If the sound of my poor lyre were strong enough to trumpet my tastes above the cyclone’s rage, I would award a large prize to DISSENT the BLOG for this graphic: One might consider replacing “Cal State University Mission Viejo” with the name of one’s own institution. And in matters universitarian (observe my neologism), I … More Home of the Fighting Deconstructionists!
One of my far-flung friends has brought my attention to the existence of this evidently great novel, which I would like to read. Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh (Traditional Chinese: 水滸傳; Simplified Chinese: 水浒传; pinyin: Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Attributed to Shi Naian, whom … More Water Margin
Azgoddess likes Erzulie so we will post from the 2006 Festa de Iemanjá in Rio Vermelho, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, as Iemanjá is Erzulie. Iemanjá here has been incorporated in a male dancer but as you can see, she is still Iemanjá. I like this festival a great deal, and I used to live next to … More Dançando para Iemanjá
I. Whether or not it is true that the Internets are places wherein false identities are projected, I do not think this is the cause of blog wars. I think the blog wars are caused by the fact that people do in fact speak in their true voices, and that this makes them sensitive. This … More One Thousand Questions and a Question
The other spirit I have at my back is Ogum, who is among other things a blacksmith. And if there is one thing I do not like, it is invasion. I am very relaxed in most situations, but try to invade me and Ogum and I will smite you with all our might. Ogum is … More Ogum Wears Blue
New York Times – February 5, 2007 – Bob Hébert: The term “time warp” could have been coined for this rural town of 11,000 residents that sits beside, and just a little below, the Mississippi River. A remnant of the sugar-plantation era, the region’s racially troubled past is always here, seldom spoken about but inescapable, … More Gary Tyler II
New York Times, February 1, 2007 – Bob Hébert: On the afternoon of Oct. 7, 1974, a mob of 200 enraged whites, many of them students, closed in on a bus filled with black students that was trying to pull away from the local high school. The people in the mob were in a high-pitched … More Gary Tyler I
One of the two spirits I have at my back is Oxum, a river of sweet water. Why, oh why, do I write as I do? Curious readers, desperate ones even, demand to know. I have been asked this question before, and I have answered it extensively, explaining many aspects of my narratological art. Follow … More Oxum Wears Gold
As I learned to speak, I also learned to associate with ‘Anglo’ culture coldness, a strange and perverse taste for histrionics, unnecessary drama, and a rampant disrespect for other beings. At the same time I associated the other culture we had in evidence, a Mexican one, with warmth, expressiveness, respect, and poise. These are stereotypes. … More Iansan Wears Red
I once had a therapist who thought that because I was an academic, and could speak like one, I was necessarily dishonest about feelings. The ability to be precise, as a result of reflection based on feeling, was a bad thing, as it prevented this therapist from directing my feelings more completely. “Dishonesty,” as it … More On True and False Therapy
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