Author Archives: Dr. Andrew Joseph Pegoda

This blog post explores philosophy of history with a brief examination of the human reliance on “the century” and “the decade” to organize and understand human events.

People either love or hate Full House (1987-1995) and now Fuller House (2016-). One of many reasons to love these shows is that they provide a Queer outlook on family life, which has been almost completely ignored by the blogosphere. A “queered” analysis examines the ways in which a text relates or does not relate to what society has labeled asContinue reading “Queering “Full House” and “Fuller House””

I spoke with my friend Trevor Boffone, an expert in Latin@ Theatre and Literature and a professor of Spanish, about his latest exciting adventures. Please check out our conversation below and be sure to visit his websites, linked below. AJP: For people who don’t know, who are you, and what is your experience?  TJB: I just finishedContinue reading “Introducing Dr. Trevor Boffone’s “50 Playwrights Project” – Interview Series #2″

When discussing problems related to racism, sexism, heterosexism, classism, anti-intellectualism, or Donald Trump, for example, you may often renounce these forces as non-existent and/or things that do no real harm, will not actually matter. You might go further and say people make things worse by discussing these things even where they “did” exist in the “distant, distant”Continue reading “Inescapable Problems: Everyday Life, the Unseen, and the Shopping Mall”

Angry hands shaping potteryPottery forcefully replicated Replicated with maker’s fearsFears that misunderstandMisunderstand and forgetForget the purpose of pottery Pottery never dedicated Dedicated woefully and forced to bendBend and break  Break and bend and And heal itself from being Being forgotten and throwaway Throwaway Throwaway yet unearthed anew Anew but maybe awareAware of its ever changing shapesShapes that steadily shape other shapesShapesContinue reading “Pottery Seared With Monsters”

Many things capture my awe as an academic…one of the top things is the seemingly very deep will to life. While not at all to discount those who suffer from depression and those who have (or have attempted to) kill themselves because of depression or those who are ultimately not able to survive due to pressures placedContinue reading “The Will to Live”

As a thought exercise, I have been thinking about this question for some time but especially the last day or two. I’d like to share a few working thoughts. (I’m saving a few for later.) Let me know what you think! Thanks! To begin this exercise, we must first recognize that Indians were here first.Continue reading “Was Texas Ever Actually Its Own Nation?”

While waiting forever in a doctor’s office waiting room this morning (we’re talking four hours of waiting!), I got to hear some very interesting conversations while I was finishing Becoming Mexican American and preparing this study guide for my students. One of the first comments I heard was from a person in their 50s whoContinue reading ““Just making fun of the political system” (and other waiting room observations)”