Throughout Watershed’s history, the Collective has offered recommendations. What is a better time to dig into some critical theory than during the COVID-19 pandemic and all classes moving online? Whether you’re looking for a theoretical lens for your seminar paper, texts to add to your reading lists, or a conversation starter, Watershed has you covered. Photo: Princeton University Press Theory texts we read last year and recommend: Reality Bites: Rhetoric and the Circulation

Back in September 2017, my first semester of teaching first-year writing, I wrote a piece about phlebotomy and its queer intimacy. As I write this essay, I have a little more teaching experience under my belt. And unsurprisingly, while I teach I am still thinking about blood draws. My pedagogical habits of mind have been fundamentally shaped by my tenure as a phlebotomist. My attention tracks others’ emotions, particularly when they are uncomfortable, afraid, or guarded. And