Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Isis the Scientist
08/07/2009
A fabulous post on the limits and pitfalls of “civil discourse.” Via Historiann. Axé.
Category: Movement
On Wage Slavery. On Early Republican Baltimore. Several Things Academics Should Realize. Mario Vargas Llosa.
22/06/2009
I am on strike, so we will read this important book review, brought to my attention by my Facebook Friend, Mike. It is a good review of a book which is obviously good for my research, both academic and artistic, and even better for Clio Bluestocking’s research, as it concerns slavery and wage slavery in … More On Wage Slavery. On Early Republican Baltimore. Several Things Academics Should Realize. Mario Vargas Llosa.
Let’s Talk About Sex … and the Levees
19/06/2009
…so as to drive up my hit count while I am on strike. We are going to talk about sex but it is also Juneteenth, in celebration of which I am Twittering about one of my ancestral homes. As one of the anthropologists studying it says, “It wasn’t a romantic, nice place to live. . … More Let’s Talk About Sex … and the Levees
Regarding the Situation in the Peruvian Amazon
17/06/2009
I am still on strike, but this petition being circulated through LASA contains very good background information on the matter. It is a pronouncement to the international community, the Peruvian State, and the people of Peru, and it has been composed by a committee of important and thoughtful Peruvians and Peruvianists. Read it, it’s smart. … More Regarding the Situation in the Peruvian Amazon
Sign the Petition to Bobby
27/05/2009
I am still on strike. I wrote this for love, not for money. “You were a ‘young Turk’ when you arrived here, but you are no longer,” noted my friend. I think I know what ze means — from my own perspective, at least. I used to know I should protect research time by only … More Sign the Petition to Bobby
Strike Aid!
25/05/2009
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!
Strike!
21/05/2009
This blog is on strike due to non payment of one of its advertisers. It will remain on strike until such time as payment is made. You wouldn’t know it some days, but I am in fact a working man. It will not be Friday, Oxalá’s day, it will not be the weekend, and we … More Strike!
On Reeducation and Interrogation/Torture
19/05/2009
So I had a conversation about SEX — yes, SEX — with an old friend and I do mean from a very long time ago. He is now a major libertine. As I told him once I got a word in edgewise, he was out of line to be pressing this information upon me. Still, … More On Reeducation and Interrogation/Torture
Dick Cheney
16/05/2009
Read this closely, including the comments. It is important to watch Cheney and then figure out what to do. I am particularly startled by this comment: Cheney, whatever he may say, wants to be president. He figures that no one else will want to run against Obama and that he will have the full support … More Dick Cheney
In Which Mary Ann Sternberg Correctly Exhorts Us To Help Save LSU Press
13/05/2009
[She asks:] Did you know that the LSU administration has listed LSU Press as a unit targeted for deep budget cuts or perhaps even closure? Here is the important paragraph, from p. 12 of the budget draft: Cut general fund support to academic support units This cut will require certain academic support entities to implement … More In Which Mary Ann Sternberg Correctly Exhorts Us To Help Save LSU Press
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