Elizabeth Stoker and I have a new post over at Salon about the stupidity of generational analysis, which is, in fact, just analysis of the well off in a given generation. A taste: A program crafted around the needs of the majority of young people would look much different, of course. Instead of droning on… Continue reading Salon: Guess what, elites: Not all young people are rich
What does the national data say about adjuncts?
The topic of adjuncts is getting some play finally. I’ve seen it bubbling up among the college Left for some time now, but now it is in the New York Times and big organizing drives are under way. In these pieces, I often see a variety of statistics thrown about, but never the statistics I… Continue reading What does the national data say about adjuncts?
Grudge Match: Mike Konczal and I on the Graduate Tax
Over at the CUNY advocate, Konczal and I have a back and forth on the idea of a graduate tax (sometimes called Pay It Forward). The first two pieces were written a while ago, so they may be somewhat dated (e.g. in student debt figures). But overall they are good. My impression was that there… Continue reading Grudge Match: Mike Konczal and I on the Graduate Tax
Sarah Kendzior Performatively Makes My Point on Working Class Erasure
I wrote a post about how the identitarian framework has a class problem, doesn’t take class identity seriously, and doesn’t treat those with that identity anything like any of the other identities within the framework. Sarah Kendzior on twitter thought it would be a good idea to prove just how true that was. In so… Continue reading Sarah Kendzior Performatively Makes My Point on Working Class Erasure
Identitarianism and the Working Class
People have been passing around this piece from Mark Fisher, which is about a lot of things, one of which is who gets to speak (or identify) as the poor working class. In particular, Russel Brand apparently has a lower working class background, but now is a millionaire due to his comedy, which raises the… Continue reading Identitarianism and the Working Class