Author Archives: Gloria Adams

Shared to Social Media June 6, 2020 Today, my daughter asked me some really smart questions about the protests going on, and I did my best to answer them. The most poignant question was, “Why are so many people protesting NOW, though- if this has been going on for so long?” And there’s a lotContinue reading “Asked and Answered: “Why Now?””

Posted to Social Media on December 4th, 2020 Someone in one of my teacher support groups asked this question non-rhetorically. At the end of her rope feeling unsafe and watching the daily news become a constantly ticking death counter, she turned to our group for answers: “Why are schools staying open now, when the CovidContinue reading “Asked and Answered: “Why are Schools Open Now, When Covid has Gotten Worse?””

Shared to Social Media on February 10, 2021 Some thoughts on Joss Whedon Content Warning: Joss Whedon Today, Charisma Carpenter came forward with her account of what has long been suspected and gossiped about: her treatment at the hands of once-feminist-icon Joss Whedon, including verbal and emotional abuse and termination of her role on theContinue reading “Context and the Complications of Legacy: Joss Whedon”

Shared to Social Media on March 9, 2018 Around the country, students are walking out of schools to stage protests over the lack of coherent gun control in America. After a decade of escalating frequency and death tolls in the wake of school and other mass shootings, a generation of kids who grew up withContinue reading “An Open Letter to Students Participating in Walkouts to Protest Gun Violence, from a Teacher”

Originally shared to Social Media on December 14, 2019 Today would have been my friend Evan’s 29th birthday. In the car this morning, I was thinking about his lasting impact on my life, and wanted to honor him in some way. So in each of my 6 classes today, I told my students we wereContinue reading “Grief is Not a Zero-Sum Game”