rhetoric – Page 4

Day 134: More Life in the Trump America

June 6, 2017 phillbizarre motivational Phill

Today our President tweeted more hate at the mayor of London. I remember when the 2000 election happened, all the animosity and insults and backbiting and everything that was involved. It was a derisive election,[…]

Day 130: Throwback Thursday: That Time I used CM Punk to teach Kairos

June 1, 2017July 23, 2018 phillPedagogy

Again, I originally offered this to a class as an example, I am considering expanding on my reflections on CM Punk. This one starts from a Wikipedia definition of Kairos and goes weird places. Kairos.[…]

Day 129: the truth about cats and dogs

June 1, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

The triangle above is called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. It’s not a new concept; it was created by Abraham Maslow in 1943, one of the first post modern tools that IMHO truly transcended being theory[…]

Day 125: The Legacy of Boba Fett

May 28, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

The image above is the Boba Fett Disney Infinity figure Julie bought for me on Wal-Mart super clearance. $3 if you want to cop one and join the cool people. I love Boba Fett. Many[…]

Day 124: About those micro-aggressions…

May 26, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Saw this today. Given, I don’t know the context beyond what the article offers, but I doubt there’s a way this was okay. It feels like some sort of sleazy attack on a student paired[…]

Day 116: Don't Trust Anyone The Sequel

May 18, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

A little old school Steve Austin. This is NOT a rally, obviously. It was an episode of RAW. This is the Stone Cold Steve Austin shirt I thought of as I read this. My[…]

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 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 83: A sliver of an essay

April 15, 2017 phillPop Culture

I currently have an essay– the precursor to a book project– that I’m having trouble getting traction with. I’ve been looking at the current draft (it’s been through a great deal of revision) and I[…]