The Heartbreak of Unfolding Awareness
NOTE: Apparently I was incorrect, which I hate because it makes me look like an idiot, but I also love because it means I could possibly still be considered for this fellowship!!! I seem to have mistakenly conflated Princeton with Columbia and other Ivy League schools who seem to have capitulated to the administration. Oopsie! LOL I might completely REDO the post below, but at the very least wanted to post this admission of recognition that I was wrong! But not wanting to delete the post, as there's still a bunch of good stuff in there. Stay tuned. ------------------------------------- As a country, we are officially in a new normal. Perhaps that has been the case for a while now, and maybe it’s just only now truly starting to sink in for me individually. But, today, my heart broke. It didn’t break for our country, democracy, or the constitution — as I believe these things are still mildly salvageable if we can work hard, come together, and take the country back from those who wis...
