Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Jobs of the MLA Sat Jan 10, 2015 The Current Situation Around last year at this time, I became interested in what the archived editions of the MLA Job Information List could tell us about how the profession has changed over time. The MLA provided page-scans of all the JILs going back to 1965, and…
President Obama said in a video released Thursday that he would propose a plan to make the first two years of community college free during a speech in Tennessee scheduled for Friday. (The White House/YouTube) President Obama on Friday will propose making community college tuition-free for “responsible students,” launching what officials described as an ambitious…
Disappointing, but not surprising. (Steve Debenport/iStock) As a follow-up to recent studies on sexism and harassment in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), researchers studied the Internet’s reaction to the evidence those studies provided — and it turned out the way you’d expect, if you’ve ever been on the Internet. Male commenters flipped out. The new study’s results were published…
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee, charged with advising on improvements to FOIA administration, has begun its deliberations. As part of the process, the committee has established a website with a “submit comments” option. Here is the link if you would like to make your voice heard on FOIA administration: https://ogis.archives.gov/foia-advisory-committee/contact-us-submit-comm…. If you…
Pandagon is daily opinion blog covering feminism, politics, and pop culture. Come for the politics, stay for the complete lack of patience for the B.S. and bad faith coming from conservative leaders and pundits. No oppression is greater than having to speak to women before they will have sex with you. Oof. Laurie Penny has…
On Black Friday, Nadia Ezaldein, a University of Chicago student, was working at a Chicago Nordstrom when her ex-boyfriend entered the store, found her in the accessories department, and shot her to death. It was her 22nd birthday. A day earlier, on Thanksgiving, Shannon Jones, a student at Cornell University, was allegedly strangled to death…
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On Thursday, the parents of Emma Sulkowicz — the Columbia University student who has been carrying her mattress around until her alleged rapist is brought to justice — published an open letter to the school, its president and its board of trustees. “On April 18, 2013, our daughter, Emma Sulkowicz, CC ’15, reported that she was…
Emma Sulkowicz, who will not put her mattress down until her alleged rapist is expelled, is its new public face. “Want to meet at my dorm? Less carrying for me.” Emma Sulkowicz, a.k.a. the international sensation “mattress girl,” is emailing from her phone in her Columbia University dorm high up over Morningside Heights, where she…
Entry Text Columbia University students staged a demonstration Friday, dragging several mattresses in front of the Ivy League school’s iconic Alma Mater statue to protest the university’s handling of sexual violence on campus.The student demonstration was in support of Emma Sulkowicz, a Columbia senior who says she plans to carry a mattress, like the one…