I always want to add "and Grandparenting" to your posts. The amount of care work that grandparents take on is often invisible and unacknowledged. I know that's not part of your personal experience (yet!) but much of what you write about is relevant to me as a Grandmother too.
I suppose I could use “caregiver” language instead of parent or mother. I believe it applies to anyone spending a great deal of time with children while also navigating minimal spoons!
Its difficult finding the right voice for the right audience, and knowing how much or how little to share; and I definitely don't know how to do that. If I ever get a clue, I'll pass it along.I I hope to read your personal essay one day, I've really enjoyed reading everything you've shared so far.
This is a really thoughtful piece. When I was learning qualitative research methodologies we would have called it a reflexivity statement- and it is the piece of the research process that I think makes qualitative research so much more powerful than quantitative research. Don't get me wrong, I've trained and worked with both qual and quantitative research, and both have their place- both give is a different lens to examine things- but quantitive research is subject to the same biases and jugement calls as qualitative research, yet quantitative researchers rarely (if ever) examine their beliefs and their decision making process; a hallmark of quantitive research is claiming it is objective after all.
As a fellow artist and mother disabled by chronic invisible illness(es), I saw the title of this post and was eager to read it. I want to be honest though, and tell you while I did really enjoy what you wrote, I feel like the background on intersectionality and the reflexivity kind of muddled your thoughts on the actual manifesto and your personal experiences that prompted you to pick and write those things. I truly hope you write more in the future. I struggle with feeling isolated/ lacking community I can relate to and with.
Thanks for the feedback. I agree, it did get muddled. Finding our voice is always a path of try and try again! So any feedback is always welcome. I’m excited about this topic and hope to share my personal essay one day. It’s always challenging to write for an audience without disclosing too much! If you have any suggestions on that please share:)
I always want to add "and Grandparenting" to your posts. The amount of care work that grandparents take on is often invisible and unacknowledged. I know that's not part of your personal experience (yet!) but much of what you write about is relevant to me as a Grandmother too.
I suppose I could use “caregiver” language instead of parent or mother. I believe it applies to anyone spending a great deal of time with children while also navigating minimal spoons!
Its difficult finding the right voice for the right audience, and knowing how much or how little to share; and I definitely don't know how to do that. If I ever get a clue, I'll pass it along.I I hope to read your personal essay one day, I've really enjoyed reading everything you've shared so far.
This is a really thoughtful piece. When I was learning qualitative research methodologies we would have called it a reflexivity statement- and it is the piece of the research process that I think makes qualitative research so much more powerful than quantitative research. Don't get me wrong, I've trained and worked with both qual and quantitative research, and both have their place- both give is a different lens to examine things- but quantitive research is subject to the same biases and jugement calls as qualitative research, yet quantitative researchers rarely (if ever) examine their beliefs and their decision making process; a hallmark of quantitive research is claiming it is objective after all.
As a fellow artist and mother disabled by chronic invisible illness(es), I saw the title of this post and was eager to read it. I want to be honest though, and tell you while I did really enjoy what you wrote, I feel like the background on intersectionality and the reflexivity kind of muddled your thoughts on the actual manifesto and your personal experiences that prompted you to pick and write those things. I truly hope you write more in the future. I struggle with feeling isolated/ lacking community I can relate to and with.
Thanks for the feedback. I agree, it did get muddled. Finding our voice is always a path of try and try again! So any feedback is always welcome. I’m excited about this topic and hope to share my personal essay one day. It’s always challenging to write for an audience without disclosing too much! If you have any suggestions on that please share:)