1. Katha Pollitt’s excellent article on battered women contains this sentence: That a woman might stay with her batterer because she pities him and wants to rescue him from his demons was a new insight for me. Actually, I have found that pity is the first step in the creation of any abusive relationship. As … More On Pity
I dedicate this May Day to the workers of course, to Janequin, to Flora, and to children. It is the weekend, and I am singing that our camping trip is tomorrow. I am so excited, I can hardly wait! Axé.
In Reeducation one was not supposed to have personal power. I have a lot of it and the only way to have less is to self destruct in some manner, so I tried. I did not understand then that a lot of people do not have personal power and want power over other people instead. … More Sur le pouvoir
Now, post festival, I am back in Maringouin. Thanks for coming with me to Lafayette! Wasn’t the drive home over U.S. 190 beautiful? The day after FIL ends is the first day of summer. We are splashing in the bayou now, before things get too hot and still. * Since I do not necessarily publish … More Shift
I Yesterday was John Muir’s birthday. It was very beautiful and in fact peaceful, but I had written this post days earlier. It said that in order to achieve the peaceful state corresponding to John Muir I would have to articulate a list of the usual trades and traits of people I find exhausting — … More John Muir
I am now starting to call Reeducation R. The R Bar on Royal Street in New Orleans — see their very own descriptions of the rooms they rent — is a true alkie bar with a lovely pressed tin roof. Since Reeducation seems to have been an addictive substance, I find it fitting to call … More Important Reeducated Misinformation
Whether or not it is the weekend, and I am singing that I will soon go camping. I have not been camping in about three years. On that occasion I went to a very different place than where I am going now. I had very little equipment, most of it borrowed. Now I am locating … More Camping List – Under Constant Revision
ELLE I think one of my students is on drugs. It is the only thing that would explain her erratic behavior and the mysterious reasons given for it. I recognize her behavior because I had mysterious problems too — mysterious because I did not understand them or their cause — as a result of my … More On Abuse and Addiction
Heresy In my experience the decorous things to say are that teaching is fun, writing is work, publishing is difficult, service is boring, and administration is oppressive. I was always warned to say I was not interested in teaching, because women who taught would never be taken seriously as researchers. In my actual experience it … More A Second Heretical Post, a Story, and a Question
1. Here is one Norman Savage’s comment, written today, on a recent post here: Since Google cannot discern the wheat from the chaff, one of your pieces landed in my email alerts. I’m an old fuck, been around writing, reading and publishing for a very long time, but your piece, your writing, your bullshit, is … More All My Detractors
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