The reason is simple: I always wanted to quit math, but I always thought: I’ll learn a little bit more before I quit. I would like to understand how things come together. (Hala) I’m still … more →
verbal privilegeelizabeth wrote 1 month ago: The reason is simple: I always wanted to quit math, but I always thought: I’ll learn a little … more →
elizabeth wrote 2 months ago: I’ve neglected the blog all term because I’ve been so busy with coursework, and most of … more →
elizabeth wrote 3 months ago: Two wonderful posts I bookmarked in the last month or so that seemed to have something to say to one … more →
elizabeth wrote 4 months ago: Sorry, folks, my attention has been away from (this part of) the internets for a week or two. The … more →
elizabeth wrote 4 months ago: Last night, members of the Take Back NYU coalition occupied the third floor of NYU’s Kimmel Ce … more →
Kevin Fenton wrote 5 months ago: When you finish Huck Finn, you think: Wow: so that’s the ridiculously high standard for generosity … more →
elizabeth wrote 5 months ago: This week, Hampshire College became the first US university to divest from companies complicit in th … more →
Kevin Fenton wrote 5 months ago: “We [American readers] are accustomed to honest autobiographical shapelessness. Ishmael and Hu … more →
Kevin Fenton wrote 5 months ago: I know that Tom Sawyer is one of the most beloved characters in American literature. But when he re … more →
breetreport wrote 6 months ago: I have been hovering around this and now, I am going to try and explain it. The Natural Witches’ sp … more →
elizabeth wrote 7 months ago: I’m back in the Sanjak of Alexandretta for a brief stay, and will return to the present late t … more →
elizabeth wrote 7 months ago: Every so often, I come across something in the newspaper and think, there’s a novel somewhere … more →
elizabeth wrote 8 months ago: Several other people covered this while I was buried in essay-writing and housing issues last week, … more →
elizabeth wrote 9 months ago: Upon viewing the linked clip, via Sepoy here: Maybe it’s just the combination of sleep depriva … more →
elizabeth wrote 9 months ago: I’ve been sticking to my vow not to write here about domestic politics–others say it all … more →
workingsforsuckers wrote 1 year ago: I clicked on a linked ad in gmail, How I got Into the Stanford Psychology, I didn’t look throu … more →
Larry wrote 1 year ago: Finished up the rest of Influencer. Environment changes: machines made without man intervention rest … more →
Bunkie Perkins wrote 1 year ago: Deuces to you too, graduate! What do GED commencement ceremonies look like in the South? Well much … more →
Bonnie Green wrote 1 year ago: Paul McGann plays Martin Harris/Dr Simon Hennessey in Paper Mask (1990, [VHS], High Flie … more →