So. I made my semester schedule in early December. Then I change my semester schedule because it conflicted with the course I was assigned as a TA. Then, I find out, less than two days before classes begin, that the course that I TA has been changed without notifying me at all.
I dropped out of a course that I really wanted to take because it conflicted with the course I thought I would TA, and I picked up a course I really didn’t want to take because it didn’t conflict. But also, with the initial TA assignment, I only had to commute two days out of the week (it’s an hour’s drive away, so I lose anywhere from 2-3 hours every time I commute). Now I find out (again, without anyone telling me this was happening) that I will be going in four days out of the week. By the way, this is after I’ve told several people that I’m working on a major project with that I would be available on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Now I’ll be lucky to keep Fridays free.
Listen. I know people have worse commutes Monday through Friday. And that would have been fine if I had known that from the start. But I spent the break planning out how exactly I would manage my time this semester based on a schedule that has just gone completely out the window without anybody telling me and I am not handling it well. I have an exhibition going up in March that I still have to format, print, design and distribute promotional material for, and install on my own. I was planning on those two days off from commuting to get that shit done and now I’ve lost it and no one even bothered to TELL ME THIS WAS HAPPENING.
Title: The Radical Copyeditor’s Style Guide for Writing About Transgender People: 2.8-2.11: Avoiding Invalidating Language Traps
Speech bubbles contrast the following phrases under the headings “Invalidating language” versus “Validating language”: “Women and trans women” versus “Cis and trans women”; “Students who consider themselves ‘non-binary'” versus “Non-binary students”; “Zed, who identifies as agender” versus “Zed is agender”; “her secret was exposed” versus “her history was publicized”; “closeted,” “stealth,” and “passes” versus “private” and “nondisclosure”; and “an out trans man” versus “openly trans” and “public.”
