This is International Women’s Day. I am in the office under a blizzard of paperwork. I refer readers to Twisty, Sylvia, Nezua, and Le Colonel Chabert, and to my very own posting of Rimarah Hare, who dances. Additional recommended reading is Ruth Rosen, The Care Crisis, and Pamela Colloff, The Beating of Billy Rae Johnson, … More Día Internacional de la Mujer
I showed the film Juchitán Queer Paradise today and, as it turned out, shocked the audience. It seems that although they know gay people and some are gay themselves, this was the first time they saw people talking about it openly. The film is lively and fascinating. I liked it especially because it is so … More Juchitán, Queer Paradise
The Bohemian brings to our attention this marvelous news item, in which we meet a Shetland Pony who would like to be a Labrador Retriever. The pony lives at an animal shelter and I would seriously consider adopting him if he were not so far away. Axé.
Nick Cave’s entire lecture The Secret Life of the Love Song is available on line in full text. Everyone should read it, as it is a classic. Normally I would post some actual music of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds with this announcement, but I only like Nick Cave as a spoken word artist. … More Secret Life of the Love Song
I have very elaborate dreams and I had one of my most academically successful ones the morning of my first Ph.D. exam. It was in the adventure quest genre. At the very end I was able to snatch the golden key from the beak of the eagle. I woke up knowing I would write a … More Academic Dreams
Since the lunar eclipse I have been busy helping to tend a Cone 10 Reduction Fire. These are always dramatic. Now it is over, and the pieces fired have gone vitreous. This is a good thing. The glazes, however, do not all look as expected. We may not have directed the drafts correctly in the … More Reduction Fire
These are David Byrne and the Talking Heads. This musical selection has been inspired by the general situation and Momo’s Byrne post. Reading for today is the Feminist Reprise, Joanna Russ on Marriage and Capitalism. Axé.
Julian, who identifies himself as a white, gay, Jewish man, posted a comment at The Primary Contradiction which could stand as a post of its own, so I am making it one. It is about selves, identities, categories, and power, and it is worth reading and thinking about. I have bolded the sentences and phrases … More On the Self-Determined Life
Our featured post for this evening is Lumpenprofessoriat’s Academic Love. It is of course right up my alley since it discusses the vicissitudes to which interdisciplinary programs are subjected, in the context of “academic rigor and standards” – principles to which we subscribe, but which are often ignored when they ought not to be, and … More Unchain My Heart
Dancing in the classical Egyptian style. Axé.
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