Monthly Archives: July, 2012
The Logic of ‘Dumb’ Investments in Curly Hair
My friends over at Racialicious tweeted a link to an interesting story from New York Magazine: In the article author Kevin Roose takes aim at the unrestrained enthusiasm among venture … Continue reading
The Apocryphal Janitors with College Degree Narrative Persists in Daily Beast
For as long as I have been aware of the college narrative there has existed this boogeyman: some people go to college and end up as JANITORS! The horror! Janitors … Continue reading
MOOCs, Coursera, Online Education and Performing Innovation
You have been warned about my unicorn killing habit, right? Good. Let’s dive in. By the nature of the work I do on for-profit colleges, I also closely follow online education. … Continue reading
New Comment Policy: No Country For Ignoratio Elenchi
I have been engaged on the internet for a long time. I’m no erudite n00b who is shocked by how wonderfully, brilliantly, disgustingly horrible this space can be. Despite that … Continue reading
Very Inspiring Blogger Award: I Taketh & I Giveth
Social media has been good to me. During a difficult stretch in life, graduate school, and life social media has connected me with friends, peers, colleagues and mentors. One of … Continue reading
Trickle Down Feminism Redux: The Nation Knows I’m Alive!
Look, I sit through pictures of people’s children, cats, dogs, and ferrets in little berets. If I want to take a moment to share the ultra cool moment I had … Continue reading
Alt-Ac? How are post grads living and working in a new world? Take the Survey
I have explored this idea of what it means to be “Alt-Ac” (alternative to academic track, for the uninitiated) on this space and others before. Today a tweep reached out … Continue reading
Man or Beast?: Revisiting the White Male Gaze
Reblogged from The Crunk Feminist Collective: By Andreana Clay Originally Posted on Queer Black Feminsist “I’m the man!” the little girl screamed at her father in a climatic scene from Beasts … Continue reading
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting In For-Profits? Now With Pictures!
Like most people I tend to privilege my own learning style in my communication of ideas. As a result, I rarely have cool pictures or video for my ideas. I … Continue reading
Who Knows Naomi Klein?
Reblogged from Diane Ravitch's blog: A reader thinks that Naomi Klein should revisit the Louisiana story and see how the “shock doctrine” has progressed: Diane, I too have a passion … Continue reading
