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Remembering Eve Sedgwick

This is something I’ve been working on for the past few weeks. Hope some of you might like to come! We are also looking in to the logistics of recording it – so it would be good to hear if people would find this useful.
Remembering Eve Sedgwick: The beginnings, present and future of queer theory
A [...]

Overload

Think your job is bad? Read this. Overload reports on “the role of work-volume escalation and micro-management of academic work patterns in loss of morale and collegiality at UWS.”
Apart from highlighting the inadequacies of workload formulae across every level of academic life, it’s also one of the best reports I’ve read showing the [...]

Getting Desperate: Twitter on primetime

Last night’s episode of Desperate Housewives showed how far things have come: it included a scene that hinged on Tom’s lack of knowledge about Twitter, and hence his failure at a job interview. This shameful experience led to an extended subplot about whether or not Tom should get plastic surgery to disguise his age and [...]

Affective voice