At a recent Modern Language Association (MLA) panel on “Disability and Human Rights,” assistant Professor Rebecca Wanzo argued for a new gynecological justice and equated unequal access to “family planning” resources with the controversial practice of female genital mutilation.
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Dreams From My President
A professor emerita at Stanford University, Marjorie Gabrielle Perloff dedicated the majority of her 20-minute speech to commenting on Barack Obama’s highly electable character and his autobiography.
Bread and Rosy Scenarios
Kel Kelly takes on New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, setting out to discredit Krugman’s four main causal arguments for the current food shortage.
Shakesqueer: the Sequel
We got an anonymous e-mail last week about Bethany Stotts’ MLA article, Shakesqueer. This is both an update and an answer.
Postmodern Epistemologies
Modern Language Association (MLA) professors attempted to answer questions about style and meaning by drawing upon postmodern academics, one of whom belongs to the radical “naturalist” Brights movement.
Shakespearian Dystopias
Shakespeare’s commentary on science and society was so profound that the famous author Aldous Huxley copied themes wholesale from the Tempest in order to construct the American dystopian classic A Brave World.
No Relation to Rhett
If all academic writing became infused with the “excitement” of Butler’s work, many outside the field would probably fail to recognize the change.
Ode To a Lost Decade
“The 1990’s witnessed a major transformation in the discourse of theory, with the rise of new figures, a shift in the works of others, and a new sexuality,” said University of Florida Professor Phillip Wegner.
Victimhood for All
The victim-oppressor dialectic of Marxist doctrine has long since penetrated the university, leading to both classes on Karl Marx and the inclusion of Marxist literary theory in the curriculum.
Above the Law
In a new twist on criminal sympathy, Professor April Miller argued that murder may serve as a means of female resistance against the “patriarchal machinery” that is the law.