Category Archives: news and Culture
Rape Culture, Rape Prevention, & Masculinity
This was an invited talk at Your Community Center in Ogden, UT on April 14, 2012 to address the connection between masculinity, rape, & culture during a Take Back the Night event. They titled the presentation “How Not To Be … Continue reading
Filed under Cultural Studies, Feminisms, news and Culture, Rhetoric
Rick Perry’s Strong #Rhetoric and the Politics of Censoring Hate Speech
[Warning this post contains references to Judith Butler that some may find always objectionable and already incomprehensible. Fair enough.] This week Rick Perry pulled up his boots and stepped in it once again delivering a divisive new ad that among … Continue reading
Filed under Feminisms, news and Culture, Rhetoric
The Becoming-Nomad of the #Occupy Movement
This post is the second in a series of three using some concepts from the work of Deleuze and Guattari to chart some lines of flight through the #Occupy movement. I want to deal directly here with the tension between … Continue reading
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#OWS Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Things have gotten ugly; they have gotten ugly in Zuccotti Park, ugly in Oakland, ugly in Denver, and so on. The late night raid in New York led to a drastic reduction of protest abilities for members of the #Occupy … Continue reading
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Legal Reasoning, Cigarette Labels, & False Dichotomies in Rhetoric
Over the past few days I have been catching bits and pieces of news that a U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia had issued an injunction against the FDA’s new rules requiring graphic visual labels on cigarette packs … Continue reading
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Anti-Gay violence with a Texas twist. [Updated]
UPDATE According to the Dallas Voice three suspects in this case have been charged with hate crimes for their role in this brutal assault. Speaking to the Dallas Voice: Chuck Smith, deputy director of Equality Texas, said he was pleased … Continue reading
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TSA Baggage Check-October 26, 2011
Busy week in TSA land as the TSA blog takes on Internet rumors and an inappropriate note left in a passenger’s bag makes a buzz online. First, a TSA exercise got a few folks thinking the TSA was setting up … Continue reading
Filed under news and Culture, Research, TSA
#OccupyWallStreet Capitalism’s Death Drive, & Anti-Capitalism
#OccupyWallStreet reveals a number of propositions that need to be tested, challenges, debated, and problematized. This work cannot be done just by political pundits, but must be done by our political leaders. They need to deal seriously with the following: … Continue reading
Filed under Cultural Studies, Deleuze, news and Culture, Rhetoric
TSA Baggage Check-Oct 5, 2011
I intend for the TSA Baggage Check to be a regular feature that, in true blogger style, points to recent important news tidbits about the TSA and Airport Security. This section is a little selfish, it helps me aggregate dissertation … Continue reading
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Despite the Hype, TSA Pre-Check Does Little to Shift the Status Quo
The TSA announced its new Pre✓ program today that promises to let passengers breeze though security if they have : volunteered information [that allows the TSA] to make risk assessments before the passenger gets to the airport, and enables our … Continue reading
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