When My PhD Became Real: Belonging, Hypervisibility and Asymmetrical Accountability in Higher Education
I have struggled over the past few days to articulate why the events surrounding Jason Arday have affected me so profoundly.
Dr Abbie Muchecheti
Black. Disabled. Woman. I write about visibility, exclusion, and reclaiming space through story. These are the truths institutions avoid—told through my eyes.
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When Does Representation Become Instrumentalisation?
Jason Arday, Cambridge and the Politics of Institutional Representation
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Individualised Whiteness and Collectivised Blackness
May Jason Arday’s Story Be Bigger Than the Way It Ended
I have been trying to find the right words to write about Jason Arday, and perhaps the truth is that I cannot.
Jason Arday and the Human Cost of Academic Spectacle
I learned that Jason Arday had died at the age of 41 after spending several days watching the controversy surrounding him unfold with increasing discomfort.
When One Black Scholar Becomes Every Black Scholar
The controversy surrounding Jason Arday has raised legitimate questions that should be investigated properly and fairly.
Beyond the Slogan
Rethinking “Africans Sold Africans”
When Femicide Becomes a Headline, We Have Already Failed
The recent death of a Zimbabwean woman in the United Kingdom has shaken many people, particularly within the Zimbabwean community.
The Grammar of White Supremacy
Reading a Racist Rant as Colonial Text
America at 250
Freedom for Whom?