SF students pointed out today we’ve read at least three books in which a woman slits a man’s throat—The Man in the High Castle, The Female Man, and now Parable of the Sower.
I didn’t choose them on purpose, I swear. They laughed. We laughed. We joked about possibilities for a scholarly paper on this motif. (Perhaps invoking Helene Cixous’s Castration or Decapitation? )
I hope they don’t castigate me on the evaluations as a wild woman with a steak knife. Though I’d be in some good company.
Monday, April 25, 2005
get out
Juan Cole, who is smart as all get out, has a piece on the campaign against Joseph Massad at Columbia (instigated by the David Project and abetted by the NYTimes)
One of the things Massad is alleged to have said (but apparently did not say) to a student is “If you're going to deny the atrocities being committed against Palestinians, then you can get out of my classroom.” Now, of course one can’t simply kick out an enrolled student. But what about saying such a thing up front, on the first day of class? Like, in a class on the Holocaust (such as some of my colleagues have taught), saying, "If you think the Holocaust didn’t happen, maybe you shouldn’t be taking this class," it seems to me a perfectly reasonable position. I mean, who wants to waste time with the non-reality-based?
One of the things Massad is alleged to have said (but apparently did not say) to a student is “If you're going to deny the atrocities being committed against Palestinians, then you can get out of my classroom.” Now, of course one can’t simply kick out an enrolled student. But what about saying such a thing up front, on the first day of class? Like, in a class on the Holocaust (such as some of my colleagues have taught), saying, "If you think the Holocaust didn’t happen, maybe you shouldn’t be taking this class," it seems to me a perfectly reasonable position. I mean, who wants to waste time with the non-reality-based?
Saturday, April 23, 2005
fafblog! yes!
It was a blogger problem!
Thursday, April 21, 2005Some BlogSpot blogs are occasionally getting redirected to the Blogger.com homepage right now. Since this problem is sporadic, you should be able to simply load the BlogSpot address again and have it work normally. If not, try clearing your browser's cache and cookies first, and then reloading it. We'll get this fixed as soon as possible.
Update: This has now been fixed.
Hooray.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
love me love me love me
Ah, how we have fallen from the days of "Love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal," when the problem was liberals weren't radicals. That's still the problem, from my perspective. But from more public, better funded perspectives, the problem with liberals is they're not conservative.
Here's a couple rebuttals to the panic about liberals in the liberal arts.
Media matters dissects the Washington Post report of a recent study on the topic. The article also notes that education makes people more liberal:
Billmon at the Whiskey Bar puts it all in perspective.
And the Medium Lobster weighs in at Fafblog.
Here's a couple rebuttals to the panic about liberals in the liberal arts.
Media matters dissects the Washington Post report of a recent study on the topic. The article also notes that education makes people more liberal:
Moreover, available data suggest that highly educated Americans may be more left-leaning than the general population. Exit polls from the November 2004 presidential election indicate that 55 percent of voters who have postgraduate study experience voted for Democrat John Kerry, compared to 44 percent for Republican George W. Bush. (Interestingly, when New Yorker staff writer Nicholas Lemann asked Bush adviser Karl Rove how to identify "who's a Democrat" as opposed to a Republican for a 2003 profile, Rove answered: "Somebody with a doctorate.")
Billmon at the Whiskey Bar puts it all in perspective.
And the Medium Lobster weighs in at Fafblog.
Saturday, April 02, 2005
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