I’ve been reading and talking and thinking about racism a lot lately. One of the reasons I’ve refrained from posting any long treatises on racism bere is that I don’t think I’ve really “figured it out” yet. In some sense, as a white person, I never will.
But I wanted to share with the [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Racism is real
30Apr08My friend Katt sent me a message on Facebook about something awesome Teresa Valdez Klein did. Fed up with ads like this:
.. which pray on our fears to try and squeeze money out of us, she started posting ads like this:
Teresa points out that you can pay as little as $5/day and reach thousands of [...]
That’s it
19Apr08If The Boss is endorsing Obama, my mind is made up.
Punch
15Apr08I had a meeting with my advisor Jim today, and he asked what the punchline for my second year project is going to be. Here’s my best guess:
There’s a rich tradition developing of studying the role our bodies play in cognition (Nunez, Goodwin, others). I have presented evidence that we can take these analysis methods [...]
New abortion legislation
14Apr08The Oklahoma Legislature has passed a set of laws which are now up for review by the Governor, who will choose whether to veto it. Among other things, the legislation requires women who want an abortion to submit to an ultrasound, which in the first trimester is likely to require a vaginal probe. [...]
I gave a presentation about my progress on my second year project in our lab meeting today. Mostly what I’ve achieved since last quarter is building the application you see pictured above. The data I’m collecting is several video streams of people interacting with a computer. The trouble is, I really need [...]
Please compare
07Apr08Warning: This blog post deals with sexual assault.
John F. Berger wanted to “have sex” with 100 women. Unable to find any women who would “have sex” with him, he began drugging and raping women. He was apparently close to his goal of raping 100 women when he drugged and raped Tressa Gross.
Unlike the [...]
