December 29, 2015We are still at Lynnyard Cay. Towards the evening, a funny old man who was quite drunk motored up in a small boat. “I hope you’re enjoying it,” he said, approaching us where we sat at the table. We had just finished lunch. He said he spent 50 or more nights a year there, and that it was his special spot. He said he knew the owner but that the owner did not know him, and claimed to have built the tables and to have furnished the picnic table we found there. He also brought a couch with him. Ryan helped him to bring it to shore. He said he had a friend, whom we saw in a rowboat just offshore, who was “too shy” to talk to people. They seemed to be waiting for us to leave, so we did. We ate dinner separately. I am feeling a little bit better. I made a poster about Tethys and other ancient Greek goddesses of the sea for Lily, who is a fierce mermaid warrior and a free-speaker. I like her very much. AdvertisementsLike this:LikeLoading…RelatedAuthor: Kimberly Latta, Ph.D.
I just wrote this indignant letter to the editors of New Republic. We’ll see if they publish it: Dear Editors of New Republic, Thank you for drawing attention to the pervasive sexism and abuse of power at universities and colleges in the article, “A Professor is Kind of Like a Priest.” I applaud Irene Hsu … Read more#MeToo Editoral: By Refusing to Tell the Whole Story, New Republic Covers Up for UC Berkeley’s Indifference to Faculty Sexual Predators
During the first semester of my first year as a graduate student in Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley, in 1985, I took a class with Franco Moretti, who was then a visiting professor from Italy. He was considered one of the up-and-coming literary critics at the time and there was much excitement about his work. … Read moreWhat Happened at Berkeley in 1985
Here is a link to a wonderful account of the personal politics (politics are always personal) of abortion, by Laura Lannes and Candace Russel. For a very compassionate discussion of the way that women’s reproduction is determined unfairly by racial, economic, and national issues, check out this article, recently posted at Rewire. And here is … Read moreIn the Spirit of the NASW Code of Ethics: We Don’t Owe Anyone An Explanation
