I don’t have time to write the post now but I was thinking earlier about Reeducation. I understood from my mother I should marry for food, and accept abuse in exchange for food. I did not do that but I realized today I can be made to accept that kind of relationship with work, and … More New Planctus
You should really know this site. They have everything: a hijacked journal tracker, retractions by Nobel Prize winners, and much more. You also should know this article against the use of AI for writing, it is important and very intelligent. Axé.
This is actually quite good. I don’t feel the authority or focus to write, I want to to hide and heal, but what if I can meditate for some minutes and do that, and writing is a sanctuary that rebuilds the self? My relationship with the world. I don’t really deserve to be recognized or … More Writing resistance August 20
Book description: here is where to talk about the other translations. Gabás paper: I could perhaps use Gabilondo’s work on post-imperial Spain as some kind of counterpoint. I need to talk to Rasmussen if I’m going to make this change in the Louisiana conference schedule. And: LASA proposals are due September 9! And I’ve got … More Planning Monday, August 19
This is a new inside joke that I won’t explain here, but it is the most therapeutic thing I have heard in a long time, perhaps ever. Or it is in the top five. Notes on things: In other news, I went to a training, which wasn’t entirely terrible as a review session. To fight … More The “University of DYI”
The 1970 short “Meeting the Man.” He talks about the constant murder of Black people and how he left the US because he was sure it would kill him. He also says that most people do not love, or want to be free. “The world is held together by the love and passion of a … More Baldwin again
They are destructive to you. Don’t help them. Yes, it is sad that you have not understood this fully before and have in that way been complicit in the destruction of yourself, but it is very good you see it now and can stop colluding. And you will find you heal somewhat. Even seeing what … More The rule!
You should log the things that happen each day or week, I have decided. I always thought of diaries as cursi but they are meditative, and it’s good. I dreamed of a humiliating conversation at work, the kind that always happens. I’m asked how to improve the program, and I make recommendations based on national … More Log, and dream
These are the words Afshan Jafar quoted to talk about the overhaul of certain institutions of higher education in Florida. It’s an important formula. “Those highly partisan appointees vowed to ‘demonstrate that the public universities, which have been corrupted by woke nihilism, can be recaptured, restructured, and reformed.’5“ Axé.
Or so say the union staff. I’ve missed my calling. I also don’t give myself enough credit. Axé.
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