Incredibly, Friday is the ninth anniversary of the storm. Rising Tide, the bloggers’ conference that grew out of this, is on September 13 this year, which means I may be able to go. Will you be there too? I have to be back in Maringouin by evening, because I like Maringouin now and have something … More Katrina 9
“I’m so glad I’m fighting for my rights, singing glory Hallelujah, I’m so glad.” #OccupyHE Axé.
Jacques Lacan proposed as the axiom of the ethics of psychoanalysis: “Do not compromise your desire.” I am using this quotation for other purposes but you should follow the link and read the article, which has turned me into a Žižekite. It now being the 17th, I am six months un-depressed and I think I will … More Lacan, Žižek
…the atavistic Catholic-fascist ideas underpinning the Pinochet dictatorship, in conjunction with the forces of US neoliberalism, produced the norms that govern the world today. Study and quote. Axé.
At last I understand academic advice: it is not advice at all, it is a speech act undertaken to police the norms of academia. This phrase was invented by one of my reader-friends, who noticed that the Tenured Radical was upset today with Sarah Kendzior for speaking clearly, and not in the terribly indirect way … More On “policing the norms of academia”
This is alleged to be a picture rejected by Fox News, showing Louisiana National Guardsmen spreading salt on the roads by hand, due to the state’s lack of general preparedness and also funding. A friend wrote: Nobody says this in the reports I have seen so far, but it is blatantly obvious to me that … More Winter Storm Leon
Here is a State of the Union checklist I received from CREDO. Reject the Keystone XL pipeline. President Obama has said that action on climate change will be a centerpiece of his second term agenda. But he simply cannot make the necessary progress on climate changes as long as he allows tar sands production to expand. Sign … More The United States
My subunit does in fact use adjuncts. The people we hire as adjuncts are people we also hire as FTEs. They teach 5 courses for their FTE, and then 1-2 more as adjuncts. Another department’s chair points out that this amounts to discrimination against my discipline: lower division students in it have to have overworked … More On the adjunct situation
→I woke up and did not even have to talk myself into getting up, so I must be improving. I have had good dreams for two days. I still say I threw my life away. However, I am only teaching three classes and they are all interesting. →This blog gathered together some interesting old posts, … More Le samedi
We live in a corporate state and corporatism is always in danger of turning fascist. One of the signs, in my opinion, is what Heidegger called “an atmosphere of incisiveness”, i.e., the idea that we’ve got to “get out there” and “get our teeth into it” and “get the thing done”. Something important is lost … More Thomas
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