I’ve decided it is a sensible thing to make a note on this blog when material of mine appears in print. Most of it will only be of interest to the academics or academically-inclined, but hey, it’s my blog, so why not? I’m probably forgetting stuff, but this summer features two book chapters. 1. A …
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Important News About Cheese
I dedicate this entry to my readers residing in the United States. “They insisted that cheese production must be carried out in licensed, fully hygienic facilities, which rules out the bottom of a lake.” “He says he’s also looking forward to tasting the cheese.”
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In Defense of the Six Week Vacation
In my post below about my Mellon application, I’ve got a comment basically calling me out as a privileged academic for declaring that I intend to take six weeks’ vacation a year from here on out. Well, regardless of how much time I take off, I’m guilty as charged. I am a privileged academic. But …
And Now, A Few Words About Bad Subjects
As some of you know, I am a member of the editorial team for Bad Subjects: Political Education for Everyday Life. I’m coediting an issue called “Intermedia” with Charlie Bertsch with a deadline of 1 September, and we are looking for short, accessible essays relevant to the issue theme. Though our maximum article length is …
Wow. That Was Fast.
I had no intention of disappearing from the blog world for three days but those were three fast days. Apart from a dissertation defense Wednesday (it was an awesome dissertation on the history of design and its relationship to media), they were mostly taken up with an application for a Mellon New Directions Grant, which …
Pharmacologists 18, False Consciousness 16
It was, in every way, a moral victory. The other team was nice. We even led for an inning, 11-8. I scored the first run and went 4-4 with two doubles. Alas, a few good hits by the other team and a couple errors in the field sealed our fate, but there were plenty of …
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