society + culture

Don’t Just Change Single-Sex Schools, End Them

As school season begins once again, what young people deserve at the very least is an end to single-sex schools. 

Jenni Holtz —

Aug 28, 2020

politics + activism

Schools Are Ending Contracts With Cops, But That’s Not Enough

While students, their families and organizers are reimagining school hallways without cops, some administrators are stuck on punitive solutions to conflict.

Ro White —

Aug 17, 2020

politics + activism

Why Police Don’t Belong in Schools, and How to Begin Removing Them

While hiring SROs is often a well-intentioned means of protecting students and staff, police are punitive — not preventative.

Ro White —

Jun 22, 2020

issues

The Public Education System Sucks (Especially for Queer Black Femmes)

If the Dean positions are largely dominated by men, guess who the most punished group in school is.

Syd —

May 12, 2020

book features

How I Let Queer Literature Come Out to my Middle School Students for Me

Middle school is weird. It was awkward as hell when I was a hormonal, monstrous, uncertain twelve-year-old, and only slightly less so when I went back to teach English. So…

Samantha Panepinto —

Apr 17, 2019

first person

Carrying Heavy Shit: Teaching and Unteaching Gender in the Wilderness

“There’s an easily accessible narrative in wilderness travel, to pretend we’re living outside of society, and to strive to create a better version of it. The temptation to argue that…

Renee —

Mar 27, 2018

politics + activism

Trump’s White House Turns Its Laser Focus to Solving “Reverse Racism” in Higher Ed

In the middle of a truly banner week for the White House, it seems one of their priorities is… opposing affirmative action programs at universities.

Rachel —

Aug 2, 2017

politics + activism

SCOTUS Kicks Grimm Case Back To Lower Court, Trans Kids Remain In Legally Murky Hellscape

Today, the Supreme Court announced it would be vacating the lower court’s ruling, meaning it decided not to hear Gavin Grimm’s case after all and to instead send it back…

Rachel —

Mar 6, 2017

school

Queer Crip Love Fest: Bring Love Back to Academia

“Why is a hug or a kiss seen as so much more loving than spending the time to give comments on a paper full of cherished ideas? Than sharing a…

Carrie —

Mar 2, 2017

politics + activism

Help Stop Betsy DeVos from Becoming Education Secretary With Your Phone And Your Friends

Who needs to call: people who live in Tennessee, Wyoming, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Louisiana, Indiana, Utah, Kansas and Alaska. Who needs to act? Everyone who knows…

A.E. Osworth —

Jan 23, 2017

politics + activism

Betsy DeVos Carves Out Her Own Terrifying Niche in a Cabinet of Nightmares: Threatening Public Education

Betsy DeVos is truly awful and the idea of her as an education secretary should strike terror into all our hearts. Here’s why!

Rachel —

Jan 19, 2017