Strike Aid!

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!

Greta Garbo

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

Response to E: On Having Three or Four Degrees From UC-Berkeley

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

The Moscow Rules

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

On Pity

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