…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
People do not understand why I turned down both of the full scholarships I was offered to law schools in the 1990s. Judith explains: [A] law full scholarship means tuition only, and an obligation on top of that to do a part time research appointment (you do get a stipend but it’s minimum wage). The … More Validation and Invalidation
I used to have a recurring dream in which I called my mother from my office at Yale University, holding the phone in my right hand and the hand of my three year old in my left, to say I had been granted tenure and promotion and therefore, now having achieved at last the equivalent … More The Legal History Blog
I am still on strike. But Samia recommends Londa Schiebinger, Has Feminism Changed Science? She says: “Has Feminism Changed Science?” by Dr. Londa Schiebinger is a wonderful book that kinda changed my life. It covers the birth and life of the Western scientific establishment with a focus on female participation and the role of gender … More States of Our Fields: Open Thread
This article from the International Society for Computational Biology is really good and really worth discussing. Via 49%. She points to this article as well and it amazes me how different the advice is in both pieces from much of the anti procrastination advice given to people in the humanities, according to which we are … More Best Research Practices for Scientists — And I Am One
I dreamed last night that I had been scheduled for three surgical operations which were unnecessary. At the very last minute — I was already seeing attendants in surgical uniforms — it was revealed that the diagnoses had been someone else’s dream, and that I could opt out if I so chose. I opted out. … More Siegfried Kills Fafner. Sangre de Cristo Range.
Qui potest capere, capiat: this post is a bagatelle and footnote to various earlier posts, and I am on strike and will therefore not explain context. You will understand it if you have been in that conversation, or if you go through earlier posts to look for it. Those ladies who resembled my Reeducator kept … More Postscript on Those Ladies. Excursus on Vampires Who Seek Blood, or on Cannibals Who Seek Fresh Meat.
One of the ideas I found most disturbing in Reeducation was that one necessarily had a problematic situation and was a problematic person. The best one could do was creep along in life, try to improve in small ways, and show forbearance. It was hard to understand since I had an interesting job and a … More On Drudgery — A Prophylactic Post
I had an idea while I was sleeping. It went like this: The main way Reeducators and Reeducands catch their prey is by saying, “We know you think you are better than we are, but you aren’t. We know you think you are better than we are, but you aren’t. We know you think you … More “Elitist” Me. Response to That Whiteman, and to the Devil.
1. It took me about 24 hours to recover from a comment from a certain “Nice” White Lady [hereafter NWL]. I am irritated at this and also embarrassed about it. It is not how I want to spend my time. But that is how long it took to bounce back from the blow because this … More White Postscript, or, Toda Tu Rechingada Madre
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