Archive for May, 2008
what can we learn about comments from misogynists on youtube?
That feminism is still needed. I love this video. And the shirt:
Oh, you can see the awful comments Jessica got for this video (before she deleted them) here.
Working Blue
Working Blue is the title of Jenny Edbauer Rice’s blog, and the coincidence of this post title her blog title are simply that, coincidence. Though perhaps not — perhaps this title would not have popped into my head as appropriate for this topic if I didn’t read Jenny’s blog. Jenny’s blog is smart — I [...]
marriage forms: a tech writer’s nightmare/dream
So, now that same-sex marriage is legal in California, they have to re-write all those marriage forms (365gay.com):
The court decision last week that legalized gay marriage in California has created a semantic puzzle with scant time to solve it. With the ruling tentatively set to take effect June 16, state bureaucrats must rapidly rewrite, print [...]
the problems of privatized opinions
Earlier this term Heather and I asked our LGBT studies students to provide us with some anonymous feedback on how the course is going. One student wrote that he/she/ze feels that we grade on opinion. My initial reaction was from the “I’m an objective teacher” approach, denying in my head that I graded on opinion.
Then [...]
what would it be like to teach at 11 pm?
To answer that question: probably awful if on a long-term basis. But I’m thinking about how energetic I am right now in regards to teaching tomorrow morning and how excited I am to talk about the assignment, to look at examples of writing, to proceed forward with student projects. I’m thinking about all this energy.
And [...]
Beyond Masculinity now online
Trevor Hoppe has now finished the website for Beyond Masculinity: Essays by Queer Men on Gender and Politics. I have an essay published titled On Being a Queer Man: Feminism and the Need to be an Ally. Honestly, it’s not the best thing I’ve ever written, and now, nearly a year after writing the first [...]
homonormativity, part 1
From Jim Aune, Andrew Koppelman’s reading of the judicial opinion in California making same-sex marriages legal. I don’t quite get all of the legalese (esp. in regards to substantive due process), but I found the read pretty interesting. Koppelman pretty much argues that the California Supreme Court made the right decision, but for mostly the [...]
new looks
I had been wanting to change my theme on this blog for a while. I liked the last theme a lot, but I realized it was hard to read, especially on a lot of PC’s (I could read it fine on my MacBook). Additionally, this new theme has 2 sidebars (woot!).
I’ll be updating this theme [...]
notes from Kevin on remembering how to teach
About a month ago Kevin wrote some notes on ‘remembering how to teach’ that I thought I’d repost here. As I’m thinking about what’s not going well in my classrooms this term, these seem pretty pertinent:
1. Don’t just assign writing, teach it.
2. Don’t just cover material, interact with it.
3. Don’t just teach the course, teach [...]
protest tomorrow
I just received word there will be a protest on campus tomorrow:
ATTN:
Wednesday 5/14/2008 12 NOON- 1PM
In Front of the MU Steps
Students at OSU will be in front of the Memorial Union tomorrow at noon protesting silently to help bring awareness to their fellow students about the blatant discrimination of men who engage in same-sex sexual [...]
