I’m contemplating teaching Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death in my Introduction to Humanities class this semester, particularly Chapter 4 (“The Typographic Mind”). I don’t feel like scanning the chapter and I couldn’t find a pdf or doc… Read more
On this Veteran’s Day, stop fake support of your troops. Today is Veteran’s Day, a day that spawns a number of cut and paste micro-memes on Facebook. After last month’s screed on pinkwashing, I feel compelled to repeat my rant… Read more
I know I’m not the only one who has noticed Orly Taitz’s humorous resemblance to the Orly Owl. Still I couldn’t resist pointing it out again since it definitely bears repeating. In honor of my astounding powers of perception, I have made my very… Read more
Nonverbal communication expresses power and dominance. In public, professional settings, who gets to touch whom and the nature of that touch plays out and defines gender relations. Because it’s typically subtle, people are often unaware of this… Read more
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