For those of us who deal with various chronic illnesses, regular medical appointments become routine. For example, for 26 years now, I average spending somewhere around 10-20 days a year at the hospital (the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center) to have various tests and see various doctors. This amounts to a sizable amount ofContinue reading “Medical Appointments and Post-Depression -a few thoughts”
Monthly Archives: September 2016
I am not Texas.
I am not Texas. I am not the Texas in the dozens and dozens of United States v. Texas & Texas v. United States cases. I am not Texas. I am not the Texas that prides itself on being ranked at the very bottom when it comes to quality of K-12 education. I am not Texas. I am not theContinue reading “I am not Texas.”
The one HUGE piece of the puzzle missing from conversations about education.
When those committed to neoliberal ideologies–politicians, public school and higher ed. administrators, commencement speakers, and parents–speak about the purpose and importance of obtaining college degrees, they generally tend to exclusively pick from a “preapproved” word bank. This word bank consist of a narrow range of words: future, job, training, employment, bosses, planning, income, friends. This “philosophy ofContinue reading “The one HUGE piece of the puzzle missing from conversations about education.”
White Gay Men: Privilege, Oppression, and Horizontal Hostility
For my Introduction to Queer Studies class yesterday students read a variety of articles on the theme of White gay/queer men and how they are both privileged and oppressed (and these, of course, vary according to the relevant intersectionality). Student reading included the following, a mix of blogs and theoretical, academic works: “Straight White Male: TheContinue reading “White Gay Men: Privilege, Oppression, and Horizontal Hostility”
The Development of and Perpetuation of Racism 2.0 – a few comments
What I call Racism 2.0 (and Sexism 2.0, Nationalism 2.0, etc.) is manifestations of this ideology and pattern of discrimination on the Internet, especially through social media. Memes can be very powerful, useful, and accurate. They have a poetic quality of sometimes conveying complex ideas in simple, yet significant ways. However, a large number of memes embodyContinue reading “The Development of and Perpetuation of Racism 2.0 – a few comments”
Issues in Historiography: The Texas Revolution or the Long Invasion of Mexico?
This past few weeks my students and I have been discussing various sides of the so-called Texas Revolution in depth in both my Texas History class and Mexican American History I class. One of my favorite things about teaching is that there is always so much to learn and things change every semester. Anything related toContinue reading “Issues in Historiography: The Texas Revolution or the Long Invasion of Mexico?”
Small Towns, “Knowing Everybody,” and Erasure – Hidden Power of Words Series, #25
Today at lunch I overheard a comment the greeter made to a customer as she seated him. She said something to the effect of so you’ve been in Lake Jackson for fifty years and then said, “so you know everybody and their dog, too.” So-called “small towns” have a long habit of suggesting and believing that individualsContinue reading “Small Towns, “Knowing Everybody,” and Erasure – Hidden Power of Words Series, #25″
A complete list of everything Donald Trump has said that wasn’t a lie
1. “President Barack Obama was born in the United States. Period.” (And apparently, according to PolitiFact, there are actually ten more true statements, as listed here. Seriously, though, it is appalling and frightening that he has any supporters at all. Think of the cognitive dissonance some of his supporters must have since they proclaim “thou shallContinue reading “A complete list of everything Donald Trump has said that wasn’t a lie”
Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda 