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Women in rock: some things never change

By ~LS~ On February 17, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Feminism, Generations, Pop Culture and tagged Tagged With: Baton Rouge, Feminism, Gender, Generations, Music, Pop Culture, Sexism

Baton Rouge has a new radio station: 103.3. Well, not a new radio station but an old station with a new format. The new format is “Music for Generation X.” That’s me, of course. The old format was “Divas” — not for me.

I listened to the station for several hours today and it’s quite a Frankenstein’s monster in terms of genre. They played everything from Nirvana and Guns-n-Roses to C+C Music Factory, with pit stops at Salt – n- Peppa, and REM, not to mention mid to late 80s disco, hip hop, rock, and the weird, bad music that I forgot existed. Funny, though, I recognized every song I heard, which demonstrates the way that our (my!) listening in the 80s and 90s was rather homogeneous despite the generic differences that existed.

Still, after about four hours of listening, guess what…no women in rock. Ok, [...]

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Suzuki Beane

By ~LS~ On November 17, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Generations, Pop Culture, This is my life? and tagged Tagged With: Books, Chelsea, Family, Generations, New York City

When I was a child, my nickname was Binie. This is a huge confession on my part. Still, the net has become everyone’s confessional, so I have permission to do so. Binie was short for my middle name, which I will in no way repeat out loud to any living soul. In addition, according to family stories, I somewhat resembled the character “Suzuki Beane” (1961). Apparently, I wore jeans with the cuffs turned up and I had an attitude somewhat similar to hers. So the nickname stuck. Suzuki Beane, who lived on Bleeker Street in Greenwich Village, was the child of hipster parents. She befriended a square named Henry and the two of them ditched school to adventure far and wide through New York City. It’s a charming book. In a fit of reminiscence, I searched for it and discovered it’s going for $100-200 these days. I [...]

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My grandmother and her family

By ~LS~ On November 6, 2009 · Add Comment · In Generations, This is my life? and tagged Tagged With: Family, Generations

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10 Random Musings (#10 is the best)

By ~LS~ On September 18, 2009 · Add Comment · In Random Musings and tagged Tagged With: D&D, For Wordies, Generations, Obama, Politics, Pop Culture, Race

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Daniel Striped Tiger

By ~LS~ On September 8, 2009 · Add Comment · In Generations, Pop Culture, Random Musings and tagged Tagged With: Generations, Television

Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood has always been special to me. As a kid I watched it all the time. When the show moved to PBS, which is when I was introduced to it, I was older than the target audience, but I loved it anyway. I started watching it again after I went through treatment for alcoholism and drug abuse. People in AA meetings encouraged it because the show promotes all kinds of affirming, feel-good life lessons that alcoholics need to hear and practice. I continued to watch it irregularly until it was taken off the air a few years ago. It always made me feel better regardless of what was going on in my life.

My all-time favorite character on Mr. Rogers is Daniel Striped Tiger. It still amazes me that Rogers voiced both the shy, shy Daniel and the pompous King Friday. One thing I really like [...]

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The Culture of Student Learning at BRCC

By ~LS~ On June 13, 2009 · Add Comment · In I have to work?, Pedagogy and tagged Tagged With: BRCC, Generations, Pedagogy, Teaching

Maymester is almost over. I will turn grades in on Monday. I had a great class. The students were very dynamic and engaged. I had only one or two students who struggled with the material. This summer, as last summer, I noticed that the students are stronger. They always seem to be that way during the summer. Several students are not actual BRCC students, but four-year students who are picking up credits during the summer. Even during my experience at universities, summer students always seemed more committed, probably because they are aware that they have to work harder in a compressed time. I am sure I’ve written about this before.

Summer, though, reinforces my confidence that I’m a good teacher and doing things the right way. It’s harder during the school year to feel that. It’s not the workload. I manage that just fine. It’s the student culture at BRCC. [...]

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