Welcome to the Cabaret
Popularised by the American TV show, Glee, a show choir is an ensemble of singers who perform choreographed dance numbers that often revolve around an overarching concept or…
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“There is Power in a Union”
Listen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwbzxemJZIc There is Power in a Union (Billy Bragg) “Talking with the Taxman About Poetry” (1986) Lyrics: There is power in a factory, power in the land…
She-Kings – the animated series
1. https://youtu.be/9MGNaplm9Rc 2. https://youtu.be/gFDA6CzSRSc 3. https://youtu.be/LAnywT00GUk 4. https://youtu.be/rPptSyJjFjA 5. https://youtu.be/gFDA6CzSRSc Do watch these…
Venn diagram showing the overlap between supporters of BDSS & BDS
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Stefan Helmreich, “A Book of Waves” (Duke UP, 2023)
In A Book of Waves (Duke UP, 2023), Stefan Helmreich examines ocean waves as forms of media that carry ecological, geopolitical, and climatological news about our planet. Drawing on ethnographic…
Bryan Rennie, “An Ethology of Religion and Art: Belief as Behavior” (Routledge, 2020)
Drawing from sources including the ethology of art and the cognitive science of religion, An Ethology of Religion and Art: Belief as Behavior (Routledge, 2020) proposes an improved understanding of both…
Workers of the World Unite (against the homebreakers)!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nmwDTf9k34 Listen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-G83Awrw8k Homebreakers (Mick Talbot, Paul Weller) The Style Council “Our Favorite Shop” (1985) Lyrics Good…
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Hi all,Migration, conflict, drugs, greenwashing, the political economy of humanitarianism, transitional justice, NGOs vs civil society, reparations & a thirst for numbers – big issues featured in news…
Hanshin Tigers 2023 Central League Champs!
Oh so happy… https://hanshintigers.jp/
Summerson Carr on her new book, Working the Difference
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo201564143.html Ilana Gershon In what sense do you see the focus of your book, a therapeutic intervention called motivational interview…
Through Film, Discovering Hope in the Face of Environmental Destruction
In the midst of acute eco-anxiety, can community-based filmmaking help young people imagine a different future? FILMMAKING IN THE ANTHROPOCENE A group of 12-year-olds enters a decrepit building…
Michèle Lamont, “Seeing Others: How Recognition Works-And How It Can Heal a Divided World” (Atria, 2023)
How can we challenge and change inequalities? In Seeing Others: How Recognition Works— and How It Can Heal a Divided World (Atria, 2023), Michele Lamont, Professor of Sociology and African and African…
Why positive thinking won’t end loneliness
NOEMI CASSIN House of Lords London SW1A 0PW Dear Lady Barran, I am writing to you to discuss your latest Campaign to End Loneliness report, titled “The Psychology…
“That is not a place to sit on the bus…”
I usually do not take photos on the bus or train. But I could not help myself this morning. As the fall semester started this week, the buses…
Nietzsche’s Bataille
‘On 21 January 1936, a prospectus presenting the Cahiers de Contre-Attaque was published; this leaflet announced the forthcoming issue of a Cahier devoted to Nietzsche with the following…
“Every Second Counts”: Thoughts on Richie’s Redemption in Season 2 of The Bear
F/X Studios David Sutton (Southern Illinois University) After this summer’s release of season 2 of The Bear on Hulu, it seems that anyone interested in the world of…
What Ancient Goat Teeth Reveal About Animal Care
Unraveling a mystery around millennia-old goat bones, an archaeologist reflects on the harm people can cause their most cherished animals. ✽ Animals were harmed in the making of…
A Better Way to Buy Books
Bookshop.org is an online book retailer that donates more than 80% of its profits to independent bookstores. Launched in 2020, Bookshop.org has already raised more than $27,000,000. In this interview, Andy…
Gilberto Rosas, “Unsettling: The El Paso Massacre, Resurgent White Nationalism, and the US-Mexico Border” (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)
On August 3, 2019, a far-right extremist committed a deadly mass shooting at a major shopping center in El Paso, Texas, a city on the border of the…
“Blooming Biomes Mean Blooming Profits”: ‘Nature-based’ Industrial Farming and the Politics of the Industrial Animal Microbiome
Industrial trade shows are curious places. Potential customers milling around more than 500,000 square feet of exhibit space; technoscientific exuberance and hype; snappy names and enticing displays; …
Plato’s cave regrets to inform you it will be raising its rent
Xu Mason at McSweeney’s: As the costs of maintaining a cave meant to trap you in your ignorance increases year after year, we want you to know, from…
Sahlins biography update: Work in August 2023
August of 2023 was a milestone for my biographical research. I spent two weeks in New York conducting archival research. First, I spend a week and a half…
Sahlins biography update: Work in July 2023
I’m renaming these posts so that they are less confusing. This update was written in August, published in September, but is about work I did in July, so…