October 2011
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Just realized that the last post was #900. Appropriate.
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addendum on naïveté
I should also say that I think the fake letter is important as a political strategy. It means that the mayor’s office is put in a position where it is forced both to acknowledge the difference between the mayor that people are imagining and the mayor that exists in reality. The truth is, if Jean Quan had really, verifiably, sent a letter like the fake one, many would call it an act of...
ackb a réagi à votre citation Oakland was the last city in the U.S. to have a…
It’s not real. oaklandmayor.com is a fake website. Her real letter is here:http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca/groups/cityadministrator/documents/report/oak031951.pdf (search for oakland fake letter to see the news article)
Thanks for the info. It’s too bad, of course; that letter was in many ways written by...
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“Oakland was the last city in the U.S. to have a general strike, in 1946, and it...”
– “Jean Quan, Honorable Mayor of Oakland,” “Apology to the Citizens of Oakland and Declaration in Support of the General Strike.”
I kinda cannot believe that this is true.
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C.L.R. Jamz - Alimentary Tracks 10-27-11 →
Another mix for those of you who dug the last one. This one is, generically speaking, all over the place, which means that the song combinations variously prove awesome, or frustrating, or sorta just silly. It starts slow and syrupy and then, a third of the way through, gets real dancy. At some point I was like, did I really just try and mix “Daisy Dukes” into “London...
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The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives—to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism that claims to break new ground but cleaves to conventional archives. Judith Halberstam proposes “low theory” as a mode of thinking...
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Anonyme vous a demandé: how have you developed your ability to think critically? are there certain pivotal texts, conversations, positions, experiences, etc.? i’m curious because the depth and clarity of your writing is rare - i crave more! it’s challenging yet accessible enough to inspire attempts to engage more deeply with shit. i’m trying to figure out how to use my life but...
NLC: You found that people in Baker County felt that meth addicts were often “the people you would never expect.” Can you unpack this a bit for us? In particular, what anxieties undergird this sentiment? And, what does this perception reveal about contemporary American culture?
WG: This phrase, “the people you’d never expect,” was one I encountered frequently among adults when I asked about the...
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