Just now, slouched half-turned toward the window with one leg angled on the sill, listening to Thao Nguyen(*) while working on a project concerning linkages between queer and animal liberation, I started to stare off into space out the window and instead found myself looking right into the eyes of the very young preying mantis [...]
I’m still busy writing other things (one of which you will see soon) and [grrr] grading, so let me send you elsewhere again.
The Black Looks blog is a collective effort of several African and one African American blogger. According to the blog’s founder, “I wanted to primarily focus on anything to do with African Women [...]
Isa at Post Punk Kitchen sent me a lot of traffic last week so the least I can do is share some punk music that has something to do with food. So, here’s Communist Radio by — str-e-e-e-e-e-etching for the connection — The Eat.
I love this song for so many reasons. The Eat was… I [...]
I’m still waiting for my brain to stop seething before I get to talking about the issues raised by the comments on my posts on Pornography and Global Warming and the Pornography of Violence. Meantime, check out “Just a prude? Feminism, pornography, and men’s responsibility”, which is a talk delivered by University of Texas journalism [...]
Since my own desktop is often decorated with downloaded photographs, it only seems fair to share and share alike. Here are some extreme closeups from my garden. Click the thumbnails to see them in their full-screen glory. (I used the screen resolution used by most blog visitors. Just let me know if you’d like another [...]
…It’s too too hot to think clearly about the kinds of things I’ve been posting about lately. So, let’s escape to the garden, shall we?
Here’s a psychedelic song to listen to while perusing these pics of my garden. It’s Caetano Veloso singing Lost in the Paradise [mp3 expired], which is featured on the Soul Jazz [...]
I’ve noticed that quite a few people are finding this blog while looking for tips on veganic gardening, so I guess I’d better follow up my post on cruelty-free gardening with a few more helpful hints. In that post, I focused on soil amendments, giving suggestions for alternatives to animal-based fertilizers. Now, I’ll cover the [...]
