Things to do in Minnesota
Visit Art Attack. Go swimming. Visit museums. See friends. Look for Scandinavian things. Axé.
Visit Art Attack. Go swimming. Visit museums. See friends. Look for Scandinavian things. Axé.
In the last 24 hours: 1/ The one who put a symposium together all with hard to get contacts that I had gotten for him, and at it, did not mention this. Thanked the Provost for the funding, but not me for putting him in touch with the speakers. 2/ The one who took all … More Sexism among friends
Central do Brasil O auto da compadecida Que horas ela volta Bacurau Bye Bye Brasil (2 votes) Things by Alberto Cavalcanti (ancient film, I have never seen his work, interesting, this is who my conservative friend recommends) Discussion: https://journals.openedition.org/cinelatino/597 Dizem: Tem 2 curtas que eu gosto: O Nóia Um dia no limite cujo roteiro é … More Brazilian film list
On protecting yourself. This is at Dame Eleanor Hull‘s and it is very important. Axé.
The photocopy I am recycling today is of this book. I kept it for years because there was a time where it was the only text I knew of that would said: “The subaltern needs expressive subjectivity, but radical Western intellectuals think expressive subjectivity is conservative / oppressive, and so on.” THERE IS A PROBLEM … More Selected Subaltern Studies
Bravery is always more intelligent than fear, since it is built on the foundation of what one knows about oneself: the knowledge of one’s strength and capacity, of one’s passion. Axé.
This is important to read. In my words: faux-anarchical anti-formations like hybridity, dissolution, and so on are part of the language of neoliberalism, not of something “subversive.” This was always my view, but it was not a permitted view when I was in formation myself, and not being allowed to say it was a large … More Anna Kornbluh
Notes toward my next piece of public writing (this was the last). People think Spanish in Mexico is a separate and inferior language and that “Castilian” is a rarefied, literary thing. Really, what we call “Spanish” is all Castilian, and it can be spoken in different dialects and speech registers, like English. It became “Spanish” … More On “Castilian”
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I have one and it sits. I have to get rid of paper and activate some energy, and of course I also want to procrastinate on SERVICE by looking at research. So let us see. FERREIRA DA SILVA — her ideas on race can help us read Latin American literature (in part because they are … More A folder full of notes