A photo essay that contains tweets made by college students / addressed to college students on the theme of Energy Vulnerability (through Electricity/Utility Bills based narrative) with a focus on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cite as: Bhagwat, A. "Tweets: College Students, Energy Vulnerability, & COVID-19," in Spring2020 Lab, The Energy Vulnerability Project, Platform for Experimental and Collaborative Ethnography. (Original June 15 2020).
Tomorrow, bills are due. They do not stop for anyone.
College students who were claimed as dependents were not included as recipients to the stimulus package. Without being claimed as dependants, college students could not apply for FAFSA (financial aid). There seemed to be confusion over the eligibility of college students who worked part-time jobs.
Many college students turned to Twitter Philanthropist Bill Pulte (Billionaire Real Estate Developer), Jeffrey Star (Reality Star), Fredrick Joseph (Author, who raised $300,000 in a #RentRelief campaign) to seek financial help.
There was a difference in opinion over the inclusion of college students in relief/stimulus packages among older demographics of the population. Their opinion was to not include college students in state-sponsored financial incentives for COVID-19, whereas college students were quick to present their case and argue for their inclusion.
In KDs tweet, a reply to @TBold14 is displayed. @TBold14 tweeted that if people can't live without income for 8 weeks due to the stay-at-home orders, then they need to acquire financial literacy. To this KD says that @TBold14 does not know what it feels like to come from nothing.
In the second tweet, R Virginia says that if Venezuela, a country which is in a much more difficult financial situation than the United States, can afford to cancel utility and service payments then why not the United States?
College Students have to hustle in America.
Atharva Bhagwat and Briana Leone. 15 June 2020, "Tweets: College Students, Energy Vulnerability, & COVID-19", The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 26 June 2020, accessed 5 May 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/tweets-college-students-energy-vulnerability-covid-19