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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 92: Getting Older

April 25, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

A little over a week ago I went to get an eye exam. For those of you who don’t know, I was diagnosed as diabetic approximately six months ago, so this was my first diabetic[…]

Day 90: Not Having Kids Redux: It's a… rant

April 23, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Today at a cool chipotle-of-pizza place in Indy called Pieology, Julie and I encountered a delightful young man who was interested in my t-shirt. I have a shirt that Julie bought me a few years[…]

Day 89: I'm not every Cherokee

April 21, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

In fact, I’m not enrolled, because like a countless number of my ancestors, the roots of my line fled relocation via the Trail of Tears, so I can’t ever be part of the “official” tribe[…]

Day 87: When Learning Isn't What You Thought It Was

April 20, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I’ve taken a number of classes on pedagogy, and I’ve taken more classes still that involved reading theory. I now teach classes that use theory, and I sometimes help train people in how to teach.[…]

Day 86: It's that time again… a guide to requesting a force add/a rant

April 18, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I awoke today at 8 am to my phone vibrating on my end table. Not new, really. I wake up lots of days to see that happening. But it wasn’t a phone call. It wasn’t[…]

Day 84: Lies my "parents" told me part III: The Ol' Master's Tools argument

April 16, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

So once upon a time, Audre Lorde, an amazing scholar and thinker, said this. In the process, ironically, someone who was not part of the “Master” construction which she was critiquing (this is something many[…]

Day 80: The Hulk's Secret

April 13, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I am unabashedly a huge fan of Joss Whedon. I always have been. I always will be. But my favorite Whedon moment isn’t from Buffy, or from Angel (my favorite of his series) or Firefly,[…]

Day 78: Worth

April 11, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Two days ago I shared a part of an old essay here. I don’t think the essay is going to see print (total honesty: I submitted it to a collection edited by some friends from[…]

Day 77: My Biggest Pet Peeve

April 9, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

So earlier this week I wrote a treatise of sorts on how much I care about my students and how I think we all should if we want to teach. Today, I’m going to illustrate[…]