Marilyn Young has had a very interesting career. In her essay in Working It Out (213-227), you can see that she thought of herself as a professional historian far sooner in life than I or most people I knew in graduate school in the eighties did. I do not really know why this is or … More Working It Out: Marilyn Young
This took place in my pre-Katrina neighborhood, y’all. I do find some things insipid in comparison to it, yes. Axé.
I have a Flax dress (a 2008 dress, sort of a cross between the bias slip dress and the sunshine dress) and the head painter informs me it is too sheer. It scared the carpenter, who is afraid to look at me now, and who informed the head painter that this dress could be detrimental … More A Serious Question on (a) Dress
Pamela Daniels’ piece, like many others in the book of which it is a part focuses on the effects of internalized gender roles and broad societal pressures which, together, have particular, constraining, and often unseen (or difficult to discern) influence on the attitudes of women toward themselves as workers and thus, their work. Several pieces … More “Not Proprietors, but Guests (In My Inner World)” […A Psychoanalytic Love Song]
Axé.
The real scandal around the endowment by the Koch brothers of two chairs at Florida State University is that state universities now have to seek such outside money and accept strings. The reason they have to do so is that many state legislatures have chosen not to have state universities any more. At many ‘state … More Juan Cole
Graduation was this weekend and meetings about next year start tomorrow. Since next year starts tomorrow, we will remember to write our own job descriptions and not volunteer. I have of course just agreed to chair a really onerous committee for the next two years, so I am not qualified to speak on this matter … More Next Year Starts Now
A nadie le importa Milton Wolff ni el Morganza Spillway, cosa que me extraña a mí — que si fuera esto un huracán me estarían mirando todos. But if you would like, you can watch the whole town of Butte LaRose go down right here. Meanwhile, in graduate school and beyond we were constantly having … More On Seriousness
There’s a flood warning in Maringouin, y’all. The Morganza Spillway is being opened, because the levees cannot hold. I do miss my home on Dumaine Street, and everything there is to miss about life before the storm. Axé.
Personne n’a répondu à mon article brillant sur Milton Wolff, donc je me tais; c’est-à-dire que je fais grève. Je suis devenue Julianne de Norwich†, dont la fête est aujourd’hui dans l’église universelle; je ne vous en raconterai rien. Je fais en même temps une fête parallèle pour le vendredi 13, car je suis aussi démon; … More Julian of Norwich
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