2016-03-19 18:53
I just returned from a very hectic travel schedule for Christmas. Living up here in the hinterlands makes it difficult to get out of town. Add, on top of that, storms all over the country… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
My student, who I discussed in the last post, was highly influenced by Tim Wise: I updated this and added more Tim Wise videos Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I teach many many courses that turn to the question of race and how it cripples some people, empowers others, and generally rents the fabric of our cultural quilt. I usually need a lot of d… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I have been musing on a very touchy subject and I predict that my comments will be either misunderstood or cause offense. But, here goes. I have been thinking about how many of the older a… Read More
2008-12-04 14:58
I just read a truly fascinating article by Kyunghwa Lee, entitled "ADHD in American Early Schooling: From a Cultural Psychological Perspective." There is a lot to think about in this essay… Read More
2008-12-03 20:27
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cRoland FryerColbert at ChristmasColbert Christmas DVDGreen ScreenBill O'Reilly InterviewMy hip former-undergrad-and now-current-grad-school stud… Read More
2008-11-25 18:10
I am "on hold" right now waiting for a "credit decision," so I can buy a used Subaru to brave the bitter winters up here. I find this whole credit process so damn demoralizing these days… Read More
2008-11-20 20:41
This is what Don's "ex"-wife tells him in the penultimate episode of Mad Men. I love thinking through these sort of statements. What sense of "alone" is meant? Is she saying the Don is al… Read More
2008-11-19 20:17
I went back to the Gender and Sexuality Studies course again today and because we had lost so much time with the technology problem on Monday, the whole class period was taken up with screen… Read More
2008-11-18 17:17
My musings in the post Fragile Male Egos yesterday got me thinking more about reactions to my teaching style in Gender Studies than the reaction of female students to disengaged male student… Read More
2008-11-17 20:55
My new colleague asked me to take her Introduction to Gender and Sexuality course this morning at 8 am! I am amazed that the students make it for that hour. I have to be up; Maddie makes s… Read More
2008-11-14 15:45
My new Thursday night ritual--once the little one is snuggly in her crib--is to watch a movie. I don't have to prepare for class. I give myself a break from grading. And, I don't have cable… Read More
2008-11-13 20:07
Steve G asks today why existentialism is so attractive to young intellectuals. I have spent a lot of time thinking about this question myself and I have a few guesses. This year, at my new… Read More
2008-11-12 16:21
A wise friend of mine wrote to me yesterday and said that a valuable way to think of relationships with others is to think of them as relationships with yourself. I have been mulling this o… Read More
2008-11-11 14:52
71 encouraged me to keep on this line of thought by asking me why I would frame the reaction of professors who feel exhausted by needy students as adopting the "victim" narrative. I am not… Read More
2008-11-10 16:43
I am someone perpetually fascinated by the labor of teaching--the psychological and emotional toll of teaching as well as the absolute joy and life affirmation that follows from a good class… Read More
2008-08-11 14:47
There is nothing like uprooting yourself, putting all of your crap in boxes, moving to a very isolated place in the way North to put you into the introspective mood. While I am walking arou… Read More
2008-07-21 18:18
I hate packing. I hate moving. I don't want to ever do it again. I wish I could say that I will never have to do this again, but . . .I am in the middle of travels. Half of my stuff is in… Read More
2008-07-10 13:15
I started watching Denis Leary's show, Rescue Me, the other day after hearing an interview he did with Terry Gross. I remember he addressed the male ego as one of the motivations for the pl… Read More
2008-07-07 16:46
Kate Michelman (former Presdient of NARAL) and Frances Kissling (President of Catholics for Free Choice)--both Obama supporters--co-wrote the following piece, "Are Democrats Backpedaling on… Read More
So Much For Obama Changing The Way Things Are Done In Washington: Is Obama Anti-choice Or Pandering?
2008-07-06 16:36
There is nothing like a candidate's comments on late-term abortion to compel me to post. Many of the readers of this blog have probably already been clued into the fact that Obama gave an o… Read More
2008-07-05 14:27
My husband doesn't usually go for serial TV programs--with the exception of Joss Whedon's Firefly and more recently, though at first reluctantly, Angel. Recently we discovered Californicatio… Read More
2008-06-07 00:51
With Hillary Clinton out of the race, we can finally focus on Obama and winning the White House. I am thrilled to have Obama as the Democratic candidate for President, but I am still sore a… Read More
2008-05-29 16:07
I have been thinking a lot about "safety nets," since I am spending time in a Scandanavian country that is clearly a welfare state. And, by the way, it is not a bad thing for these Nor… Read More
2008-05-28 06:49
My power cord to my computer broke a few days ago, which is why I haven't been able to post. The cost of replacing the power cord here in Norway is ridiculous, so I can only post when I am… Read More
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