If you have spent any time at all in Lima in winter – and I suspect the poverty of the early 20th century, although different from the current poverty, was about the same – you see why Vallejo was able to write such depressed poems about this city. The pollution, the traffic, the general deterioration, … More Esta tarde en Lima llueve
I normally do not read anything in the genre of self-help, but a friend told me that in her I Could Do Anything… Barbara Sher sounded a great deal like me. And indeed, her ideas fit with mine, but she knows more. I am getting a great deal out of reading at this book. I … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Barbara Sher
My original blogging plans for this Bastille day have been superseded by the need to help broadcast the call to HELP SAVE ZIMBABWE and to ask you, if it is possible for you, to DONATE to this important cause. I was to have blogged today for Derrick Ashong’s band SOULFEGE, a much better cause than … More De L’Afrique et des Amériques
It is the weekend, so we are singing bluesy rock from Andahuaylas with UCHPA. There are a number of important terms beginning with A, associated with Andahuaylas: Abancay, Apurimac, Arguedas, and Ayacucho, whose song we have sung before: ADIOS PUEBLO DE AYACUCHO, PERLASCHALLAY TIERRA DONDE YO HE NACIDO, PERLASCHALLAY. KAUSAQPAYCHA KUTIMUSAQ, PERLASCHALLAY HUAÑUSPAYJA AMAÑALLA, PERLASCHALLAY. … More Pitaq Mi Kanki
I have been tagged again for the Passion Quilt meme, for which I thank WoC PhD. I am honored because I do not think of myself as passionate about teaching – I was not brought up to think of that as safe, say you are interested in it and you will not get a tenure … More That Passion Quilt
If I vote for McKinney and McCain wins, don’t blame me, blame Barack Obama and the Democrats who refused to look seriously at candidates who offered alternatives to Republican policies! I am irritated at Obama and at a few other things, but I am actually in an excellent mood because I have been hanging out … More Cynthia McKinney
I have had a version of this conversation several times in the past month. Whiteman, with or without education: Public higher education in the United States is free. Professor Zero: It is not. WM: You are wrong. The United States is a rich country and the definition of public education is that it is free. … More Sobre el sexismo en la vida cotidiana
Gonzalo Portocarrero (among others) says we should look at racism in daily life. The other day we went to a rather fancy lunch at RUSTICA and I noticed that many employees – many more than in most restaurants – were Afro-Peruvian. It had to be intentional. Given the atmosphere the restaurant creates I decided this … More Sobre el racismo en la vida cotidiana
For over twenty years South American haircutters of various nationalities have periodically redesigned my hair such that I have big puffy bangs, minimal sides, and a tail – like a large version of the classic cut for short hair, since my hair still stays long. These haircutters do no not know each other but it … More El nuevo look
Bobby Jindal is worse than Katrina. Read all about it at FireDogLake. I was tipped off to this post by the resting Redstar Perspective. See also Dancing With Katrina, by Geoffrey Philp, dedicated to our own Kalamu ya Salaam. * Our other featured post for today is Incipit, on academia and integrity, by Servetus. Here … More On Jindal and Katrina
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