In this “war” against Covid-19, we can also see how society suspends the agency of exposed “essential workers” by constructing them as “heroes.” Doctors, baristas, grocery store clerks are all transformed into a “they” whose self-sacrificing saves “us.”
that is a thought that has certainly struck me as I listen to my coastal elite inflected media that assumes we're all getting grocery delivery as a point of fellow-feeling.
there was a nurse here who said 'don't call us heroes, because calling someone a hero means it's okay if we sacrifice ourselves' or something which I thought summed it up.
I'm reminded a bit of the article by the teacher re: school shootings, where she was just like "I will not sacrifice myself for someone else's kids, and should not be expected to. I am an educator, not a soldier."
A major recommendation is to create groups of 10 to 15 students who stay together in classrooms, at recess and lunchtime, with teachers assigned to only one group. Each group has minimal contact with other groups, limiting any spread of infection.
kind of a cautionary tale about accountability in crowdfunding spaces; there's a real gap between traditional non-profit fundraising and the community drive model that's popped up for real reasons
I'm definitely pro people wearing what they wanna wear (for me it's been a lot of airy skirts) but I need to get dressed and this is something I've discovered about myself
In this “war” against Covid-19, we can also see how society suspends the agency of exposed “essential workers” by constructing them as “heroes.” Doctors, baristas, grocery store clerks are all transformed into a “they” whose self-sacrificing saves “us.”A major recommendation is to create groups of 10 to 15 students who stay together in classrooms, at recess and lunchtime, with teachers assigned to only one group. Each group has minimal contact with other groups, limiting any spread of infection.