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Editor’s note: The following essay is by Stefani Echeverria-Fenn, one of the founders of the Sportula. We are hosting it one year after the overt racism of the SCS Annual Meeting in San Diego…

This is a crucial post from a Classicist (Stefani Echeverria-Fenn) and her experience in Classics and her journey in the field before getting dismissed from graduate school. This post might be hard/intense to read, so please proceed with caution; CW for racism and ableism in the article.

#tagamemnon #Classics #Classical Studies #Sportula #important

The Sportula

IMPORTANT SHIT, CLASSICISTS:

You should know about The Sportula, and they say it best themselves:

Q: What is the sportula?

A: We are a group of Classics Graduate Students and Junior Faculty committed to making sure that students from working-class and historically looted communities (like the ones we ourselves come from) don’t fall through the cracks left by traditional scholarship programs; all too many of which have a poor understanding of what our lives are *actually* like and what we *actually* need.

Q: What does that mean?

A: It means that, in our experience, a lot of programs/resources that might provide money for tuition or a specific course/project don’t take into account the further realities of our lives–that we often also needed $$$ for the work shifts we were missing by taking that class, or to bail our mom out of jail, or to buy the textbooks, or to pay our cellphone bill so we could have access to our online course materials from home, or subway fare, or just a freaking sandwich and fancy coffee so we could concentrate on a full belly/have a bit of sweetness in our survival as financially marginalized Classicists in training. None of those were theoretical examples, and this is why we want to smoothe the way for the next generation of Greek and Latin students like us!

Q: What does the sportula do?

A: We provide microgrants–petty cash ranging from $5 to $300, no questions asked, to Classics undergrads who need it. We can also work to find you larger amounts of money and/or connect you with mentorship for non-monetary needs (e.g. if you need a classicist from your racial/ethnic group to talk something over with, or if you have an issue impacting your academic career that you don’t feel comfortable letting your department know about, or you need access to a certain journal/manuscript etc). In short, we are the informal old boys club for ppl who never had access to the old boys club, and we wanna give you the cash you need to thrive.

Q: How do your microgrants work?

A: Contact us through our contact page, tell us what you need, and we will make every effort to send it to you through PayPal, venmo, mail, western union, etc (tell us how much you need, what mode of delivery you’d prefer, and when you need it by). You don’t have to explain yourself–we get that our lives can be complicated and strongly believe that we as financially marginalized people are the best arbiters of what we need and the experts on our own lives. We reject the all too common pattern in academia (and everywhere) that demands working class people “prove” their worthiness or expose/perform their need and trauma for some committee in order to get the money that we need and deserve. That being said, do also let us know if it’s for something like a book or an item we might be able to hook you up without having to spend money.

#Sportula #Classics #Doing god's work #Classical Studies #THEY WON AN AWARD FOR THIS #Classicsm #Academia

happy revolution

we can only hope, amirite?

i’m doing some personal catch-up work right now, hence my silence on this particular platform

if you want to help classicists of color, donate to the Sportula, info here:

https://thesportula.wordpress.com/

direct link for a monthly donation:

https://www.patreon.com/Libertinopatrenatus

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Territorio de pesadumbre

Esta novela corta, mezcla de historia post-apocalíptica con un tebeo made in Neil Gaiman y P. Craig Russell, que contiene un batiburrilo interesante de elementos que van desde la política a la filosofía, pasando por la ecología, me ha parecido interesante por las buenas ideas que encadena y su acción continua, a pesar que algunos personajes y situaciones tiran de tópicos.

En cualquier caso, una lectura rápida, que me ha hecho pasar un buen rato.

Me gustaría revisitar este mundo, y estos personajes, en formato novela larga.