Payne Banister
@PayneBanistertheater and performance studies phd student @ University of Pittsburgh. drag performer. nightlife enthusiast. delusional cat whisperer. Views are mine.
Similar User
@slmwalsh
@NotBeth_Bethany
@seanmbartley
@mialevens
@mariusjuin32
@MappingOutASky
me: *writes two paragraphs in two weeks* also me: *writes 2000 words in two hours*
Hey! I’m an organizer!
Me: I’m gonna casually watch I Saw the TV Glow with @Kiz_Lurtzman It looks ok but it might be just another one of those obscure artsy horror films. No real expectations Also me: so stressed yet hopeful. crying through half of it and then crying twice after getting home.
I think we need to put an embargo on the term “immersive theatre” for about two years until people can get their shit together and realize immersive doesn’t mean “in the round”
may i humbly suggest just getting rid of provosts altogether and redistributing their salaries to the faculty, grad students, and staff who actually do meaningful jobs?
when I asked my students yesterday what they thought about the announcement of our provost's departure, not one of them knew who our provost is, that we even have a provost, nor what a provost does. every university needs a required freshman course on "how a university works"
Finally some good bi-erasure
I heard a joke about research funding but I didn't get it
Nex, a nonbinary teenager, was reportedly beaten to death in a high school bathroom last week. This is horrifying, and comes as lawmakers are increasingly spreading fear over trans people in bathrooms.
Damn they literally use the term local girl as an insult on drag race now 😭😒
Nothing quite like logging onto a Zoom call with your advisor and rubbing your eyes before it begins only to remember that you just cooked with jalapeños. She joins the call and you’re blinking rapidly, hoping she won’t notice your eyes are burning red and you’re about to cry.
Disabled people 🤝 Fat people Being dogpiled by strangers online for simply suggesting "we should improve society somewhat"
Just got my new health insurance card (bottom) and compared it to the old one (top) that has remained the same for the previous 4 years. This is a clearer comparison than anything @PittGradStudies or any other Pitt admin office put out. It’s fucking violent
Imagine being "excited" about being tasked with cleaning up the Provost's office's mess after this year's huge health insurance loss. What the fuck is this tweet
Calling Pitt grad students! Exciting opportunity to be a Healthcare task force rep. 📢 Express interest by 9/25 Email Nike at committees.gpsg@pitt.edu w/: Your name & contact. Share why you're excited! Your skills & experiences. #HealthcareHeroes #PittGradLife #GetInvolved
Many students at Pitt who are hospitalized may hit their out-of-pocket maximum of $4,200 by the end of the academic year. That’s 21% of the minimum stipend for graduate workers — an unacceptable burden, students affected by the changes say. pittnews.com/article/182054…
Every labor day I see a “this labor day, thank a union organizer for the weekend, etc” tweet and fuck off with that. We don’t want thanks, we want help. If you like unions, you should organize one
Love to see the university investing what was probably thousands of dollars in pyrotechnics to celebrate their athletes when they could have just used the garbage fire that they created when they gutted the insurance of the grad students who teach their athletes 💀
I love you now. I am with you now. I'll do my best, moment to moment, not to betray you. Now. That’s it. No more. Don’t make me lie to you.
After learning that university administrators drastically changed our healthcare coverage without telling us, I could use a drink! Hopefully I’ll see some of my fellow Pitt Grad Workers next Wednesday at East End Brewing!
The surgery I need, that would have been $0, will now cost me $4,200. And you gave me barely two weeks notice, and hid it in an email with "Annual Stipend Increase" in the subject line. I reject your offer of a 4% stipend increase. Give back the plan you recruited me under.
this entire situation would be hilarious if i weren't so terrified about not being able to afford healthcare 🤡
United States Trends
- 1. Standard Time 14 B posts
- 2. Daylight Savings Time 9.614 posts
- 3. #CUTOSHI 9.108 posts
- 4. Cubs 36,4 B posts
- 5. Friday the 13th 144 B posts
- 6. Astros 27,2 B posts
- 7. Sydney Sweeney 22,1 B posts
- 8. Tucker 65,1 B posts
- 9. #TheAmazingDigitalCricus N/A
- 10. $PLUR 4.388 posts
- 11. Randy Moss 7.773 posts
- 12. CORY 47,8 B posts
- 13. Greg Hardy 1.188 posts
- 14. Bregman 9.350 posts
- 15. #JoyfullyRoku 1.276 posts
- 16. Gary Busey 1.087 posts
- 17. Luxembourg 34,3 B posts
- 18. Thomas Bryant 1.883 posts
- 19. Ryan Clark 1.786 posts
- 20. Cam Smith 7.609 posts
Something went wrong.
Something went wrong.