The OWS movement does not need a leader, nor does it need a point by point agenda. The demand for specifics is an authoritarian ploy with the aim of framing the need for vast social change in narrow ways. The idea is to frame everything as demands that the powerful can’t or won’t meet. Such a framework makes … More Hattie
1. Just because I at one point worked where you went to graduate school, do not assume I have the same impression of it as you. To speak ill of people there is not a good way to initiate bonding with me, if bond you must, because these may be people I like. 2. Just … More Footnotes on advice to new faculty
Only I thought this film was interesting, conchaetumare. ¿El cornudo de tu viejo no te dijo…? Axé.
A brilliant memo by me: I am not competent to teach dance at the senior/MA level. Axé.
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At this point, we do not know whether the vandalism came from paid provocateurs or sincere anarchists. Looking back at my own failures, I would argue that the distinction does not make much difference. Whatever the source, the police and those for whom they work will use even the slightest deviation from a very visible … More Steve Weissman
How thin or thick do you think this proposal for a cure is? Axé.
Have you ever seen any Carlos Mayolo films? I just saw Carne de tu carne and was not impressed — I get the point, the bourgeoisie are vampires and their crimes have been covered, but the directly Freudian La mansión de Araucaima sounds more original and also funnier. What do you think — and have … More Carne de tu carne
A vignette for Historiann, obliquely related to her post One of the courses I am teaching now, I first taught when I was 21. Then it was a 5-hour course with 25 students, adequate administrative support, and cooperation among those teaching it. I was paid for 20 hours a week to do this, and between … More Some Arithmetic
This is it. Axé.
