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: March 2009
the ethics of anonymity
via The Philosophist, here’s an Huffington Post column about an Alaska state legislator revealing the previously anonymous identity of “Alaska Muckraker,” the Alaskan blogger who wrote about Sarah Palin once she was nominated for vice president. The column brings up … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, New Media, Privacy, publics
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translating Derrida and posting it online = possible jail time
from Boing Boing: Horacio Potel, an Argentine philosophy professor at Universidad Nacional de Lanús,, faces criminal charges — and possible jail time — for posting unofficial translations of seminal Jacques Derrida texts to his site where his students could see … Continue reading
Remembering Harvey Milk and Anita Bryant
A bit of “old” news as I try to catch up on some blog reading: Evidently Sean Penn is endorsing a Harvey Milk Day in California, joining some state senators in calling for the memorial day, which would occur on … Continue reading
Posted in Memories, Queer issues and theory
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Pride Week at Penn State
Penn State blog Onward State has a post with a video about the rally held today (Wednesday) at noon in front of Old Main for Pride Week. I was only able to attend the first half before having to leave … Continue reading
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Young: The Texture of Memory (1993)
For our Public Memory and Rhetoric course we read James E. Young’s The Texture of Memory: Holocaust Memorials and Meaning, which was an enjoyable and intelligent investigation into the production and reception of various Holocaust memorials in Germany, Austria, Poland, … Continue reading
