Humanities on the Edge Book Review: Adam Kotsko
My favorite scene in HBO’s Enlightened occurs toward the end of the first season, in an episode that centers on the protagonist’s mother,...
watershedunl
- Mar 8, 2015
Education of the Senses
“Our frantic heaves and throbs were received and returned with equally voluptuous and pleasure-conferring shoves and wriggles, which...
Anne Nagel
- Feb 17, 2015
Kidnapping Personhood: Ranciere, Hegel, Deleuze (Part One)
Sometimes I treat my students like a roomful of kidnappers. If you are ever kidnapped, you are supposed to “humanize yourself” by talking...
James Lowell Brunton
- Feb 10, 2015
Daniel Tiger and the Politics of Difference
If you were a kid in the 1970s or 1980s, chances are you have at least a vague recollection of Daniel Striped Tiger, the sweet,...
watershedunl
- Feb 10, 2015
Political Economy & Game of Thrones
A month ago, I argued that the sociopaths in Game of Thrones reflect the audience’s understanding that our current politics are fueled by...
watershedunl
- Feb 3, 2015
Recognizing and Responding to Plant Stories
Scientific research into the myriad abilities of plants to recognize and respond to their environments calls into question the...
watershedunl
- Jan 28, 2015
The Exceptional State of Sex Offender Registries (Part Two)
Part one of this blog post addressed some of the pressing issues associated with the current use of sex offender registries. A cursory...
watershedunl
- Jan 27, 2015
Painting Truth to Power: Public Art and the Politics of Place
Has not institutionalized advertising replaced former modes of communication, including art? (Henri Lefebvre, Everyday Life in the Modern...
James Lowell Brunton
- Jan 20, 2015
Are You in the Wrong Bathroom?: Uncanny Androgyny
“Are you in the wrong bathroom?” This is a question I often get when I “androgynously” venture into a public women’s restroom—whether it...
watershedunl
- Jan 20, 2015
Sociopaths and Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones is bristling with sociopaths. The most successful characters (measured in terms of episodes survived, or the power they...