Category Archives: publics

what is a public?

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Michael

Gregory asked at WQGTDWI What is public?, and I answered. He prompted me to post it as a new post, so I did here, but I thought I’d go ahead and post it here as well, before I get on … Continue reading →

Posted in CCCC 08, publics, Queer issues and theory | 1 Comment

stuff white people like

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Michael

While I was visiting Michigan State’s campus last week, quite a few grad students were talking about the blog Stuff White People Like. When I got back home, I checked it out. It’s an hilarious site that chronicles the behaviors … Continue reading →

Posted in Affect, Blogs, Ethics, publics, Race | 6 Comments

page 123 meme

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Michael

This has been circulating the blogs: The rules of engagement are as follows: a) Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. b) Find page 123. c) Find the first 5 sentences and read them. d) Post the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, publics, Social Justice | 1 Comment

notes from the interblags: comics!

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Michael

Oh, public discourse: • Problems debating those who are “irrational”? Debate in a clown suit! • A reason I sometimes stay up too late: someone is wrong on the Internet

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a complete misunderstanding of counterpublics

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Michael

A friend of mine is completely enamored by danah boyd’s writing, which to a degree I understand. She’s a PhD student at Berkeley, and she often writes some pretty smart things about online information and networking systems. However, I think … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, publics | 4 Comments