Apologies for the flurry of posts and then disappearing. It’s been an extremely busy time with talks and a pile of miscellanous reading (theses, dissertation chapters, journal submissions, tenure dossiers), punctuated by a number of domestic crises this week: our apartment flooded in two separate places and at two different times (the waters have been …
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Too busy to blog?
Perhaps. In the meantime, here’s a short election editorial I did for Bad Subjects.
I give up
Every week during football we get a barrage of Telus ads featuring monkeys. But we can’t figure out what kind of monkeys they are. A quick google search yielded no information.
Poseur
I confess to guessing on a couple questions on the “How Canadian Are You?” quiz. Also I don’t like coffee but I knew that timbits and coffee had to be the right answer. You are 91% Canuck! You rock, you are an almighty Canadian through and through. You have proven your worthiness and have …
Ellen Willis
I awoke this morning to the news that Ellen Willis died. I have nothing profound to say about her that others haven’t already said better, but I will link to this wonderful brief history of feminism at the Village Voice.
Books
It occurs to me that one good use of this blog, and one way to maybe start some conversations, is to list books that are coming in. I purchase a lot of books, probably more than I have time to read, but my intentions are strictly honorable even if the result is, well, more Benjaminian. …
If Ph.D. Comprehensive Examinations Were Multiple Choice
One of my students just asked (jokingly) if that would be possible. Here’s what I came up with: 4. Which of the following statements correctly complete the sentence? The habitus is a: I. special cage marketed for pet rodents. II. all-wheel drive vehicle featured in an ad with a Kiefer Sutherland voiceover. III. fashion firm. …
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