Leslie Dorrough Smith‘s forthcoming book Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America with Oxford University Press will be hitting the shelves in April 2014!
Whose Culture?
The New York Times headline Sunday “In China, ‘Once the Village is Gone, The Culture is Gone’” certainly grabbed my attention for its construction of “China” and “culture”. The article and accompanying video decry the loss of villages across China due to urbanization. While many migrate for jobs, some are forced to leave their village due to development plans. Since the state owns the land, the government can force people to move to make room for proposed developments, a golf course in this example. Continue reading “Whose Culture?”
Which Past Do You Authorize?
I’m testing a theory, if tomorrow’s present is yesterday’s future-not-imagined, then every present justifies its presence by clinging onto a past not considered previously, by which it will then imagine a different future and so on. Continue reading “Which Past Do You Authorize?”
“Wiggle It, Just a Little Bit…”
Did you see this video last fall, of the overly-pleased fellow with the overly-pumped chest overturning a rock formation, in Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park?
No? Then take a look. Continue reading ““Wiggle It, Just a Little Bit…””