With this blog article, I am happy to bring you the next installment in my Interview Series. (There are many more to come!) In May, I talked with Dr. Tracy Butler about her teaching. Dr. Butler is a professor at… Read More ›
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Students should enroll in LGBT courses.
This article authored by me was originally published in The Daily Cougar, Monday, April 10, 2017, and can be found here. What does it really mean to be LGBT? Have there always been LGBT peoples? What does it mean when we say… Read More ›
The “Trolley Problem” is Fundamentally Flawed
The so-named Trolley Problem first originated in 1905, and since its full development as a thought experiment in 1967 by Philippa Foot, it has captivated the on-going attention of philosophers and psychologists for decades. More recently, as indicated on the… Read More ›
“How Low Can You Go?”: The Tragedy of Conservatism and Christianity
Because words currently fail me, below I share a few items from social media today that capture some of my thoughts and serious concerns. I will say we must, somehow, create a society where people do not fear truth, facts, and… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
Queering “Full House” and “Fuller House”
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… Read More ›
The (Many) Imagined Constitution(s) – Hidden Power of Words Series, #23
I’m often a bit irked at how often people–the news, politicians, and other people in the United States–discuss whether something is or is not in the Constitution of the United States, whether something is Constitutional or not. Have these people… Read More ›
