Fat-Shaming
[I wasn't sure whether or not I really wanted to share this piece of writing. Perhaps you'll understand both why I was hesitant to do so, and why I have. -cgb] If you were on FB or Twitter this...
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Embargoes, BrouhAHAs, and the rhetoric of scale
a little comic about the AHA embargo fiasco I am not an historian, nor a member of AHA, nor an early-stage scholar, nor a publisher, nor am I responsible for library acquisitions. But then, the same...
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CCR 733: Rhetoric, Composition, and Digital Humanities (sp14)
Next spring, I’ll be teaching our grad program’s DH course for the second time. While not a complete loss, the first time I taught the course was affected in no small measure by the fact that I had...
View ArticleSeamus Heaney, 1939-2013
What you may not know about me is that, once upon a time, I went to graduate school fully intending to focus my efforts on Irish literature. I had the opportunity to meet Seamus Heaney on a couple of...
View ArticleGetting Wet
I posted to FB yesterday about the MLA’s proposed ‘redistricting,’ to be found at An Open Discussion of MLA Group Structure, observing that the tactical nature of my relationship to MLA made it...
View ArticleShould I tweet this? Campus visit edition
Yesterday, there was a minor squall that swept quickly across my Twitterological system. One of the departments in my field that maintains its own, somewhat official Twitter account trumpeted the names...
View ArticleThe Strength of Weak Media
There are a couple of different conversations that serve as context for this post, but rather than hail people directly, I’ll just note that it’s that time of the year (for us at Syracuse, anyway) when...
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Dossiers (sigh)
Winter is coming, and around the country, a host of applicants are diligently applying their talents to the assembly of materials that they hope will demonstrate their suitability for what few...
View ArticleFrictional Ethics & Social Media
It’s time for one of those posts where a few different ideas have coalesced into something for me. It’s been a while since I’ve written here–I’d originally intended to post an angry rejoinder to Steven...
View Article5 Tools (& Habits) to Start the Year in Graduate School #rhetsy
The orientation day for our graduate program is Monday, and I’ve been tapped to speak briefly about a topic related to the overall theme of navigating the currents of the program and the discipline. So...
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