Conversation today in my Introduction to Women’s Studies class ended up going to the topic of Houston being one of the number one places in the United States for sex trafficking, which I knew about. What I did not know… Read More ›
A dream a number of my students and I have had for several years has finally come true! This weekend I had a bunch of volunteers from my classes, and we–collectively–did a class reading of Zoe Leonard’s classic poem “I Want… Read More ›
I caught this amazing, once-in-a-lifetime sunset yesterday with my Rexing Dash Cam. The regular video is about 40 minutes, but I edited the video to play super fast, x8 regular speed. The YouTube video is about 5 minutes. Enjoy! Dr. Andrew Joseph… Read More ›
I have previously written about ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder here and here. With the current season, I am growing more and more frustrated because of the constant twists (within twists, within twists, within yet more twists), the very… Read More ›
I have had regular hour-plus commutes for over a decade now. During this time I have consistently noticed an interesting correlation: Drivers who drive with the driver-side window down and with their arm/hand on the edge or slightly outside of… Read More ›
Despite rhetoric from businesses and governments, unemployment/employment statistics do not provide useful information. And worse, whether about the Great Depression or about today, they are a distraction. Unemployment data says nothing about: what work or employment mean what jobs pay available “benefits”… Read More ›
It is impossible to be unarmed when our Blackness is the weapon that they fear. The Hate U Give (2018) is a powerful movie. Its ultimate power stems not so much from its indictment of institutional and systemic racism but from its… Read More ›
