In my graduate department was a Bright Student who had, furthermore, an excellent situation since she was married to a Nurse. She therefore had no financial worries, roommate worries, or dating worries, and her situation was slated to continue indefinitely: this Nurse, being a Nurse, was in a position to move, when she got an … More On Hiring Women
For this momentuous day, remember that the activities of Chiquita Brands are also an emergency! Immigration Orange says, please boycott Chiquita, and blog about its activities. What follows is quoted from him. CITIZENS FOR BOYCOTTING CHIQUITA Join the Facebook Group and the MySpace Group. “It is time to boycott Chiquita Brands International, Inc. I covered … More Keep Blogging Chiquita – and Boycott!
Bueno, gente, I want to start this meme while it is hot even though I, personally, will have to come back later to do a really good job at it, as it will take some thought. But the meme is, a) what are you actually ashamed of, and b) what have you been shamed for? … More Self-Tagging Shame Meme
I What I am about to propose is considered incomprehensibly unfeminine. If I implement it I may see my enrollments decline and the quality of my student evaluations sink. But what I would like to do in all my classes is get up and lecture, assign a midterm, a paper, and a final, and leave … More Some Students
I am going to Leyla’s wedding tonight, to a boy I do not trust and on whom she has already spent her savings. She is still working as a supermarket checker. She was an honored and beribboned graduate of our department and I am more than sure that it is for reasons of race and … More Roads to Perfection II
Some important items to consider this evening are: 1. My feelings of frustrated desperation. I have taught this novel three times with increasingly brilliant handouts. The last time I taught it the handouts were truly stellar, and a great deal of scholarly reading went into creating them. I start teaching the novel again tomorrow and … More Louisiana News Tonight
Sometimes I go to New Orleans but avoid seeing my friends who work at Tulane University. This can be embarrassing if I run into them on the street and they say, but why did you not call me, why are you not staying with me, because the truthful answer would be the uncharitable and incomprehensible … More New Orleans Noir
It is the weekend, so we shall sing. These are the Novos Baianos on Samba da minha terra, a very old song by Dorival Caymmi. Recommended weekend reading includes two posts by Rebel Girl, on Rubén Salazar and on Labor Day. Axé.
Please read Automatic Preference on the Jena 6 situation. Highlights inlude: White students hung three hangman’s nooses from a tree near Jena High School, immediately after Black students received permission to sit under that tree. A fire at Jena High School, arson suspected, no arrests. White-initiated fistfight, no serious injuries resulted: white student charged with … More Mychal Bell
There are many more videos, all different and each as interesting as this, at Voices from the Gulf. Axé.
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