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 ›
Thoughts and Perspectives
I’ve chosen to only use the category “thoughts and perspectives” for two reasons. One, having a hierarchy of categories would get overly complex, as everything I write about could fit a variety of categories and having multiple categories per post would too confusing. Two, everything I write about is summed up with the words “thoughts and perspectives.”
“I Want A Dyke For President” (Reading)
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 ›
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Sunset
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 ›
How To Get Away With Murder as Propaganda
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 ›
Black Men Driving: Race, Gender, and the Rhetoric of Announcing Presence
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 ›
Unemployment data is a distraction.
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 ›
Notes on: The Hate U Give (2018)
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 ›
