In the past two days, I’ve received no less than five emails asking me if I’ve seen this article (I have now … thanks to each of you!). Apparently my research interests have been made pretty explicit at this point. In any case, I was reminded of a couple of impromptu lessons I created that [...]
In a not so searing rant to a friend, I wanted to discuss the (likely Clueless-derived) etymology of the phrase “my bad.” Turns out there is no entry for it on Wikipedia – one of the few I’ve come across. Anyone know if “my bad” predates Clueless? Anyone want to help write the entry? Related, [...]
I’ve been trying for some time to track down the new Babies documentary trailer, after first seeing it before Where the Wild Things Are. I remembered feeling troubled by the way the film other-izes and makes cute foreign lifestyles and traditions. I’m not trying to be curmudgeonly and express distaste for everything, but it feels [...]
Visiting for the holiday break, I was disappointed to see this at the restaurant next to the local movie theater.
I think I’m trying to sneak around myself lately. I wonder if this is something I can elucidate in a way that sheds light on my wariness of academia in general. For starters, I should say that I’ve spent much of this quarter reflecting on how academic talk gets in the way of meaningful talk. [...]
Saw this on the shelf in our main meeting room the other day and felt creeped out. Fitting, considering that on the same day, Wayne Au spoke to my Critical Theory class about his book, Unequal by Design. If ever a picture deserved an interrobang, it’s this one (thanks for the link, Peter).
“But the thing is, the marvelous thing is, when you first start doing it, you don’t even have to have faith in what you’re doing. I mean even if you’re terribly embarrassed about the whole thing, it’s perfectly all right. I mean you’re not insulting anybody or anything. In other words, nobody asks you to [...]
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Will old Kindles also have a distinguishing odor that suggests research, history, familiarity?* *Likewise, one of the best aspects of doing research at the Clark was being able to look at beautifully bound material dating back five hundred years or more and – there, right there – seeing marginalia in scripts that put my handwriting [...]
We looked at the clock: it was minutes before midnight. We were exhausted, the chips and guac had been exhausted hours before, and the dog had lost interest from the moment the events transpired. The only real reason we had to continue was because the fate of all humanity rested on our weary shoulders. Such [...]