I Most academic blogs appear to be by assistant professors, and many discuss in some detail the abusive behavior of senior faculty. I wish to emphasize that the behavior of many assistant professors is outrageous beyond belief. I made gaffes and I am sure you did, but mine, at least, are nothing like the outright … More Variations on a Theme, or, Repetition with a Difference
I In Reeducation, when I requested that we take a more realistic and less destructive approach, I pointed out with rhetorical intention that if we continued on our current path, I would need psychotropic drugs. I was finding it difficult to inflict as much pain upon myself as Reeducation required, and had I been capable … More Spa
…I just cannot stand alcoholic rants, or people who present convoluted reasons why I should manage them. I attempted to manage one some hours ago and I am well aware that I am throwing it right back, and that in that sense I am mimicking it. But I am outright allergic. These rants, and their … More Ello es que…
1. Here is one Norman Savage’s comment, written today, on a recent post here: Since Google cannot discern the wheat from the chaff, one of your pieces landed in my email alerts. I’m an old fuck, been around writing, reading and publishing for a very long time, but your piece, your writing, your bullshit, is … More All My Detractors
Have you seen all my glorious recent posts? Today I have been derailed and I feel as I often do after a day on campus — except that I have not been on campus. It had to do with arguing about whether or not I should negotiate. WHITEMAN TWO I said, I have realized that … More A Drinking Whiteman
Here again is the great and heroic Faubourg Tremé — the kind of place Jindal and Nagin, as well as the technically whiter suspects, have been doing their best to kill, and using hurricane recovery as an excuse. Meanwhile, here is the trailer for this same documentary. The trailer is much livelier than the exerpts … More Faubourg Tremé 4
One The most interesting e-mail I received today said: “Dear Professor Zero, Thank you so much for sharing your manuscript. I have read exhaustively on this subject and yours is one of the very most useful pieces. It is so surprising you have not yet been able to place it.” On this issue see paragraph … More Further Advice to New Faculty
I have had strong reactions recently to various posts on how to be an academic, and to one on leaving the “fast track” and finding fulfillment. I reacted to the latter post because it reflected the trajectory Reeducation thought appropriate for me, when my own nature is research oriented even though I was told throughout … More Reverberating Whitemen
See the latest strategies of discrimination. Street cleaners may not enter supermarkets to buy lunch, and a department store will not sell in cash but only to their (upscale) credit card holders. I like Chuto’s ironic tone. The piece starts, “Lamentamos interrumpir su verano de sol-arena-y-mar, pero es nuestro deber informar y prevenir. Llegan a … More Choledad Privada on Peru
Now I am in a post at Historiann’s, which is an honor. Historiann’s title for my post, part of her feminist series Lessons for Girls, is “Romance Is For Your Pleasure and Enjoyment.” I offer a revised and expanded version of it here. First I have an hors d’oeuvre: since 1986 men have been trying … More Lessons for Girls 16: Romance is for Fun. And: Hold On To Your Computer, House, and Car.
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