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Portrait of Professor Susan McWilliams Barndt

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November 7, 2024 11:10 pmNovember 8, 2024 12:56 pm

‘The Day After’: Talk discusses the 2024 Trump win

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On Nov. 6, the Pomona College community gathered at Frank Dining Hall for politics professor Susan McWilliams Barndt’s talk, “The 2024 Election: The Day After.” McWilliams reflected on Donald Trump’s win and its implications, stating that Kamala Harris’ campaign failed to address voters’ everyday struggles amidst economic precarity.

A girl in red boots sits in a hospital bed with an IV drip attached to her arm.

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March 6, 2020 12:14 am

Read it and weep: The paradox of illness narratives

By Nina Potischman 4491 Views Autoimmune Disease, Chronic Illness, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, College, Disability Illness and Difference Alliance, Hospitalization, Humanity, Illness, Mental Illness, Metaphor, Sarah Manguso, Suffering, Suicide, The Two Kinds of Decay, Writing

Nina Potischman PO ’21 critiques Sarah Manguso’s “The Two Kinds of Decay” and the need to extract meaning from experiences of chronic illness.

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