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A day of lessons in stereotypes

March 25, 2010 · Add Comment · In: I have to work?, Politics, Race and Racism · Tagged With: BRCC, For Wordies, Pedagogy, Race

Today has been an interesting lesson in stereotypes.

Lesson one:

I had a guest speaker from Deaf Services in BR come to my Interpersonal Communication class. He was dynamic and interesting and the students loved him. Before his visit, I decided to learn a little more about Deaf culture the capital D is important to people in the Deaf community). I’ve been fascinated about it ever since a friend of mine demonstrated the way that sign language is not a literal interpretation but a more poetic one. She did this by signing a song. I’ve learned a long time ago that it’s your responsibility to educate yourself about others who are culturally different rather than to expect them to translate for you. I think the most memorable statement came from Audre Lorde who said that white women expect women of color to “stretch across the gap of ignorance.” So in [...]

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Confessions of a Facebook slacktivist

March 24, 2010 · Add Comment · In: Politics, The Web · Tagged With: Al Franken, Facebook, Politics, Slacktivism

I was playing on Facebook Facecrack tonight when I noticed how many groups, pages, and causes I’ve joined. The accumulated weight of my mouse clicks shocked me not only because of these groups’ sheer purposelessness (i.e., the various Farmville hate groups) but also because joining generally leads to nothing fruitful even when the groups are actually meaningful to me (i.e., Southern Poverty Law Center).

Now, I could justify my joining via the route that says Facebook allows us to construct ourselves in this very strange hybrid space of reality and virtual reality. So that means that I want all these groups/pages/causes in my profile. They are little hyperlinks to represent who I am and who I associate with in the hyper-reality that is Facebook. They actually do mean something — to me, to everyone who fans or joins because I’ve done it, to everyone whose fanned or joined before me [...]

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Reality check on health care

March 23, 2010 · Add Comment · In: Politics · Tagged With: Obama, Politics

See? It just proves it!

Today, in the wake of the “historic” bill signed by the “historic” president, the liberal blogosphere has been crowing over the health care bill. I find this disturbing. People are cheering because the bill was resuscitated after its near death and they applaud that the bill went through with enough votes that Democrats didn’t need to rely on parliamentary shenanigans such as reconciliation. Admittedly there are those who acknowledge that the bill has little meat and that it’s basically a symbolic victory. Nonetheless, they are giddy with their success.

Well, Imma glass-half-empty kinda girl.

Hello? The Democrats scraped by tooth and nail to get this bill passed. They made enough concessions that much of the bill was gutted. Insurance stocks soared when the bill passed, right? That can’t be a good sign.

Right now, liberal folks are at once gleeful and indignant that the Tea [...]

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Link-o-mania – Collectible Edition

March 19, 2010 · Add Comment · In: Link-o-mania · Tagged With: Obligatory Links

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Embracing the mundane

March 10, 2010 · Add Comment · In: The Quotidian (yadda yadda) · Tagged With: Gratitudes, Threes

Someone pointed out to me that I should take time to observe and even appreciate the little things around me, like the changing seasons or paint peeling on the wall. My response? Seasons don’t change in BR and really? Paint peeling? Ok, ok. I get the point. I need to start using my gratitude website and promoting it.

So, not so much gratitude as things that I was present for today:

1. I’m amused that I’m hoarding ink jet cartridges, something I just now noticed.
2. I really do have a lot of colorful markers.
3. I’ve had three d10′s on my desk for years, left over from a torturous attempt at WoD. One is rather pretty with its blue and purple speckles and silver numbers. It reminds me of Easter candy.
4. I’m learning to live with fingerprints and smears on my Droid.
5. It’s [...]

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Public speaking karma rawks!

March 5, 2010 · Add Comment · In: I have to work? · Tagged With: BRCC, Teaching

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