MLA, Perspectives PHOTO GALLERY: Leftist Professors Protest Texas Campus Carry Spencer Irvine January 26, 2016 Scroll down for all the photos taken of the Modern Language Association (MLA) protest of Texas’s campus carry law in…
MLA, Perspectives MLA Creates a New Word and World, Apparently Malcolm A. Kline January 25, 2016 Somewhat true to its name, the Modern Language Association (MLA) has transformed the word “imaginary” from an adjective into a…
MLA, Perspectives, Video WATCH: Leftist Professors Protest Texas Campus Carry Law Spencer Irvine At the Modern Language Association’s annual convention, this year held in Austin, Texas, leftist language professors marched to the State…
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 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 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…
