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Modern Love: Writing Workshop [ONLINE]
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale options are available in the drop-down menu. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal or Klarna at check out.
Instructor: Christa Westaway | 5-weeks | Mondays | January 12-February 9 | 7:00-9:00 PM ET | ONLINE
The ways we talk, think, and experience romantic love have changed over the course of our lifetime to include rapid communication through technology, parasocial relationships on social media, and making connections 24 hours a day using hand held devices. The language of contemporary dating includes terms like situationship, ghosting, breadcrumbing, red flags, and love bombing. We’ve embraced love at all ages and stages of life, non-traditional love and partnerships, and many people are choosing to remain happily single. This means that the way we read and write about love has changed, too.
Modern Love is a writing workshop in which we’ll pay close attention to the ways people write about connection, missed connections, and contemporary relationships, and what it might reveal about our shared humanity. We’ll read articles, short essays, and other texts that explore the concept of contemporary love and longing. Through readings, discussion, self-inquiry, and creative and reflective writing exercises, we’ll explore how we might embrace as well as reject aspects of both modern and traditional perspectives on love.
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SLIDING SCALE TUITION
Full tuition is the cost per-student of running the class. If you choose a tier below full tuition, you are receiving a discount. If you choose to make a donation in addition to full tuition, you are helping to cover the cost for students who are not able to pay the full amount.
The mid-level tier is a discounted rate for people whose household income is at or above living wage but who have limited discretionary income.
The low-level tier and the full-scholarship tier are for people whose household income is below living wage or who need extra assistance to meet their needs.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Through our fundraising efforts, we are able to offer three full scholarships per class. The full-scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering. Each student may only take one full-scholarship class at a time. Because our scholarship funding is limited, if a student selects multiple overlapping classes at the full-scholarship level, they will be disenrolled from all classes. Scholarships are not available for asynchronous enrollment.
All sliding-scale and scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
RECORDINGS
Recordings will be provided for asynchronous students. Enrolled students who miss class sessions may request to receive a maximum of two recordings to make-up missed sessions.
ASYNCHRONOUS ENROLLMENT
Classes are discussion-based and designed to be taken synchronously. However, we do offer an asynchronous enrollment option for most online classes if you need to follow along at your own pace. Recordings are only available to students who enroll to take the course asynchronously. We are not able to offer scholarships for asynchronous enrollment.
Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans, refund policy, and sick and inclement weather policy.
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale options are available in the drop-down menu. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal or Klarna at check out.
Instructor: Christa Westaway | 5-weeks | Mondays | January 12-February 9 | 7:00-9:00 PM ET | ONLINE
The ways we talk, think, and experience romantic love have changed over the course of our lifetime to include rapid communication through technology, parasocial relationships on social media, and making connections 24 hours a day using hand held devices. The language of contemporary dating includes terms like situationship, ghosting, breadcrumbing, red flags, and love bombing. We’ve embraced love at all ages and stages of life, non-traditional love and partnerships, and many people are choosing to remain happily single. This means that the way we read and write about love has changed, too.
Modern Love is a writing workshop in which we’ll pay close attention to the ways people write about connection, missed connections, and contemporary relationships, and what it might reveal about our shared humanity. We’ll read articles, short essays, and other texts that explore the concept of contemporary love and longing. Through readings, discussion, self-inquiry, and creative and reflective writing exercises, we’ll explore how we might embrace as well as reject aspects of both modern and traditional perspectives on love.
—
SLIDING SCALE TUITION
Full tuition is the cost per-student of running the class. If you choose a tier below full tuition, you are receiving a discount. If you choose to make a donation in addition to full tuition, you are helping to cover the cost for students who are not able to pay the full amount.
The mid-level tier is a discounted rate for people whose household income is at or above living wage but who have limited discretionary income.
The low-level tier and the full-scholarship tier are for people whose household income is below living wage or who need extra assistance to meet their needs.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Through our fundraising efforts, we are able to offer three full scholarships per class. The full-scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering. Each student may only take one full-scholarship class at a time. Because our scholarship funding is limited, if a student selects multiple overlapping classes at the full-scholarship level, they will be disenrolled from all classes. Scholarships are not available for asynchronous enrollment.
All sliding-scale and scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
RECORDINGS
Recordings will be provided for asynchronous students. Enrolled students who miss class sessions may request to receive a maximum of two recordings to make-up missed sessions.
ASYNCHRONOUS ENROLLMENT
Classes are discussion-based and designed to be taken synchronously. However, we do offer an asynchronous enrollment option for most online classes if you need to follow along at your own pace. Recordings are only available to students who enroll to take the course asynchronously. We are not able to offer scholarships for asynchronous enrollment.
Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans, refund policy, and sick and inclement weather policy.