MLA, Perspectives Too Few Feminists in Video Games, says Professor Spencer Irvine January 23, 2016 #GamerGate and feminism in gaming were the subjects of a paper at a recent Modern Language Association (MLA) panel at…
MLA, Perspectives MLA Stylebook: Capitalism Punishes the Disabled Poor Spencer Irvine January 22, 2016 Capitalism discriminates against the poor and disabled, one professor said during a panel entitled, “Disability and the Global South” at…
MLA, Perspectives ‘The Hunger Games’ is Sexist, says Professor Spencer Irvine January 21, 2016 A panel of professors at the Modern Language Association’s annual convention, this time held in Austin, Texas, argued about feminism…
MLA, Perspectives Academics Try to Interpret ‘Serial’ Podcast Spencer Irvine January 20, 2016 After the widespread and unexpected popularity of the ‘Serial’ podcast, where a team of journalists review an old criminal case…
MLA, Perspectives Leftist Professors Protest Guns in … Texas Spencer Irvine January 19, 2016 In the Lone Star State, where open carry is now legal in public places, the Modern Language Association thought it…
MLA, Perspectives Rape Narrative Over Due Process Spencer Irvine January 18, 2016 The Modern Language Association’s (MLA) new punching bag is due process, as one session in their annual convention demonstrated (The…
MLA, Perspectives Prostitution’s Victims Ignored by Amnesty International Spencer Irvine January 17, 2016 Occasionally the Modern Language Association (MLA) actually does look at language, and makes a valuable contribution to the sum of…
MLA, Perspectives Sexual Violence in the Military Spencer Irvine January 16, 2016 In a presentation to a Modern Language Association (MLA) panel on sexual violence, Ariana Vigil, a women’s studies professor at…
MLA, Perspectives Bootstrapping Broads: Talking Feminism Spencer Irvine January 15, 2016 Harriet Beecher Stowe, European gardens and gender bias were discussed in a recent Modern Language Association (MLA) panel at their…
MLA, Perspectives Ecologically Correct: It’s Academic! Malcolm A. Kline January 14, 2016 It’s interesting that although liberals are the ones who most like to talk about protecting the environment, conservatives are the…
MLA, Perspectives Academic Animal Studies/Farm Malcolm A. Kline January 13, 2016 George Orwell might have been amused. Academia is well on its way to quite literally becoming Animal Farm. Indeed, the…
MLA, Perspectives Rock, Paper, Scissors Malcolm A. Kline January 12, 2016 It’s interesting that some of the same people who go ballistic at the suggestion that corporations are people are quite…
