Archive for March, 2008
Committee on the Concerns of Men, or, Stuff Guys like to Talk about
I’ve decided to make a joke out of the whole exchange with our university troll, and take up his suggestion about starting a Committee on the Concerns of Men. I asked a non-random, non-representative sample of my male colleagues with a sense of humor to reply to the question, if you were on a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )On Bullshitters
One of my male friends in the Philosophy department sent me the following in reply to the latest exchange with the resident troll.
This comes from a stand-alone essay by Harry Frankfurt, “On Bullshit” (Princeton: 2005), which a friend recently lent. It further addresses how B. should be described.
46 It does seem that [...]
more of the same
Howdy partners,
Here’s the latest from our cyberbully, ellipses indicate deletion of specific names:
“It is certainly true that genetics has a role in how we look, and certainly has an effect on the pigment of our skin. That is science. However, when we generalize beyond a particular individual to describe characteristics that could be [...]
Apparently I’m just a dumb redneck gal. . .
Or at least I am according to the resident cyberbully on our faculty listserv. It all started when the campus police issued an alert after one of our female students was abducted from her off-campus apartment and driven around New Britain until the perp crashed the stolen van they were in an made a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 9 so far )Disability History in the News
It’s been a busy week here at the University, so I haven’t had much time to do more than note the following articles related to disability history, loosely defined in one case.
First up is the New York Times review of The Lives They Left Behind, a book version of an exhibit on the Willard [...]
New York Times on Professors and Social Networking Sites
Well, Historiann beat me to posting on this article from the Style section of Thursday’s New York Times. Most of the article discussed Facebook and Professors Strike Back, a reply to Rate My Professors (just FYI — there is also a site called Rate Your Students — can’t wait to contribute to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Tribute to Barbara Seaman: Better Late than Never!
It must be spring break, because I have time to write two posts in one day! Seriously spring break is the time when I get caught up on various projects and get editors off my back by turning in work that is weeks late. One of the projects is the paper for the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Book Club: People of the Book
This month’s selection was Geraldine Brook’s latest, People of the Book. Brooks has been a favorite of our group — we’ve read Nine Parts of Desire, Year of Wonders, and of course the Pulitzer Prize winning March. I really enjoyed this selection but missed our gathering because I got the night wrong. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Douchebags and the First Amendment
No, I’m not referring to the faculty listserv here! Rather, this regards the case of Avery Doninger, the Lewis Mills High School student in neighboring Burlington, CT, who called the principal and superintendent “douchbags”[sic] in a Livejournal blog entry. School officials removed her from her position as class secretary, and she and her mother [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Look Out: It’s the Civility Conservation Corps
Well, once again our faculty listserv is totally out of control, this time over an issue regarding the Dean of our School of Business. I’m not going to comment on that here since all I know is based on second or third hand reports. After several days of tit for tat among a [...]
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