I missed posting last week, so I guess nothing really interesting happened online. Nah, I just got a mixture of busy (the summer term is winding down, writing deadlines are approaching) and lazy (so much on Netflix!). Here’s a short list of links from the last week (some I shared on Facebook):
1. Struggling to Stay True to Wisconsin’s Ideals (Inside Higher Ed)
For those following the debacle in Wisconsin, coverage on my former institution.
2. Why academia needs emotional, passionate women (Guardian)
I believe it is no longer the rule that all academic research must be dispassionate and objective. Writing yourself into your research, being open and honest, being emotional, all this makes for research that is valuable and meaningful. Tim Hunt’s comments were sexist, but he’s also mistaken about the place of emotion in academia. An emotional, passionate woman isn’t a distraction in the academic world. She is exactly what that world needs.
3. In Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New Book, It’s Clear All the Blacks Are Still Men (The Root)
While praising the book, Britni Danielle also points out:
In Between the World and Me, black women are footnotes to the men’s stories—baby mamas, lovers, mothers, classmates, around-the-way girls, grieving mothers. As Coates recounts a world full of complex black men carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders, the same can’t be said for the women who bop down the same blocks, negotiate the same demons and are often victimized by the same men.
4. How brand-new words are spreading across America (Quartz)
Via Collin Brooke’s Rhetsy, this post has some pretty rad visualizations of new words and how their usage grows and spreads. Drawing on Twitter data from October 2013 to November 2014, the post features a map where can watch use of words like “fuckboy” (a poser) or “unbothered” grow and spread over the year.
