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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this is a FYC paper waiting to happen
Today during orientation we were told to expect FYC papers on the new petition signed by over 100 university and college professors asking legislators to open up debate about lowering the drinking age. I’ve seen papers on lowering the drinking … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Composition
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rhetorical listening
Jim Brown’s recent post reminds us to listen, and I’m thinking about how I can listen when issues of race come up. I’m finding it more and more difficult to listen to white folks who deny that institutional racism and … Continue reading
Butler: questioning truth, questioning the self
Thus if I question the regime of truth, I question, too, the regime through which being, and my own ontological status, is allocated. Critique is not merely of a given social practice or a certain horizon of intelligibility within which … Continue reading
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how to respond to a break-up letter
McSweeny’s offers a great response here: Dear Emily, I enjoyed reading the letter you left on my coffee table. You haven’t shared your writing with me since the beginning of our relationship (was I too harsh?), and it’s a pleasure … Continue reading
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how to tell someone they did something racist
A video via The Bilerico Project: Nothing extremely new here, but he does raise the point about people who are told they did something racist, but then talk about how they are not racist. It seems to me that even … Continue reading
Posted in Race
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