Maryah C

writer, PhD student, linguist, Arabic teacher, Unitarian Universalist #amwriting #amquerying

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

20yrs of war in the MidEast has changed America, changed me. In my #A #NF memoir collection, atheist from Pennsylvania lives with Arab Muslims from rural Jordan to Cairo’s revolution, makes friends from Kurdistan to Palestine, falls in love, learns about herself & others #PitMad

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

@ATT why do you make it So. Hard. to leave you?! I was going to come back to you in a year, but after 10 days trying to leave, you give me no reason to return!

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

@Dell, all I want to do is pay you what I owe. And then, believe me, I will never have anything to do with Dell again. In the 21st century, this is an embarrassment.

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

@Dell let me sign up for Dell Pay and charge my new laptop to my new credit account ... but now Dell Pay won't give me an account number to pay off the charge to my account

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

They will only provide account numbers by mail. I'm leaving the country in a few days and won't be receiving mail for 9 months. I can't sign up for the online portal to make payments without the account number.

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

@ImprovNutrition @kpat72 @stakethisclaim Maybe tap on your thigh or forearm or collarbone - that shouldn't be very distracting

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

@broadwaybabyto Recently I had an NP at campus urgent care who said, "Your blood pressure is a little higher than your other visits" and you'd better BELIEVE I'll be making more appts with her! It wasn't the only comment that showed she had read 2 yrs of notes in my file!

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

@broadwaybabyto (As far as I know, I've never had Covid, but developed an anxiety disorder triggered, among other things, by my dread of getting Long Covid in this ableist shithole world. Masking also gave me panic attacks in the first 3 years, but it's better than not masking)

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

@broadwaybabyto I've had other healthcare, including outpatient surgeries and ER visits and been uncomfortable about the lack of HCW masking, but in too much misery to advocate for myself, knowing it would be picking a needless unwinnable fight 2/2

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

How is this not illegal??? Cards Against Humanity is PAYING people who didn't vote in 2020 to apologize, make a voting plan, and post #DonaldTrumpIsAHumanToilet—up to $100 for blue-leaning people in swing states. You can help; get a 2024 Election Pack: https://t.co/Zx68Q4fbBw

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

This is why I always tell my students that I would like to know about their accommodation needs EVEN IF they have no Dx and aren't enrolled with DS. Those things are privileges, but in my class accommodation is a right.

[Nicole Lee Schroeder, PhD @Nicole_Lee_Sch]

Why are so few students enrolling w/ Disability Services? The Govt Accountability Office notes that: pressure for student advocacy, lack of transparency, lack of accessible dx processes, and faculty retaliation all prevent students from securing or using accommodations. 5/12

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

In 2017, 150k people paid Cards Against Humanity (founded by my classmates!) to protect a pristine plot of border land from Trump’s racist wall. But then an even richer, more racist billionaire—@ElonMusk—stole their land and dumped his shit all over it. #ElonOwesMe100Bucks

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

@PhdRachel @Nicole_Lee_Sch I think about this every time s.o. says,"But in-person conferences are so much better for networking!" Not if you have to sit alone outside to eat or drink, or because too much masking gives you panic attacks. I've been so much more successful at networking at online conferences!

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

@Al2973Albert @hotvod12 @UKR_Report There seems to be a small earthquake every time I come to Jordan....

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

A very interesting analysis, matching a trend I've also noticed. Another headline of note: Pele's family consistently said that he died because of Covid, but news articles almost never mentioned it

[Salvatore Mattera @SalvMattera]

The 1918 flu is called the "Spanish flu" because in most places, the media censored it. Except Spain, where they reported honestly. This isn't a conspiracy theory - it's a historical fact. And I think it is occurring right now again with COVID:

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

Read it. Know what we're up against. And then #VoteBlue up and down the ballot!

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

I read Project 2025.

Trump plans to “eliminate” his political enemies.

He plans to gut Social Security and Medicare.

He plans to deport “undesirables.”

He plans to take away LGBTQ rights.

He plans to ban abortion nationwide.

He plans to force kids to read the Bible.

#VoteBlue or else.

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

@AnnaMindelCrawf @ShooterLitMag It's a beautiful poem, and I'm envious of writers who've mastered the hermit crab essay/poem

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

I'm very proud to have won this contest alongside such a powerful poem about the experience of mixed ability families in the world.

Congratulations, @AnnaMindelCrawf, on an evocative and innovative poem

[Shooter Literary Magazine @ShooterLitMag]

The winners of our annual Poetry Competition are @MaryahRC and @AnnaMindelCrawf - congrats to them for their powerful and timely work! Read both poems via Shooter's website...
https://t.co/lpVXE5M0ff
#poetry #protest #litmags #poetrycommunity #WritingCommunity

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

@focusfronting I grew up in south-central PA and it would drive my Boston born and bred father mad when we used this - HUGE pet peeve of his!

[Maryah C @MaryahRC]

I can't make it unroll, but this whole thread is gold!!