Category Archives: Politics

Quick Hit: From the Files of “You Just Can’t Win”

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Sharyn

As I was reading the Eric Schlosser book Command and Control this summer, I came across the unusual story of a Cuban citizen named Eduardo Guerra Jimenez. In 1969, he flew a Soviet built MiG jet from Cuba to Florida, … Continue reading →

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White People: We Don’t Need to be Everywhere

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Sharyn

This is a post directed at fellow white people – I want to talk a little bit about spaces created expressly for people of color (POC), and why we need to stuff any objections to these kinds of spaces. I … Continue reading →

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Critical Thinking & Source Evaluation: It’s Sexier Than You Might Think!

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Sharyn

First, let me say that it has been a real struggle this semester, and I have pushed blogging way down my “next actions” list. I should be committing to write here much more, and I intend to get back on … Continue reading →

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Prison & Performance

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Sharyn

Welcome to the start of the brand new 2017-18 academic year! I am feeling sightly off-kilter still, since the ECLIPSE took up quite a bit of the first day of our semester, but I was happy our students got a … Continue reading →

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Mime Field

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Sharyn

      The internet anger machine has finally discovered the San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT), a political theatre group that has been active since 1959. Over the July 1 weekend, the Troupe premiered their new play, Walls, about an unlikely … Continue reading →

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Know Your Rights & Act Them Out

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Sharyn

I apologize if this post seems a little stale in terms of the news cycle, but I’ve been pondering it for about a month and now that my blog is back up and running, it’s time to discuss the performance … Continue reading →

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Spreak in the Archives, Day 1

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Sharyn

My campus is (finally) on Spring Break (Spreak) this week, and I am spending much of it far away, in the hills of Western Massachusetts at Smith College for a research trip. I am investigating the papers of the Third … Continue reading →

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Blogging Break

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Sharyn

I’m finding that this semester is a bit overwhelming right now. My class meetings and work load have shifted only slightly, and yet it appears to have upended my normal routines and scholarly output. I also must confess to being MUCH … Continue reading →

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Fast Take: The Postmodern Presidency

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Sharyn

My husband sent me this column in The Irish Times in which Fintan O’Toole writes the following about Trump’s Muslim ban: The problem the executive order is really meant to address is not terrorism, but Trump’s own campaign rhetoric. The order relates, … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts About Intersectionality

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Sharyn

Intersectionality has been on my mind a lot lately. It’s an important concept in my scholarly work, but it is having a larger cultural impact right now, I think, and it might be instructive to consider this impact more closely. … Continue reading →

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