This is very good. H/T Hattie. As a side note, it alludes to one of my main themes: the fallacious idea that it is more healthy and “natural” (or “genuine”) for women to be irrational than for us to be logical. As we know, that idea is central in Reeducation. Axé.
Where I wanted to be was at the Lima Film Festival, a truly good thing, but so did everyone else. I could not get in, I was too late in trying to buy my ticket, so I went and got my bangs trimmed. Manicurist: Do you want a manicure? Professor Zero: No, thank you, not … More An Authoritarian Conversation
I saw in Sunday’s La República that the Archbishop of Cuzco is canceling the lease the traditional and beautiful Café Allyu, on the Plaza de Armas, has held for decades, so as to lease the space to Starbuck’s. This will of course hurt a high quality Peruvian small business in favor of a mediocre transnational … More Complete Boycott of Starbuck’s and the Catholic Church
Everyone knows not to be in Lima in winter, because of the weather. I would add to this that if you are traveling (as opposed to renting your own apartment), not to be in Miraflores in the month of July because it is inundated with “backpackers” and other people you left Europe and the United … More Your Travel Guide Speaks
I have had a version of this conversation several times in the past month. Whiteman, with or without education: Public higher education in the United States is free. Professor Zero: It is not. WM: You are wrong. The United States is a rich country and the definition of public education is that it is free. … More Sobre el sexismo en la vida cotidiana
Gonzalo Portocarrero (among others) says we should look at racism in daily life. The other day we went to a rather fancy lunch at RUSTICA and I noticed that many employees – many more than in most restaurants – were Afro-Peruvian. It had to be intentional. Given the atmosphere the restaurant creates I decided this … More Sobre el racismo en la vida cotidiana
Sara Beatriz Guardia gave an interesting talk the other night at the Café Bar Sancho Panza (Grau 209A, Barranco) – a locale I recommend, by the way. The talk on 19th century women writers Clorinda Matto and Mercedes Cabello, focused on the hatred and intolerance Lima society showed these authors. Guardia has written a paper … More Sara Beatriz Guardia
Whiteman: How long has it been since you were last here? Professor Zero: Nine years. WM: Do you find it has changed? PZ: Not greatly. It is different from the early eighties when I first came, and from the mid eighties when the Shining Path activity was intense, but I noticed those changes already in … More Dat Whiteman
PZ: Because this delivery van keeps breaking down, I am not making my deliveries on time. The mechanic recommends repairing the engine, and I have money in my budget to do so. I have arranged to borrow another delivery van while mine is being repaired. I request that you sign this purchase requisition so that … More Esperpento
Here is some good information about dealing with workplace bullies. Follow the links. This is the serious and truly useful part of this post. Now we move on to true frivolity, for hair has been flatironed. Yes, flatironed. I always thought it was a genetic characteristic of some Louisiana women to have this very straight … More Flat Iron
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