A class for Ukraine
16/07/2026
It could be on Hispanisms and Latin Americanisms, how has the discipline been constructed? Axé.
Category: Working
The conclusions from my December moulting
26/06/2026
Important. So, pinning to the top, we have the results: 1. Sacrificing everything to alleged institutional needs and goals is NOT actually good professional service. 2. My research is fantastic. I deserve to do it, and the world deserves it, even if it is not in one of the university’s desired disciplines (or challenges a … More The conclusions from my December moulting
Characteristics of authoritarian states
31/05/2026
Suspicion and informing. Students informing on each other, and one assigned to inform on the professor. Anne Appelbaum said this. I should look up more lists and see if more of my department’s characteristics are listed. Axé.
Academic vs. Scholar, and related…plans
18/05/2026
I should write that article, “What is a Scholar?” because I think the question explains a lot, the rules for being an academic, especially in the corporate university, are really different. I would understand a lot by doing it. I need to re-vision my trajectory in terms more like those Elizabeth sees. Also, there’s something … More Academic vs. Scholar, and related…plans
Dream
11/04/2026
My department here moved to an old, marginally maintained mansion it had reclaimed from use as graduate student rentals. To celebrate the move, and I think we were living there as well, it announced a party but did not tell anyone it was not providing food, drink, or music. Arriving guests were nonplussed. Then everybody … More Dream
Sarah Ahmed
04/04/2026
In The Feminist Killjoy Handbook, I show how two anti-feminist tactics often work in tandem, the minimisation of harm and the inflation of power. I wrote then, “Even to identify something as harmful is treated as an attempt to exercise or to hold power over someone, as if feminists make slights bigger than they are … More Sarah Ahmed
What I am asking
04/03/2026
…is that they put hiring research faculty in Spanish, and revitalizing Spanish, in the strategic plan. Reasons are to stabilize the department (strong Spanish will do that), but also to serve the needs of the state and the region (if we don’t have the major and a path to an M.A., only LSU and Tulane … More What I am asking
Not said
02/03/2026
P.S. Lagniappe: honestly, for recruiting, I would also turn the 300 level introductions into more focused courses on current topics. What hip people now do at the 300 level are things like this: – Latino Presence in the US (NOT “Spanish for heritage speakers” focusing on spelling and grammar for people who speak but haven’t learned to … More Not said
Cómo trabajar
25/02/2026
What you need is discipline, structure, and freedom. What we have is oppression, disorganization, and stricture. This is very, very important. It is what I got from Reeducation. Everyone has always said I was too scientific and organized, but actually I am quite laid-back. They also thought I was too focused. But look. And by … More Cómo trabajar
New Planctus
03/11/2025
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
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