Category: Reflection
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Talking from 9 to 5 (pt. 3)
Tannen’s (1994) third chapter in Talking from 9 to 5: Men and Women at Work did not make me nearly as bristly as chapter two because she presented a nuanced look at the pros and cons of directness and indirectness and their use with both men and women. Thus, I had to think harder about…
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Talking from 9 to 5 (pt. 2)
D. Tannen’s (1994) second chapter in Talking from 9 to 5: Men and Women at Work left me feeling bristly. Communication norms I saw my mom navigate in the 1990s in her office seemed just plain stupid to me. For instance, Tannen mentioned the complaint sessions women feel it is normal to engage in that…
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Talking from 9 to 5 (pt. 1)
D. Tannen’s (1994) book Talking from 9 to 5: Men and Women at Work addressed a time that preceded a major shift in how we communicate. When this book was published in 1994, we had cell phones, but not in the ubiquitous way we do now, nor did most people have in-home internet. Because information…
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Wellness vs. Illness
At the end of every semester, whether I was teaching or learning, I’ve developed depression and a stress rash, and sometimes a seized-up back. I recall laying on the floor at Christmas because it hurt to move. Not only does illness related to the hard stop at the end of a semester destress me, it…
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What the heck is the “green zone”?
Recently, I was interpreting for a speaker who talked about having different elements of life cared for in such a way that relationships with other people would improve. Interestingly, they said that if you have all these elements in order, you would be in the “green zone.” I froze! My instinct was to use the…
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Working Together in Love
“They are people who take and hold a generous and neighborly view of self-preservation; they do not believe that they can survive and flourish by the rule of dog eat dog . . . They know that work ought to be necessary; it ought to be good; it ought to be satisfying and dignifying to…
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Volunteering & Collectivist Communities
Come Monday morning, would we look back and say we “did” anything that weekend, anything relaxing or fun?
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Deaf World: essay reflection
This is the tenth post in series of reflections on essays from the book Deaf World, edited by Lois Bragg. All essays in this text are by d/Deaf authors, meaning it is both a primary resource and, thanks to the scope of essays, a historical reader. The essay “What Happens When Languages Come in Contact” by…
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Deaf World: essay reflection
This is the ninth in a series of reflections on essays from the book Deaf World, edited by Lois Bragg. All essays in this text are by d/Deaf authors, meaning it is both a primary resource, and thanks to the scope of essays, a historical reader. The next essay I read was an excerpt of…
Melanie Page 