Category Archives: Politics
DADT everywhere
I think there is a real danger of treating emotional orientation as different from any other aspect of someone’s personal life in a manner that is actually deeply complicit in prejudice and injustice. from a great post by Andrew Sullivan … Continue reading
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Pea Tarty
Andrew Sullivan (surprise surprise) reflects my views on the Teabaggers: When they propose cuts in Medicare, means-testing Social Security, a raising of the retirement age and a cut in defense spending, I’ll take them seriously and wish them well. Until … Continue reading
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Inglorious Bastard
John McCain in 2006 (see bottom of the page) re: DADT: The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, senator, we ought to change the policy, then I think we ought to consider seriously changing … Continue reading
Preschoolers v. Clement Greenberg
Daniel Siedell writes another post of note, reflecting on the well-established (to my eyes, at least, being an art historical child of the double-aughts) rift between formalism and, for lack of a more specific generalization, contextualism. For the non-jargon inclined, formalism is … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Methodology, musems, Politics
“I’m so sick of hearing about Viagra”
Hey look, it turns out that academic peer review might be just as illogical as the regular business world. (The Art History Newsletter)
Filed under Methodology, Politics, Research
The Art Ghetto
A snappy post by Daniel Siedell of University of Nebraska-Omaha (tip from AHN) considers “The Curse of the ‘Special Arts Issue’”, and how misguided editors (and complicit writers) doom their work to thematic ghettoes: These editors actually believe they are are doing … Continue reading
Black Camelot
As if Senator Clinton’s withdrawal means the end of sexism in this campaign season (from the NYTimes style section article on Michelle Obama): If the gumball pearls were a retro wink at traditional decorum, they still read as anything but … Continue reading
Filed under Fashion, New York Times, Politics, Ridiculous quotes
But what about Jun Meekaheen?
The View From Abroad – Sweden Italians are also pretty much solely interested in the Democratic party. In the newspaper every day there are two pages on American politics, and i Rebpubblicani are always relegated to a sidebar while i … Continue reading
Filed under International Relations, Politics
Days turn into months
Did classes only start eight days ago? Surely not. This ranks up there with the longest weeks I’ve ever had, and it’s not even finished yet. All the classes are going great. Italian at 9AM every morning is going to … Continue reading
Filed under A Cappella, angst, Art History, Books, Classes, Politics, Things that should be easy but aren't, Williams
Practice Safe Analogizing
Its creators told students their aims were akin to those of “a junior high school sex-education class”: preparing decision makers for an activity more inevitable than recommended. Since they are bound to do what we talk about, later if not … Continue reading
Filed under History, International Relations, New York Times, Politics
