Monthly Archives: June 2008

sexual politics of meat

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Michael

In some respects we all acknowledge the sexual politics of meat. When we think that men, especially male athletes, need meat, or when wives report that they could give up meat but they fix it for their husbands, the overt … Continue reading →

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compositionists as public intellectuals

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Michael

A while ago I commented at The Blogora that it seems that the positive press about composition and student writing always comes in the form of newspaper articles written by reporters about the classroom, but negative press always seems to … Continue reading →

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a genealogy of american anti-intellectualism

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Michael

I’m enjoying sitting in on Sara’s Writing 323 class this summer, and I’m looking forward to covering it next week. The students today had an interesting discussion about anti-intellectualism. Sara asked why US Americans have such a distaste for public … Continue reading →

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the secular society vs. the post-secular society

Posted on June 28, 2008 by Michael

This 2006 video of Barack Obama’s speech (video below) is interested to read in juxtaposition to Jürgen Habermas’s recent essay on sightandsound, Notes on a Post-Secular Society. If you are interested in a response to this video from Focus on … Continue reading →

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from 13 to 8

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Michael

I started out this summer with only 13 students in my writing in business course. In the first week, the enrollment has dropped to 8. This is the smallest class I’ve ever taught — well, tied with an 8th grade … Continue reading →

Posted in WR214: Writing in Business | 1 Comment