Les nouveautés

I had this strange sensation Thursday night, of safety. I am not one of those who fear places, but I never felt safe in this town … which is a reason why I have poor concentration. And suddenly I had this feeling come over me. Friday I filled out my annual report. Now I will … More Les nouveautés

Sobre Chile

…the atavistic Catholic-fascist ideas underpinning the Pinochet dictatorship, in conjunction with the forces of US neoliberalism, produced the norms that govern the world today. Study and quote. Axé.

De la vitesse

Here is further academic counteradvice: the reason I dislike academic advice is that it is about speed, about how to wring more out of the day and out of yourself. I just spent about three hours revising someone’s M.A. reading list, formatting it, sending it off, finding their question (I had written it, but could … More De la vitesse

Afsnit elleve

The conformism which has dwelt within social democracy from the very beginning rests not merely on its political tactics, but also on its economic conceptions. It is a fundamental cause of the later collapse. There is nothing which has corrupted the German working-class so much as the opinion that they were swimming with the tide. … More Afsnit elleve

Le café

When I was in high school I had a mild eating disorder but I could not maintain it in college. I worried about it though, thought I should get it back, felt that without it I was falling down on my job in some way. In graduate school I became yet more concerned about not … More Le café

mardi

That overwhelmed feeling. You have to take control even if according to the authorities you should drift, as well as permit engulfment. That isolated feeling. The only answer is to create an R1 bubble around oneself and live in it. This takes some effort. I am addicted to this song, House of Stone. The adjuncts are … More mardi