Author Archives
I blog for the promotion of critical thinking and cultural, historical, and philosophical literacy.
Visit me at http://andrewpegoda.com.
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What’s Happening at NBC Entertainment?
NBC Entertainment currently has a number of high-quality, status-quo-challenging programs. As previously written, in its twenty-first season now, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit brings attention to the systemic problem that is sexual violence. In contrast to rhetoric spoken and… Read More ›
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I’m an Ordained Minister.
In my Secularisms and Atheisms class, students are reading Living the Secular Life. In one place, the author talks about the Universal Life Church that allows people to easily become ordained. Curious, I Googled “Universal Life Church.” The website asks… Read More ›
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Summer 2019 Class Pictures
This summer I taught three classes: Theologies from the Margins: Gender, Race, and Sexuality (online); Introduction to Women’s Studies; and First Year Writing I: Representations of Social Justice. Like last summer, I invited the online students to send their picture… Read More ›
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Waiting Room Conversations
I just wanted to make a brief post about an interesting waiting room conversation I overheard while at M.D. Anderson recently. An older White man was talking with another older White man and said: Trump has done what he can… Read More ›
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7th Annual 4th of July Reflection [Video]
Chase Holfelder’s minor key rendition of “America the Beautiful,” with its eerie vibe and with its–by my reading–announcement of the United States’s hypocrisy, inspired my video. Holfelder’s song plays in the background, while a slideshow of images from the internet… Read More ›
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An Ode to the Chicken Strips at the Cheesecake Factory
A for fun post! I’ve been eating at the Cheesecake Factory for about a decade. I’ve always gotten the same thing–Buffalo Chicken Strips, no buffalo! People laugh at me, but I’m telling you…they have the best chicken strips available. They… Read More ›
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Neurofibromatosis Survivor: Snapshots from an MD Anderson Patient Who Doesn’t have Cancer
Good morning! My most recent publication is now live. This one is published on the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center’s Cancerwise. Neurofibromatosis Survivor: Snapshots from an MD Anderson Patient Who Doesn’t have Cancer I hope you enjoy! Dr. Andrew… Read More ›
