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#but i dont like anything that turns writing into an institution and creates barriers for access
thelostboys87
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7 months
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the 'i want to do my masters in writing so i can teach writing at university level' to 'i'm starting to believe creative writing should not be a degree that you can get at all' pipeline
#not in a shaming individuals who have or plan to get writing degrees way. i mean im still considering it
#like from an academisation of writing pov....
#i dont think a writing degree should have the weight that it does with the barriers it creates
#the thing is my dream job/state of existence is things that would only be possible to keep me afloat
#if i did writing postgrad and go the right connections at the right time
#but i dont like anything that turns writing into an institution and creates barriers for access
#i dont think writers esp vulnerable writers should be taught that to get certain levels of access they need
#to put themselves through a system that is so sexist misogynistic homophobic transphobic racist ableist bigoted etc
#and that's if they can even GET in the programs in the first place
#i got offers for my dream MA two years in a row and the only thing that stopped me was costs
#and now if i apply again i wont be able to use my writing teachers as references because they have to have taught me in the last two years
#SO WHO TF DO I USE!!!!
#i think there needs to be more cultivation in spaces that study and share writing theory and create workshop and connections without
#the academic institution of it all
#idk im starting to be like what will a writing MFA give me except connections and access
#also i was wondering why im slower at writing short fiction than i was last year BITCH!! YOU WERE IN A CREATIVE WRITING CLASS
#you literally HAD to write stories so you might as well submit them!
#the only reason i have a pushcart nom and a writing grant is bc of the stories i had to write for that class
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