I can’t do your show tonight, I’m taking care of my kids

The day Pope Francis was elected, I got an email from local news asking me to be on a panel to discuss the new papacy. I demurred. First, I’m not really an expert on twenty-first century Catholicism. Oh, I know the macro just fine, but I don’t have the whole cast of characters memorized. On … Continue ReadingI can’t do your show tonight, I’m taking care of my kids

Frozen vs Little Mermaid: Two Anthems, Two Generations. I want vs I am.

How is a daddy supposed to deal with Disney? My daughter, who is not quite 5, sings “Let it Go” at me approximately eight thousand times a day. What she lacks in intonation she more than makes up with the verve and gusto with which she goes after the song, not to mention the slamming … Continue ReadingFrozen vs Little Mermaid: Two Anthems, Two Generations. I want vs I am.

Weekly Roundup

I have some new opportunities for regular published work, so the blog may slow down a bit. I’m very excited about it, but don’t want to jinx it yet. Stay tuned! Then again, writing usually inspires more writing, so I may do even more blogging, especially of link collections and resources. I finished March with … Continue ReadingWeekly Roundup

Resources: Contingency in the Workplace is Great!

The business-world is full of essays lauding the advent of the contingent worker, or at least prepping companies to take advantage of it (selling their services to companies trying to deal with contingency). I’m reading these in the context of adjunct labor and an essay I’m writing for Chronicle Vitae. I see strong parallels. Here … Continue ReadingResources: Contingency in the Workplace is Great!

Resources: Adjunct Labor and Slave Labor

Over the past few years, a number of books and essays linking adjuncts to other historically oppressed peoples have been published. I’m writing an essay on the topic (that’s largely critical). Here’s some of the material with which I’m working, starting with the most recent. Equality for Contingent Faculty: Overcoming the Two-Tier System, edited by … Continue ReadingResources: Adjunct Labor and Slave Labor

Autism Speaks, But Not For Everyone. Say No to Blue-Washing.

Here is a tl;dr – Support ASAN over Autism Speaks, Ok? If you want to know why, read on. April is Autism Awareness Month. It’s also Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a fact for which I was not aware until after I wrote yesterday’s topical post. I wasn’t really aware of AAM either until yesterday’s tweets … Continue ReadingAutism Speaks, But Not For Everyone. Say No to Blue-Washing.