I have now been un-depressed for over three months and the way to become un-depressed is to resist oppression. I am not entirely there yet: it took all Sunday to submit an article and all of today to work on my vita, a project with which I am still not finished; these were in fact … More Into month four
A question that was within view then: would Independence be taken to imply freedom? Axé.
Now I will be in Chicago May 21-24, and maybe a little more. Where shall we go out? Katerina’s The Checkerboard Where do you go, and what wonderful classical concerts will there be? Axé.
A local radio station is attempting to instill pride of place in children. Announcer: Have you ever had to go somewhere else and missed home? Children: Yes. We went to Georgia once and it was so strange. The coffee was not the same brand as we have in Louisiana, and it was very hard to … More Provincialism, an aspect of exceptionalism
De la musique, pour le weekend! Axé.
My student gave an excellent presentation on Frida Kahlo and decoloniality, with a stellar explanation of Mignolo’s ideas. What the audience said: Student A: We are all becoming small versions of Professor Zero. Student B: Somos los hijos de la Z. Z: Ay, qué horror. Students: No es un horror, es bueno. #OccupyHE. Axé.
Actually heard: We cannot hire because anyone qualified would not come here unless they had severe emotional problems. #OccupyHE. Axé.
We are to see this. I have seen Muscle Shoals and Twelve Years a Slave and preferred the former, which makes me a lightweight. Axé.
1932. Axé.
I have not seen Twelve Years a Slave yet, but I am substituting it. Axé.
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