Saturday, August 30, 2008
make an effort
Residents of St. Paul who happen to be queer: Don't make out in front of the Republicans attending the GOP Convention. You can identify delegates because they'll be wearing power ties.
On the one hand, the message of this ad seems to be that Republicans have horrible gaydar. On the other hand, it seems to be that Republicans are so intolerant that they won't even be able to handle the residents of a city they're visiting. I'm not going to make any argument about both or either of these being true, but I'm really intrigued by the ads. I can't imagine that they're doing much to discourage PDAs, especially among what's been a pretty politically active lgbtq community.
The organization responsible for the ads, the Unconvention, is a non-partisan group involved in participatory culture. The slogan is "unscripting the political process." To me, it seems like a kind of less interesting version of Otpor.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Landmark Achievement for Neverending Jeremiad
If you google "jeremiad" and go to the 34th entry, guess what you find. Us! Just as a reference point, Bercovitch's e-book is the 31st. We're famous!
Friday, June 13, 2008
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Adjunct Professor Fired for Not Signing Loyalty Oath
Wendy Gonaver was hired by Cal-Sate Fullerton last fall to teach American Studies and Women’s Studies. As part of her American Studies course, she had planned to teach a section on McCarthyism. But she wasn’t allowed to teach at all because she refused to sign the loyalty oath that the state of California still insists that its employees sign...
http://www.progressive.org/?q=mag_mc050608
http://www.progressive.org/?q=mag_mc050608
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
real man of genius
Friday, April 18, 2008
Texas Showdown to close in May
See this in the Statesman.
What a bunch of codshit. Blah blah corporate real estate bastards blah gentrification blah development blah loss of character. What a shame.
What a bunch of codshit. Blah blah corporate real estate bastards blah gentrification blah development blah loss of character. What a shame.
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