I am not going out on any limb for any student of any kind, ever again. They can be abused, stalked, whatever, by other faculty and I will not stand up for them. The reason is that every person I have ever really stood up for, and sacrificed for (because the system does abuse you … More In which I have had it
90-100: good grammar, good content80: has the required length and has both content and a concept of grammar60: you appear to have read, and you are writing, but only a little and with many errors50: you appear to have read, but you are not able to write in a way someone who didn’t speak English … More Those cheating grades
They’re either dogeared, or I’m not going to read them, and if I can stand to get rid of them, they must go. Ghattas, Black waveHemingway, For whom the bell tollsLunn, Marxism & ModernismMudimbe, The surreptitious speechTatum, Assimilation blues—, Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? Axé.
All the effort we put in to tolerate where we were, to make life tolerable where we were, and to create a space where work could be done. It wasn’t possible to just ignore circumstances and do work, because we had to build a workspace. Axé.
Yes. Axé.
There is this article that has good, nay, essential bibliography, but I am looking for an article I read a few days ago. The post-Mexican era began recently, as NAFTA collapsed I believe, and I need to understand these things more. We are now in an entity that replaces the one called Mexico. One important … More Sobre la pos-mexicanidad
Paul, Mary, Joshua, and the question of power David, vicissitudes of relationship to / identification with The extreme suppression of self that “analysis” required The way in which the dictum that one should “feel one’s feelings” became psychic and almost literal murder-suicide Note: if you are asked to re-experience the feeling of being in the … More One of the last psychoanalytic posts – notes
As we know, the things I dislike about academic advice is that it always involves going faster and faster, to do more and more. Do this for 15 minutes! Then go on to do another thing for 15 minutes! Switch ever faster from one task to the next! Never polish anything to completion, just call … More Almost the last post on academic advice
Poniatowska on the earthquake, and more Marta Lamas García Manríquez on Mexican cultural institutions Karen Villeda César Aira (the literary conference novella is short enough) Bolaño, short things at least Alaíde Foppa And for research, The Counter-Revolution of 1776, this is absolutely epoch-making. …and I’d love to have Sergio Chejfec, and read more of him, … More Books and authors I want to remember to teach
I think I am over Reeducation. At least very close. I like my name Coldhearted Scientist but wonder whether I should get a new one for this phase. Axé.
