November 2009
90 posts
“Gene variants generally considered misfortunes (poor Jim, he got the “bad” gene)...”
– David Dobbs, “The Science of Success,” THE ATLANTIC, December 2009
As the likely recipient of many “bad” genes and having experienced/battled depression, anxiety and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, I found this article and the implications of the new “orchid...
five fellowship apps due
in the next 2 days. i have one personal statement to write, a cover letter to finish, and two research proposals to finish. plus i need to polish and proofread my dissertation proposal.
why am i doing this? no one’s going to give me money anyway, and if i had spent all the time i spent getting ready applying for money i’m not going to get with writing my dissertation, there’s...
“If misery loves company, prepare the guest room.”
– Thirstin Howl III, Brooklyn Hard Rock 2
As Berkeley Enrolls More Out-of-State Students,... →
121 African American students out of 4,300 entering first-years? Um, I think it’s long past “suffering.” Call the motherfuckin’ crash cart.
“For over a decade a generation of graduates have been told to wait for Baby...”
– Why Academia Is No Longer A Smart Choice | newmatilda.com by feminist academic labour blogger, Mel Gregg.
Tumbling for her expression “this infinitely suspended promise”, so apt for the gap between stereotypes of Gen Y as spoiled students vs. their labour realities in recession.
(via...
Watchschwartzy:
Kids Re-Enact The First Thanksgiving
“Here, have a blanket covered in smallpox!”
Kudos to @ebl2009 for finding.
I have no words.
“Until these institutions acknowledge the inseparable links between freedom and...”
– Saul Williams, On the Morehouse Dress Code
“From a student paper about Alexander Hamilton: “Isn’t it the American Dream,...”
– Quote of the Day [via] (via anthropophagous)
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amazing photoset from wheeler hall... →
I’m only in one picture I’ve seen thus far, but in said picture, the prominence of my dome is so unavoidable that it’s not even funny. Those who recognize me are likely to giggle.
transgender day of rememberance
champagnecandy:
abbyjean:
november 19th was the transgender day of remembrance. this year there are 160 more deaths to mourn than there were last year. being killed for being trans is so horrific i hardly know what to say about it, except that there are many many more responsible than the killers themselves. these crimes are compounded by police departments whose attitudes towards trans...
may have a bruised rib.
thx and hugs to UCPD, Berkeley PD, and Alameda County Sheriff’s Dep’t for swangin’ batons at protesters like it was no thing.
“I am no doubt not the only one who writes in order to have no face. Do not ask...”
– Michel Foucault, The Archaeology of Knowledge.
I have to say, Tumblr,
chuffedlittlemuffin:
I was a little disappointed (and kinda happy, but more disappointed) that my dash didn’t explode with a Nussbaum v. Butler rehash earlier today. Think of how vicious it could have been! Oh well.
I had books off my shelf and everything, getting prepped..
Texas' gay marriage ban may have banned all... →
The amendment, approved by the Legislature and overwhelmingly ratified by voters, declares that “marriage in this state shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman.” But the troublemaking phrase, as Radnofsky sees it, is Subsection B, which declares:
“This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or...
“When Kayee eats a sandwich she pulls the two pieces apart, licks off the jelly,...”
– Librarian Pirate (via faithandbegorrah)
I totally want to use this example when I next teach deconstruction in class.
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You know why I have mixed feelings?
thedisgruntledgradstudent:
Because a state education is still pretty cheap, wrt to a private education. It has to be paid for somehow. If people aren’t going to let the government raise taxes, a little bit, resulting in a huge gain then it’s going to have to come out of their pockets in lumps.
Seriously, someone did the math on funding for some huge project, on the order of hundreds of millions...
chuffedlittlemuffin:
Dear Amazon.com Customer,
As someone who has purchased or rated Time Travels: Feminism, Nature, Power (Next Wave: New Directions in Women’s Studies) by Elizabeth Grosz or other books in the Gay & Lesbian > Travel category, you might like to know that Oscar Wilde in America: The Interviews will be released on December 1, 2009. You can pre-order yours by following...
UCLA: Campbell Hall Now Occupied →
11/19/09:
“12:15am: Students occupy Campbell Hall and rename it Carter-Huggins, after two Black Panthers shot at UCLA in 1969.”
“CAMPBELL HALL REMAINS OCCUPIED - IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE OCCUPATION, THE OCCUPIERS NEED SUPPORT! TO ANYONE who is able to hear this call: MOBILIZE and DEFEND the liberated space that belongs to everyone IMMEDIATELY. “
“A body is what cannot be read in a writing.
(Or one has to understand...”
– Jean-Luc Nancy, The Birth to Presence.
