“Not Proprietors, but Guests (In My Inner World)” […A Psychoanalytic Love Song]

16/05/2011

Pamela Daniels’ piece, like many others in the book of which it is a part focuses on the effects of internalized gender roles and broad societal pressures which, together, have particular, constraining, and often unseen (or difficult to discern) influence on the attitudes of women toward themselves as workers and thus, their work. Several pieces … More “Not Proprietors, but Guests (In My Inner World)” […A Psychoanalytic Love Song]

Juan Cole

15/05/2011

The real scandal around the endowment by the Koch brothers of two chairs at Florida State University is that state universities now have to seek such outside money and accept strings. The reason they have to do so is that many state legislatures have chosen not to have state universities any more. At many ‘state … More Juan Cole

Next Year Starts Now

15/05/2011

Graduation was this weekend and meetings about next year start tomorrow. Since next year starts tomorrow, we will remember to write our own job descriptions and not volunteer. I have of course just agreed to chair a really onerous committee for the next two years, so I am not qualified to speak on this matter … More Next Year Starts Now

On Seriousness

14/05/2011

A nadie le importa Milton Wolff ni el Morganza Spillway, cosa que me extraña a  mí — que si fuera esto un huracán me estarían mirando todos. But if you would like, you can watch the whole town of Butte LaRose go down right here. Meanwhile, in graduate school and beyond we were constantly having … More On Seriousness

Morganza Spillway

14/05/2011

There’s a flood warning in Maringouin, y’all. The Morganza Spillway is being opened, because the levees cannot hold. I do miss my home on Dumaine Street, and everything there is to miss about life before the storm. Axé.

Julian of Norwich

13/05/2011

Personne n’a répondu à mon article brillant sur Milton Wolff, donc je me tais; c’est-à-dire que je fais grève. Je suis devenue Julianne de Norwich†, dont la fête est aujourd’hui dans l’église universelle; je ne vous en raconterai rien. Je fais en même temps une fête parallèle pour le vendredi 13, car je suis aussi démon; … More Julian of Norwich

Milton Wolff

12/05/2011

Milton Wolff’s 2008 obituary, cut out from Le Monde, was sent to our family and is now one of the tattered pieces of paper I am clearing out. He is very striking in the 1938 Robert Capa photograph that accompanies this obituary (5. II.08, by Robert S. Coale, p. 23). Coale says this photograph immortalized … More Milton Wolff