Moja droga (Part 1)
Maybe she had asked the question before; maybe she’d forgotten my rambling answer. I vaguely remember, perhaps, that we’d had […]
Category: amerika
Angela Davis
When ostensibly asked if she supported violence while she was in jail, Angela Davis not only explained violence, but she […]
Tangerine Dreaming
“I won’t be fooled by a cheap cinematic trick.” – Missing Persons The fourth annual Oak Cliff Film Festival opened […]
Perimeter of Poverty
I rarely feel or experience white privilege as such. As someone who grew up in poverty in rural Texas, I […]
Dear Senator
I’m currently drafting a letter to my senators regarding the letter they sent to Iran. It’s a letter about another […]
Antimanifesto for a Simulated World
Jean Baudrillard’s 1981 Simulacra and Simulation, translated by Sheila Faria Glaser in 1994, contains a four-page essay entitled “Hypermarket and […]
Taking Time
What is meant as a valiant stand against the decline of reading is actually a symptom of it, and then […]
Texas: A Story of Two Boys
IA certain Texas university announced today that it would free 100 employees from the shackles of employment by the end […]
The Adjunct: Confessions and Manifesto of a Benefits-Deprived Professor
First, we need to create honest and accurate language. Adjunct designates an inessential supplement, yet adjunct professors are just as permanent […]
The Shit We Live In
I often complain that the society I live in is shit. Most people here appear beholden to the inherent nihilism […]
