SAW's Exertions published a discussion of my recent book a few days ago that the indomitable Carrie Lane organized. There is no better gift to give an author then this kind of generous engagement: saw.americananthro.org/book-forum--...

If this is something the community needs, I am happy to host it on the CaMP anthropology blog (of course, it would have to be blogposts).

I keep thinking that Trump and Musk are changing what it means to be pro/life --- it is now profits over life

The most hopeful take on why Trump's current actions show his weakness that I have seen yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

I thought this was such a useful take on what DEI programs are actually doing at universities, and what it means to ban them: www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...

Just in time for the inauguration: newlinesmag.com/argument/lab...

I would happily be a guest speaker in your class if you wanted to add a bit of anthropological spice to such a great mix

I think faculty are thinking too small when we talk about academic freedom. Wwe should fight for intellectual freedom in all workplaces. Go big!
academeblog.org/2024/12/18/i...

I might teach Caitrin Lynch's short piece alongside Akrich's article: anthro-age.pitt.edu/ojs/anthro-a...

or maybe something from Caitrin's Retirement on the Line book -- aging and workplaces might be interesting

I have been wondering where all the claims of election fraud went. Why does fraud only exist when you lose?

Someone already mentioned it, but What's Now with Trevor Noah is pretty great. And I also like Jon Stewart's podcast

I thought maybe a different take on Trump's appeal might be interesting to read -- so just posted a discussion about my new book on the CaMP anthropology blog: campanthropology.org/2024/11/11/i...

That is so right! I even wrote an article about how it is a bullshit genre machine, really good at producing the bullshit genres that make so many of our jobs into bullshit jobs

For academics -- mid career fellowship: www.isrf.org/funding-oppo...

Our mouths are filled with other people's words. (and even this is a paraphrase of Bauman paraphrasing Bakhtin)

But do you think that our ideas are always also other people's ideas?

I do not create extra credit!
I do not create them on Canvas.
I do not create them in Kansas.
I do not create them here or there.
I do not create them anywhere.

I am almost finished reading contentious pandemic US school board meetings for an article. I finally came across an anti-masker mentioning Thomas Paine. So far, the historical figures anti-maskers mention have been: Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, and Nelson Mandela. I am so befuddled by this.

I am darkly fascinated by the ways in which people seem to long for a Protestant reformation in relationship to scientific expertise (scientists are very much treated as Catholic priests were during Reformation)