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...
I did it for the CV line
The first semester of my Ph.D. program is hurtling towards the end of the semester like that pesky asteroid in Armageddon, and I’m Ben Affleck just trying to...
#selfcare
We’re about halfway through the semester, the weather is cold, we’re deep in midterms, we’re starting our final seminar papers, life is pretty hard. The...
Read Another Book
Zip Zap Zop
In 2013 I wrote this earnest Medium post Why I Left Improv and (Spoiler Alert) Why I’m Going Back. It’s a tad cringey:Things weren’t all terrible. Improv did...
How To Study in a Coffee Shop
How to study at a coffee shop Spend 20 minutes deciding where to go. Make a pro-con list of which place has good wifi, best coffee, best people watching....
Why don't more women and POC go to business school?
Excuse me, no
This was just posted by my idol, Anne Helen Petersen. Nah dude. Subscribe now
Predatory PhD helpers
There are several “consultants” or businesses that claim to help people finish their PhD. This is different from a writing coach or editor. These people feed...
this, however, is me.
The Forty Year Old Grad Student@RobinHHHHHThe Spring classes are listed online- pic.twitter.com/PGqJ74JGG0October 1, 2018
I swear this isn't me.
Cultural Studies Drag Names (semi-nsfw)
Drag name ideas: The Mirror Stage Petty Bourgeoisie The Male Gaze Clit Review Claude Levi-Sass Commodity Fetish Here’s a pictorial representation of graduate...
Peer Non-reviewed
R.I.P. The Celebrity Profile Howard Zinn’s anti-textbook Our Love of True Stories Has Destroyed Our Sense of Truth Personal Identity Is (Mostly) Performance...
The Nod
The Nod is performed regularly in graduate school seminars. Just like other forms of speech, it is performative. It goes in a category along with the type of...
I found my mantra
CFP stands for can't f*ckin pretend
Call for papers, or CFPs to those of us in the industry are both a source of wonder and frustration to me. [These are open calls for submissions to academic...
All ideas are good ideas
“Hey we’re going to create a webinar for campus officials to deal with a very sensitive and emotional topic.” “Cool. Call it a ‘boot camp.’”
Peer nonreviewed
The Consolation of Genre: On Reading Romance Novels reappraising the fabulous feminist legacy of anna nicole smith Louis C.K. and Men Who Think Justice Takes...
Quiz: Should You Do the Reading For Class?
QUIZ: Should you do the reading for class? 1.How can I best gain knowledge from this class? a. DO THE READING b. Don’t do the reading. 2. How will I make the...
Point of Entry
Starting your PhD is an elite honor that so many people don’t have or don’t make it to. It’s also a point of privilege and feels like a burden to do...
Avital
I’m not sending this out as an email because some of you may already be reading this, but the Avital Ronell has continued to spark conversations. Missing in...
No Peers reviewed this
Just some great reading about culture from the web. Notes on Dyke Camp Inside the Ring of Underground Wrestling 'true blood' was low-key one of the most...
First Day of Class
Lookie here, I’ve already left tinyletter. Past issues can be found here. As a reminder, you either know me, Robin, in real life, maybe read something I...
Picture It! The Golden Girls Comes to Hulu.
It may seem I've abandoned this project. Quite frankly, it was hard to watch and do screencaps with just the dvds. With the news that the episodes will be on...
Season 3, Episode 10; "The Audit" Brought to You by RPGs
YOUR ENEMY: The IRS. Because: your shitty ex-husband was horrible with money and had stupid business ideas, like the Bib-Tie.[gallery ids=”1084,1085,1083”...
Season 3, Episode 9: "A Visit From Little Sven" by someone who just binge-watched 'Making a Murderer'
Rose’s Swedish cousin is visiting, because he is getting married to some his parents set him up with. Once again, it’s a merry-go-round of bedrooms. Have any...
Season 3, Episode 8: 'Brotherly Love' or the deal with Stan, what is it?
How are we supposed to feel about Stan Zbornak? Is he a lovable goof? A soul mate for Dorothy, and this is a will-they-won’t-they as heated as Sam and Diane?...
Season 3, Episode 7, 'Strange Bedfellows'; The gals do politics, Blanche does the politician, maybe?
We’re all talking about this circus that is the 2016 presidential elections. How did our democracy’s most important feature turn into such a farce? Well,...
Season 3, Episode 6: Letter to Gorbachev
It’s only season three, are the writers really out of ideas at this point? What was the pitch for this show even? “Rose has the mental capacity of a nine...
Season 3, Episode 5, "Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself"; or Hey I Really Fucked Up
Okay, okay, I've been MIA because I wasn't sure how to recap this one- I actually needed to go back and rewatch it, but I never did. So I became paralyzed by...
Season 3, Episode 4, "The Housekeeper"; or, Why Don't They Just Bring Back Coco? Also, where's Coco?
Let's talk again about Coco, the elusive gay man who cooked Dorothy's enchiladas. What happened to him? Did he quit? Did Blanche try to seduce him, and mad...