This did not work as planned. What a start. So from the beginning. Over the summer I wanted to catch up on everything, be ahead of my preparations for the next semester, and regularly update this blog. But then I got stuck in a Writer’s Block. This affected both, the blog and the final paper […]

It has been years since I have been active on this blog, for a variety of reasons. Initially, I wanted to keep it as a diary to accompany me throughout my graduate studies. But then the reality of grad school and being an immigrant in a foreign country on a different continent hit me with full […]

Wow, so much has been going on I don’t know where to start. Gender reveal! No, I am not pregnant. On the contrary, this title is not about a potential baby but about me. I’ve been listening to myself a lot lately, reflected on my feelings and behaviour both in the present and in the […]

On January 14, 2021 I handed in my last two grad school applications. The whole process of applying to grad schools was time consuming and nerve wrecking and I feel like I aged at least 3 years in that time. But some aspects about it have been very nice: I could engage a lot in […]

Aaaaaand it’s done! The last lecture of our lecture series was held. The PhilosopHER* lecture series was organised by the anti-discrimination working group, which consists of 4 students (me included) from philosophy and cultural sciences. It was supposed to be an introduction to feminist philosophy, an area incredibly underrepresented at our philosophy department. At the […]

On the one level, double consciousness is just seeing oneself through two different perspectives, as he talked about African-Americans seeing themselves always knowing how white racists would see and interpret their actions, their dress, the color of their car, whatever, on the one hand. But also knowing, having access to their own perspective, their community […]