I As of today I am hiding in Mexico for two whole weeks. There are posts coming up, but they have been written ahead of time! Where I really wanted to be this summer, of course, was the Faroes first and Brazil second, and also several interesting places in the United States. But I am … More Des Voitures. Sobre los hombres y el feminismo.
I University Diaries writes about the male humanities professor who has a single-minded focus on research and a talent for bureaucratic maneuvering, and hates teaching. That formula, except for those it works for, gives us the washed-up, frustrated, ineffectual professor one sees in many popular representations. Reading this, it struck me that these were precisely … More On Self-Servingness in Academia
I “Since racial discrimination and segregation are over in this country,” said Z/Cero sardonically, “we can go right back to court sanctioned segregation.” Read all about it. “This is a decision that the Court and the nation will come to regret,” said Stephen Breyer, still lucid despite sitting with the likes of Rehnquist, Scalia and … More Purification
Once upon a time I was sitting in a coffeehouse reading, as strands of conversation from another table wafted over to me. Under discussion was Israel’s right to exist. I was very young at the time and had not heard the phrase before. That is it, I said to myself. That is what I am … More Sonia Johnson
I En este comentario de blog reconocí una vez más, y algo más claramente, la falsedad de lo que aprendí en la famosa Reeducación, a saber: Cómo dejar de aceptarte a ti mismo y dejar de aceptar tu historia y tu vida; Cómo pensar como una persona deprimida; Cómo actuar como una persona deprimida; Cómo … More Desprogramarse
I I could easily blog for domestic workers by telling some of the rather colorful and horrible stories about their treatment and circumstances which I have witnessed personally. We could shiver and feel virtuous at these illustrations of the way in which gender trouble at one economic level is solved through the exploitation of women … More Being and Time
Patriarchy is of course held together by a number of ideological state apparatuses. Churches and schools are obvious examples. My observations suggest to me that the following, “softer” instututions, even though apparently “feminist” or modifiable to feminist ends, often function as running dogs of patriarchy: 1. Academic departments of Women’s Studies: they are called this, … More Patriarchal Women IV: A Manifesto
The woman in PW II would like me to be more “emotional.” This means, I have learned, that I am not feeling the same set of emotions my interlocutor would like me to feel. I am against the current emphasis on emotion in our culture because it is not about emotion, but about politics. After … More Patriarchal Women III
I. Hoy me dijeron unas cosas muy interesantes sobre la famosa Reeducación, a saber: Si los reeducadores no conocen a fondo, o no entienden bien las filosofías o teorías de las que te vienen citando meros sound bytes, y si tú llevas en serio lo que dicen y estás pensando o sabes pensar, los vas … More Sobre el alma
I I wrote a page of my paper, and then I went to the store. I wrote another page, and then I took the rest of the day to write in my novel, which has no schedule and no publisher, and which would not count at work since I was not hired as a “creative … More La lentitude aujourd’hui
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