Monday Link Encyclopedia and Self-Promotion

~ Clarissa

Ian Welsh is having his usual outburst of hysteria. I wonder if he times them because they appear with weird regularity.

Somebody who had Paul de Man as a professor is sharing her memories. A very interesting post!

And this is how religious fanatics entertain themselves: ““Hunk” had arranged to borrow a relatives’ brand new condo for our honeymoon the week after the wedding, but my Dad had a problem with the fact that it was 3 hours away. According to him, once we were officially married the first thing we would want to do was have sex, 3 hours away was too long of a drive for us to handle.” Is this disturbing, or what?

Why does Huffington Post always be so disgusting? See this article where the rape of a 14-year-old kid is referred to as “having sex.”

If you like to make fun of stupid MRAs, read this article.

I agree with this blogger that Twitter / Facebook activism is beyond obnoxious. It is always so unctuous and saccharine that I can’t stand it.

A great new campaign uses Google auto-complete to combat gender inequality.

“Indeed, it could be argued the vast majority of U.S. combat deaths over the last half century have come from the need of policy makers to “project power” in the world, rather than from concrete strategic objectives.”

A very strange debacle is occurring in science blogging surrounding some creep called Bora Zivcovic and a bunch of his weirdo friends. The story is tagged as being about sexual harassment but all I see in it is creepy behavior by a bunch of creepazoids. Read the whole thing if you are in need of being reminded how normal you are compared to many strange people out there.

The demolished neighborhoods of Montreal. The post’s author finds their destruction sad but Montreal has definitely benefited from their removal.

If “Americans have epicurean tendencies” like this blogger suggests, I must be living in a different America.

Hommen vs Femen. Hilarious.

“It’s no secret voter ID laws were drafted with minorities in mind, but they’re not the only ones who could have their voice suppressed by such legislation. This fall in Texas, many women may also face difficulties exercising their right to vote.”

“So you see, obviously Microsoft is on the right path of user design because some wedgehead on Ars Technica who hasn’t seen the inside of a shower since the early ‘90s said they are.” Exactly. Every encounter with Windows 8 leaves me wondering who invented this vehicle of torture and why.

“This orientation towards product and away from process is particularly corrosive to good writing because everything we know about writing well tells us that it is indeed the product of a good and comprehensive process. It’s not surprising that my students have little to no experience with revision when even the SAT says that writing is something that can be accomplished in 25 minutes.” So this is why my students give me weird looks when I tell them a paper needs to be revised at least twice before being handed in.

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6 thoughts on “Monday Link Encyclopedia and Self-Promotion”

  1. I also hate the construction of “having sex” where “rape” is obviously the correct term. What I suspect underlies this odious practice is the fear of defamation lawsuits — but you would think those would be deterred just as effectively by using “alleged” or “allegedly” every time you refer to what happened.

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  4. Clarissa, thanks for inspiring me to start analysis. One month in, and I’m already much happier and more secure and able to cope with my daily life. Sure, the process of analysis isn’t exactly pain-free, but a) even if this wasn’t a temporary state, a few hours of uncontrollable weeping a week and the rest of the week improving in all possible ways it could improve would still be much better than the life of quiet desperation I led before and b) if I were that afraid of emotional pain that I would refuse to gain knowledge about myself and fix my problems too for the sake of avoiding it I’d have to hand in my goth card for good :P. And holy shit, if I’m right and the realization I had today really is the root of all my damned anxiety issues and I solved something that had been fucking up my life for years in one. goddamn. bloody. month I’m figuring out a way to buy you the booze of your choice from the other side of the Atlantic with no internet-valid credit card of my own if you’ll let me. Thank you.

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    1. I’m so, so glad to hear this!!! You are such a special, brilliant, unique person, and you really deserve to live a happy and psychologically pain-free life. Oh, I’m really happy now. You made my day with this comment.

      As for alcohol, my own analyst did something to me to cause me to lose all interest in alcohol. I didn’t ask him to and never complained about alcohol but it still happened. He even used to say, rubbing his hands gleefully, “Now, which enjoyment can I deprive you of today?” 🙂 🙂

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