Lariisa Stewart, MS

Disabled, queer, she/they
• Academic Advisor (SSS STEM)
• Proud Titan 💛🖤
• #a11y
• Opinions mine

[Lariisa Stewart, MS @LariisaStewart]

Links 🔗

Instagram: https://t.co/CG3IozLqo5

Bluesky: https://t.co/3h5dw2Xz1x

LinkedIn: https://t.co/UeyjZNewij

[Liesl McConchie @LieslMcConchie]

Schools were a disaster this past week. Sick kids and teachers across the US (and beyond).

STOP accepting this as inevitable this time of year. Here are things schools, teachers, and parents can do to make next week (and next month) much different.

Cuz it's gonna get worse.
🧵

[Wayne Koestenbaum @CampMarmalade]

most profound advice from my first piano teacher: “take care of every note”

let no note go astray

let no note be ignored or trampled or stinted

grant every note, however seemingly subordinate, your attention

an ethics takes root in that injunction

[The Tweedy Mutant @the_tweedy]

By contrast, I love encountering work that is as *inelegant* as it is incisive, that embraces clumsiness and "cringe" and mess -- not as "critique" alone but also as a sort of honesty and inevitability.

[The Tweedy Mutant @the_tweedy]

I am always struck by critical disability studies/crip studies scholarship that, while very much about disabled experiences and crip ways of being, retains the vibe or "aesthetics" of the academic "cool kids" who want nothing to do with *irl* disability...

[Nicole Filippone, Autistic Advocate & Author @sensorystories_]

I finally did it!! I created a resource on executive dysfunction!! (Ironic that my executive dysfunction is what made it take so long 😆)

[FirstGen Forward @FirstgenForward]

Ready to #CelebrateFirstGen? All colleges & universities & friends are invited to join us. We have a great toolkit to assist with planning, like our step-by-step planning guide, social media templates, event posters, banners, and more at https://t.co/utvHSCYifD.

[FirstGen Forward @FirstgenForward]

ICYMI: The Center is HIRING! We’re looking for a (fully remote) Graphic Design & Web Manager to work within Professional Dev. & Marketing and Communications. Materials received by 11/17 will receive priority consideration. Full position description at https://t.co/DjtnFaaNUG.

[Lariisa Stewart, MS @LariisaStewart]

Learn more about this week's events on the UWO TRIO SSS Facebook page:
https://t.co/9bY8j9ijSv

[Lariisa Stewart, MS @LariisaStewart]

I'll be volunteering at the First-Gen Week Kickoff in Reeve from 11:30-1:30 tomorrow! Come stop by for some treats and to celebrate First-Gen community and accomplishments. 🎉

[maya cade @mayascade]

“this is precisely the time when artists go to work. there is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. we speak, we write, we do language. that is how civilizations heal.”

— toni morrison
https://t.co/eyVR4T62Lp

[Łukasz Szulc @LukaszSzulc]

The sociology department at my university (The University of Manchester, UK) is hiring a Lecturer in Sociology focused on digital sociology. They are great people and you would work on the same campus where I work. 😁 https://t.co/yn28lddcTr

[UW Oshkosh Today @UWOToday]

⭐️ @UWOshkosh in the news:

UWO McNair Scholars participants show what they are learning: https://t.co/iSMOtfdzFm ... via @PBSWI

[Oshkosh Northwestern @onwnews]

UW Oshkosh layoffs draw response from faculty and staff union: ‘A devastating week’ https://t.co/hLgzlBMELH

[Lariisa Stewart, MS @LariisaStewart]

@DrSamiSchalk And a large number of the layoffs seem to be people that work directly with marginalized students. I don't know what we're going to do without those key leaders. Everything is extremely hard right now.

[Lariisa Stewart, MS @LariisaStewart]

I took a sick day for mental health today. I'm being transparent about that with everyone in hopes that it encourages others to do the same. Take care of yourselves. None of this is easy.

[Lariisa Stewart, MS @LariisaStewart]

To students: I'm here for you, too. You're the reason we care so much about what we do. My office will always be a safe space for you. I have snacks, fidgets, and stickers. You're also welcome to email me. You're never a problem or a burden.

[Lariisa Stewart, MS @LariisaStewart]

I'm absolutely gutted beyond words for my friends and colleagues. UWO administration has failed its staff and students with these layoff decisions. It's clear that whomever made these cuts is completely ignorant of the student experience and functioning of departments.

[Lariisa Stewart, MS @LariisaStewart]

I'm here in solidarity with my UWO community. To everyone who received terrible news the past few days: I am here for you in whatever capacity you need.

Let's all extend grace to one another as we are inevitably a little messy while navigating what is, frankly, a mess itself.