About Michael J. Faris
I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
this map stuff has hardly gone far enough
Being in my own little bubble, I didn’t know about the Miss Teen South Carolina maps gaff until yesterday. It blew my mind. For those who haven’t seen it (via Morning Toast): Collin Brooke has a pretty good discussion about … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Internet culture
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aids ads getting creative
Via Queerty.com, InventorSpot posts some fascinating AIDS awareness ads from Europe, including this one: These ads are pretty shocking, and I especially like this one, for how emaciated and deathly Wonder Woman looks — and the statement below that “AIDS … Continue reading
Posted in Visual Literacy, Visual Rhetoric
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once again, another claim that men are oppressed too
My friend Ruben posts a link to New York Times blogger John Tierney’s post about Roy Baumeister’s APA talk “Is There Anything Good About Men”. Baumeister’s talk includes this passage in his introduction: But rather than seeing culture as patriarchy, … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Gender, Social Justice
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Lethem’s “The Ecstasy of Influence”
Neurological study has lately shown that memory, imagination, and consciousness itself is stitched, quilted, pastiched. If we cut-and-aste our selves, might we not forgive it of our artworks? (Lethem 68) I just finished February 2007′s Harper’s and there was a … Continue reading
Posted in Collage, Ethics, publics
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powerpoint is teh evil
I’m not a huge fan of PowerPoint. I tend to use Apple’s Keynote, which I think is a lot more presentation and design friendly, but occasionally I turn to PowerPoint (esp. when working with others or when it’s something I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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