h.b. flyte

Day: October 30, 2022

  • My Unofficial Teaching Philosophy

    There was a video get-together for the launch of a fiction anthology that I have a story in. It was a little awkward for me since I didn’t know anyone, but someone asked me about teaching freshman composition and here’s my 3.5 minute response (Starts at 53:34 if the video link doesn’t work properly): This…

  • Cory Doctorow: How to Leave Dying Social Media Platforms

    That’s because the Benevolent Dictators can sometimes turn malignant. Some of the policies that Big Tech insists keep its users safe actually endanger those users’ lives. Source: How to Leave Dying Social Media Platforms This is one of the articles that started me on my way to reclaiming a space online just for me.

  • The Chaos Machine, by Max Fisher

  • Welcome

    My name is Heather Flyte and I am a writer and PhD student in English. Currently I am a teaching fellow at Lehigh University and I’m currently (finally) reading for my comprehensive exams. I’m pulling back from posting my thoughts, images, etc. on various social media sites and hope to make this the home to…

  • Social Media Exile

    I don’t think social media is really all that healthy. I’ve been positive in dealing my own rhetoric, especially in class. I’ve tried to discuss its functions conceptually, that there are benefits if you curate well and hypervigilant, but the labor costs outweigh the benefit. I have been mindful of how I feel when I’m…