When I first took a job in Louisiana, several white liberals in Berkeley, California, accused me of racism. “You must be truly racist if you can go there. It would be too racist for me.” These people, of course, had never been here. I had never seen them hanging with any nonwhite people in California, … More On Racism in Louisiana
New faculty blog about the eccentricities of old faculty, but I would also like to blog about their eccentricities. Many seem to want to be exotic. They are willing to be agressive, even belligerent, about it. We have a young man who wants to be not only the first gay person we ever hired, but … More New Faculty
Read the post from which this is excerpted, and the comments thread. It is very much like religion, really – it’s all up to her. All she has to do is be obedient, do things right, and she will SHINE. She just has to follow the rules, endure the “struggles,” and remain loyal and faithful, … More On Coercion
I As of today I am hiding in Mexico for two whole weeks. There are posts coming up, but they have been written ahead of time! Where I really wanted to be this summer, of course, was the Faroes first and Brazil second, and also several interesting places in the United States. But I am … More Des Voitures. Sobre los hombres y el feminismo.
I “Since racial discrimination and segregation are over in this country,” said Z/Cero sardonically, “we can go right back to court sanctioned segregation.” Read all about it. “This is a decision that the Court and the nation will come to regret,” said Stephen Breyer, still lucid despite sitting with the likes of Rehnquist, Scalia and … More Purification
Patriarchy is of course held together by a number of ideological state apparatuses. Churches and schools are obvious examples. My observations suggest to me that the following, “softer” instututions, even though apparently “feminist” or modifiable to feminist ends, often function as running dogs of patriarchy: 1. Academic departments of Women’s Studies: they are called this, … More Patriarchal Women IV: A Manifesto
The woman in PW II would like me to be more “emotional.” This means, I have learned, that I am not feeling the same set of emotions my interlocutor would like me to feel. I am against the current emphasis on emotion in our culture because it is not about emotion, but about politics. After … More Patriarchal Women III
I I wrote a page of my paper, and then I went to the store. I wrote another page, and then I took the rest of the day to write in my novel, which has no schedule and no publisher, and which would not count at work since I was not hired as a “creative … More La lentitude aujourd’hui
I Another book I would like to reread is Ishmael Reed’s Mumbo Jumbo. I think of it now because I have realized that academic writing is easier than blogging. I started blogging to jump-start academic writing, but their relationship seems to have reversed itself. This might be a sign of success. My scholarly texts would … More Jazz Poem, Voodoo Aesthetics
“Fighting that bears no fruit” is what Nezua dislikes about lo académico. It is the best concise diagnosis of the problem I have seen. It took me about five years of professordom to finally understand: these people want to complain and struggle, but they do not want to resolve problems. There is also the penchant … More “Fighting That Bears No Fruit”
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