i really want to push back more forcefully on this dishonest portrayal of the self as a "neutral" party. like setting aside that it's categorically not true, it's specifically being weaponized by people who perhaps don't have expertise, but certainly have prior interests in these subjects.

degenerescence (Derridean)

such a right-handed take

I completely agree that refusing to develop principles of selection is nothing more or less than yielding the field

I've found it kind of helpful to think about curricular design less in terms of canon and more in terms of repertoire

Yessir! I always find Patti inspiring but I was beyond moved tonight

Jeff I should’ve guessed you were there! Really walked out of there feeling like it might be THE best album

this still counts as evidence of scholarly impact

is THAT the portrait of Locke

The NYTimes review theorized that it was all about enabling the photography motif. IMO though it's more about the film's (disappointing) reversion to trope re class. Remaking Victor as aristocratic vampire rather than middle-class striver is simpler outside an Age of Revolutions setting

New York City is the Kampala of America, etc

In contemporary authoritarian regimes, they don’t ban dissenting voices—they have regime affiliated oligarchs buy up the big outlets and force out opposition voices.

Anyway:

The attack on transgender people is not made to solve a problem.

It is fomenting bigotry to take power. Concessions are encouragement to do more attacking.