This week's culture reading
Hi special subscribers! I’m here to tell you what is worth reading: Reading in the Age of Constant Distraction What do we do when the art we love was created...
Episode 6: Postcolonial Theory
https://canistealyouforasec.tumblr.com/post/182875186701/episode-six-postcolonial-theory
How do you cite your period in MLA
Force, Evil. “It’s been twenty five fucking years of this: My period”. It’s not a Blessing It’s a Fucking Curse, Volume 6,3302492, pages 1-679. Pad. Panties,...
Episode 5: (Dis)Ability Studies
https://canistealyouforasec.tumblr.com/post/182816430751/episode-5-disability-studies
Extra Credit (special people only!)
Skip the clickbait, here’s the best culture writing that I’ve read this week.I mentioned this one on my last issue, but this profile of crime writer Dan...
I have seen my future
Suspiria is the movie of my dreams. Suspiria is a movie that has flaws but that makes it amazing because a perfect movie does not existAll bodies can be...
Here's a secret about me...
I’ve been recording a podcast with another grad student in my cohort. It grew out of a digital humanities pedagogy project in a class. I haven’t been...
Episode 4: Marxism
https://canistealyouforasec.tumblr.com/post/182497079151/episode-four-marxism
here's some academic tea
Classes were canceled for the last two days and I am freaking out because with classes that meet once a week, we’ve already missed the first week! How will...
Syllabus fine print
Hello inner circle!My favorite time of year is back to school. School may not always be hunky-dory, but something about a new semester smacks of hope! A...
Episode 3: Critical Race Theory
https://canistealyouforasec.tumblr.com/post/182279348531/episode-three-critical-race-theory
Things heard on the Bachelor and in a graduate seminar
“I’m a total woman supporter.” ”I really feel like you took my words.” “You are an amazing story teller.” “I’m be-fumbled.”“You second guess yourself a lot...
Extra Credit
Hello subscribers! You are the inner circle. You get a little extra attention.You know what is too much?Content.You are bombarded with CONTENT all day on...
Dueling Documentaries
i.This week dueling documentaries about the Fyre Festival were released by Netflix and Hulu, which says a lot about how people consume the pain of others. I...
Episode 2: Performance Studies
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Episode 1: Structuralism
https://canistealyouforasec.tumblr.com/post/182006783066/episode-one-structuralism-deconstruction
Episode Zero
Intro and syllabus overview
It's the End of the Year and I know It
I already told you the best of the year, but now here’s the fun part: the worst. My definition of WORST is things that are misguided and so unaware, that...
My Best of 2018
Is there anymore ire thrown at the rank ordered list of subjective responses to art? I’m going to throw my picks in here. These are not ranked and some of...
I am here to shame you for shaming students on social media
Graduate students are paid, ahem, “funded” by a department in return for labor to the department. The grad student yes, will, pick up “valuable” “skills” but...