Once again, as happens every year about this time, the calendar has rolled over to February. Once again, as happens every year about this time, some people (usually, though not always, people of color) start doing things to commemorate Black History Month. And, once again, as happens every year about this time, skeptical souls start […]
Baghmore? Baltidad?
“While no one condones looting, on the other hand, one can understand the pent-up feelings that may result from decades of repression and people who have had members of their family killed by that regime, for them to be taking their feelings out on that regime,” he said. “And I don’t think there’s anyone in […]
A long overdue separation [Rerun Sunday]
I got an email from the nice folks at Mitsubishi Motors today about “Important Windshield Wiper Tips.” I appreciate that Mitsubishi wants to keep me safe on the roads. Honest, I do. Though I’m not sure that they need to send me a special email full of tips to make this happen . . . […]
Push off [Rerun Sunday]
[I’ve already forgotten where I first read this tip — and since my efforts to backtrack to it by googling around are only helping me find dozens of seemingly independent versions of the same advice, I’m not going to worry as much as I might about a hat-tip the “original” source here. I send apologies […]
2015 ACS Institute registration opens
A few months ago, I blogged enthusiastically about the Third ACS Institute, which will be held in Bloemfontein, South Africa from 7-12 December 2015. And the Institute’s website is now live, with more information about the event, including registration details and forms. If you’ve got any interest in cultural studies, and can make it to […]
Name that status: The rules [Rerun Sunday]
If you’re my Facebook friend, you have probably noticed that I don’t use some of the site’s main features in the way that they were intended to be used. And while it’s been a while since I’ve toyed with Facebook’s check-ins, for several years I’ve held pretty steady to my routine of using my status […]
Finland has it all
At least that’s what Monty Python claim. And, in a little more than a month, I will get to enjoy the glory of Finland in person for four weeks or so, courtesy of the International Institute for Popular Culture at the University of Turku. Two public lectures. One incredibly compact seminar introduction to cultural studies. […]
How to plagiarize well (tips for my undergraduates) [Rerun Sunday]
Ideally, of course, this tip could be summed up in four simple words: Just Don’t Do It. But you know that already. The syllabus tells you not to do so. Pretty much every instructor you’ve ever had since high school has told you not to do so. And yet, in spite of all that, you […]
The joys of online noise [Rerun Sunday]
Facebook gets a lot of abuse. And it’s earned most of it. They routinely make privacy an opt-in feature, and then compound that problem by making it hard for people to find the right settings to change if they do, in fact, want to opt in. They mine our friends’ profiles for pix and prose […]
More found haiku (more grad seminar reading) [Rerun Sunday]
must have money and a room of one’s own if she is to write fiction — Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own You can find a brief explanation of “Rerun Sunday” here. The post above originally appeared on 26 January 2012.