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Day 110: Nothing pulls it all together like an article on Inside HigherEd

May 12, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

So this one made the rounds today. I want to respond to it, mostly because two times this week I talked about academic bullying in varied contexts, and it’s not a new topic at all[…]

Day 104: Another commentary on lack of minority heroes

May 7, 2017 phillPop Culture

Today was free comic book day, and I went dutifully to my local shop, Comic Relief, to pick up a few things. I actually only bought posters today, as yesterday I loaded up on comics.[…]

Day 103: The Names were Redacted to Protect the Innocent

May 6, 2017 phillrealtalk

So I knew this day was coming. As I’ve said a few times, I have this recurrent blog-fear based on a time when I got blog silenced (not to silence me). It’s a weird hangup.[…]

Day 94: Love & Honor & Micro-aggressions

April 26, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Usually when I say ‘micro-aggression’ I’m about to talk about race or gender. Today, though, I have a perfect example of how the concepts behind the problem with micro-aggressions don’t have to be confined to[…]

Day 85: Fantastic Must-Read Article for Games and Scholarship

April 17, 2017 phillPedagogy

My boss and general awesome dude Glenn Platt sent me a link to this article which is an interview by Graham Oliver with games lit star Tony Tulathimutte. It’s full of insights that people who love[…]

Day 73: Kill your Master

April 5, 2017 phillbizarre motivational Phill

Just a short thought today because I’m running crazy trying to get a bunch of events at work rolling, but I’ve been thinking about something for a few days and wanted to share it. There’s[…]

Day 71: If you're an academic and you hate students…

April 3, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

We’re a day removed from my week of wrestling geekdom, and in response to that, I want to start this week with a wrestling style promo. *cues theme music, pyro, walks slowly to ring as[…]

Day 62: The Hill to Die On

March 25, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day. -That Shakespeare guy, from Henry[…]

Day 61: A Survivance Manifesto (for all)

March 24, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

“Survivance is an active sense of presence, the continuance of native stories, not a mere reaction, or a survivable name. Native survivance stories are renunciations of dominance, tragedy and victimry.” – Gerald Vizenor, from Manifest[…]

Day 60: Walkabout

March 23, 2017 phillrealtalk

That’s not my house, btw. It’s a stock photo of a sidewalk from ye old Google images. I felt like a random house image was fitting for what I’m writing about today. Generally speaking, it’s[…]