Thanks to Undine, we have a way for everyone to help with my strike: click on the links to my Blog Supporters! This will help remind my advertisers that I do have readers. I need the revenue because I work at a public university in Bobby Jindal’s state. In gratitude I will post some notes … More Strike Aid!
I finally tried Twitter, and I found it distasteful. Other technologies and software I dislike include: + television + point and shoot digital cameras + cell phones + Blackboard + WebCT + Moodle + Twitter + Blogger + chat/talk + text messages + instant messages + iPods. But I am literally repulsed by Twitter, which … More Greta Garbo
1. E’s original supposition was that I do not appreciate our great state enough, because I am “a snob from California” [sic] who looks down on Louisiana because it is not moneyed enough for me. I pointed out that I am a state worker, not a tourist, that I have been a state worker here … More Response to E: On Having Three or Four Degrees From UC-Berkeley
That, I do believe, is the title of a Cajun waltz. I, too, departed for Texas and spent three days in an area of which I had until recently had no awareness. There I witnessed and participated in more wonders than I can recount. In one mode I was Professor Zero, Girl Detective, walking into … More Je Suis Partie au Texas
As seen at Clio Bluestocking, The Moscow Rules: 1. Assume nothing 2. Never go against your gut 3. Everyone is potentially under opposition control 4. Don’t look back; you are never completely alone 5. Go with the flow, blend in 6. Vary your pattern and stay within your cover 7. Lull them into a sense … More The Moscow Rules
Read this article and its links. Axé.
1. Katha Pollitt’s excellent article on battered women contains this sentence: That a woman might stay with her batterer because she pities him and wants to rescue him from his demons was a new insight for me. Actually, I have found that pity is the first step in the creation of any abusive relationship. As … More On Pity
We now continue our May Day activities this really brilliant video with Eve Ensler. Watch it through to the very end and you will be truly glad. It comes from this very interesting site, TED.com — a bank of talks containing “ideas worth spreading.” Axé.
I dedicate this May Day to the workers of course, to Janequin, to Flora, and to children. It is the weekend, and I am singing that our camping trip is tomorrow. I am so excited, I can hardly wait! Axé.
In Reeducation one was not supposed to have personal power. I have a lot of it and the only way to have less is to self destruct in some manner, so I tried. I did not understand then that a lot of people do not have personal power and want power over other people instead. … More Sur le pouvoir
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