OccupyMLA Tweets Leave Plan of Action Unclear

Here is a sample of what people are talking about on the OccupyMLA Twitter feed, which includes serious commentary, calls for action, trivial banter, ramblings, and laments that the plan to occupy the annual convention may be a lost cause.

“In debt & vulnerable to the whims of advisors and programs, for grad students ‘support’ is a euphemism for exploit!”

“Our connection to Occupy shall be in our voice of critique and in our occupation!”

“So now I have my occupy overalls (don’t judge me — literally the comfiest clothes I own) and my interview suit.”

“Show of hands ... who’s still grading in bed??? We are! More coffee! We are not contingent! Resolve! Our eyes are going to fall out.”

“My gf is way into social-psych recently. She says: All academia is just a middle-school cafeteria. Tenured control the Cool Table.”

“Return to your grading and stop using the account for your rambling.”

“The low response rate, our own lack of funds to travel to the conference, recent events in our personal lives suggest cutting losses”

“Over the past several days, we have been debating via bc my proposal to call off the physical occupation of #mla12"

“For those of you who tweet ‘I knew it,’ I commend your lack of confidence in our abilities as much more accurate, apparently.”

“Our occupation then shall be parallel to our employment, liminal. Uncertain of details, though clearly Twitter will cont. to play a part”