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Day 176: Survivance

July 17, 2017 phillmemoir

I’m going to start by expressing my ideas here the way I do when I give talks, so if you’ve heard me do this bit and it bothered you– get ready to wade through it[…]

Day 175: Cultural appropriation vs. homage/honoring

July 17, 2017 phillbizarre motivational Phill

This is the logic of the Indian mascot. “It’s meant to honor you!” Passive aggression at its finest. To begin making my case here, I’m going to do something I used to do in my[…]

Day 173: The Challenges of Self-Definition

July 15, 2017 phillmemoir

It seems like yesterday, but it was long ago. This is another story. I’m what people call a hybrid scholar. This is a thing that many people and departments claim to celebrate and to admire[…]

Day 172: This is what happens when you don't think first

July 14, 2017 phillrealtalk

So today I saw this. It’s hard to find much from the originator of “The Chocolate Challenge” now that she’s left Instagram and deleted most of her social media posts. She did eek out this[…]

Day 169: One of the weird quirks of teaching games

July 11, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

There’s a weird stigma that goes with teaching games. And no, I don’t mean the “do you think people are addicted to video games” question that I get every time I do a talk somewhere.[…]

Day 168: Villains II: I'm not finished with you!

July 10, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

A story. Biggest secret on my blog (spoiler warning): I’m mostly Cherokee. We’ll skip the argument about what it means to be “part” something or mixed blood for now (it’s an argument I’ve made other[…]

Day 165: My Earliest Memory

July 6, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

My earliest memory is of lying in a crib, watching a spider descend on a single thin strand, feeling its legs on my cheek, then feeling a warm, piercing sting. I can’t possibly really remember[…]

Day 164: Returning to an old core argument

July 6, 2017 phillgames

My friend Sam Blackmon posted this link on Facebook today. The article is well written, and it’s important. I applaud. I also want to use it as jumping on point for something that has become[…]

Day 161: Why I sometimes seem a little at-odds with my discipline

July 3, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I have walked in a lightly defined circle around some of these issues in the past, but I was thinking today it might be worthwhile to lay this down in a post, sort of get[…]

Day 156: I need to expand on this

June 28, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Today, I shared this story that Julie (and some of my other friends) posted on Facebook. Here’s what I said, for the odd reader who isn’t my FB friend but is interested in what I[…]