I bought this dress in black, because I saw it in a shop window by chance and knew it was for me. Now I see that it also exists in red. Should I buy it? Pro: I already know it is a great dress and that I will really wear it. Red is the best … More Shall I buy this dress?
I Paul Ryan is truly disgusting and I have to say, this is why I do not like to teach lower division students — too many of them resemble him, and emulate men like him. And that, in turn, is why I do not like the fall semester. I do not have dissociative episodes about … More Des dialogues
Too tame a life, perhaps that is it. I would rather have the life of Sir Richard Burton, or someone like that. He, too, was a scholar. Notice, though, the vocabulary of debt and obligation that goes with academia. You did a Ph.D. People say the price you pay is to teach. You owe the … More “Too tame a life”
I must be an impulsive risk-taker, not quite in my right mind, and I was probably a victim of child rape although I do not remember it. I am distanced from the emotions I must surely have. Indeed, I am downright unfeeling. Why is this so? Because I do not exhibit the requsite fear of … More On race and gender policing
It is not that I must protect my time and project, with management and discipline — it is that I must allow my time and project to protect me. My mother has been saying I was an organized person since before I started school. I never knew how she had seen this so soon, how … More Slightly Spontaneous
I have actually seen this service performed and it was quite oppressive, almost like a malediction. This is not how one is to take it, I know, but when I read Rosario Castellanos’ novel by this title I had not yet attended the service. Having had the experience, I see things somewhat better. Axé.
At the pool I ran into my ex’ other ex and we exchanged notes on our summer activities. “You have a nice life,” she said; “I did try to make this summer good,” said I. But in general I do have a pleasant life and it is because of having given up considering what I … More Une belle vie
My banana trees have actually produced bananas, and good ones, too. I am very impressed. I will cook them somehow with drumfish, which is juicy, and perhaps with the green oranges which fell. I have decided that all non organic US meat must be avoided at all times, and all wheat, as well as every … More Tropical
You deserve to put research first and also to recognize and honor the conditions you need to have in order to do so. I took these ideas for granted until I became a professor, after which they were eroded — in part by other professors who alleged one should be able to work in any … More Encore un petit poème
Axé.
