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Banning “Traditional” – Hidden Power of Words Series, #32
As words, “traditional” and “tradition” conceal far more than they can ever reveal. Their connotations often center around static historical, narrow, privileged worldviews. While an outright ban would probably lack productivity, these words are used in such divergent ways, often… Read More ›
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“You Need Feminism Because”
The group reading of “I Want A Dyke For President” went so well, everyone wanted to do another one. For this one, everyone who wanted to participate came up with their own answers to “you need feminism because.” We have… Read More ›
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Notes on: Free Speech vs Censorship, Facts vs Opinions, and Writing
Recent events, including today’s (weird, irrelevant, distraction-mechanism) announcement by Trump about colleges and “free speech zones,” warrant a few comments and reminders about free speech/censorship and about facts/options, generally. People should remember common sense and decency at every step. People… Read More ›
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Notes on: Students, Houston, and Sex Trafficking
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 ›
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“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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
