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Day 218: The Thing about Villains

August 29, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I’ve been thinking quite a bit about villainy the last few weeks. I think I wrote a post earlier in the year about one of my favorite super hero mythology quotes. It’s from Smallville, which[…]

Day 216: When you mix a little religion in your poli-sci in your rhetoric in your comic books Or a theory of humanity

August 27, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Long before I was completely sure what rhetoric was, I was studying it. I’ve had a keen interest in political science, religion, sociology, etc. since I was in junior high school. As such, I sometimes[…]

Day 196: How do you kill a dragon?

August 7, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I wanted to share a portion of a manuscript I’m shopping. It seems appropriate to talk about my slaying dragons metaphor given yesterday’s discussion of the field and the fact that tonight on GoT (spoiler)[…]

Day 178: Old school vs. new school

July 20, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

In my rant-fuel post yesterday, I made a brief reference to one of the things I think is tearing academia apart (other than the arrogance that was the title of that post): the changes between[…]

Day 174: Identity Tourism

July 16, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I promised at the end of yesterday’s post that I’d talk a bit more about how I’m utilizing Identity Tourism in my own research. It’s easiest to start by explaining what Lisa Nakamura means by[…]

Day 171: Writing Wrestling: The Failed Double-Turn Heard Round the Reddit

July 13, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Here’s an article for some context of what I’m about to say. If you have heard me talk about wrestling at all, you know I don’t like Roman Reigns. It’s not that I don’t like[…]

Day 170: Buying in vs. Selling Out (the Ol' Seth Rollins problem)

July 12, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I work for — not to brag– one of the most innovative programs in the country. We’re small, but not THAT small (we have 400 majors and we are growing by the day). We do[…]

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 166: How it's all about story and what stories can do or Phill watches Julie watch Wrestling

July 8, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I’m an unapologetic wrestling fan. I almost wrote one of my major research projects on wrestling, but let’s all be honest here, it’s tough enough being the non-white guy who does games work. I was[…]