On a regular basis, people wander onto this blog and say mysteriously, “Haven’t you read what Flavia had to say about this? Just go and read Flavia!” They always refuse to say more or explain themselves, so I began to suspect there was a hidden source of wisdom with the code name of “Flavia.” Finally, one of these enigmatic creatures left me a link to “Flavia.” I dutifully added the “Flavia” blog to my enormous blogroll, and forgot all about it.
Yesterday I was scrolling through my news feed and I caught a glimpse of the word “Flavia” accompanied by another familiar name, Mark Regnerus. Regnerus is a vile freakazoid of the gay-bashing and the “women’s market value” declines steadily as they age” fame. The poor folks who have the great misfortune of working alongside this hate-monger made a statement distancing himself from his bigotry. And the oft-lauded “Flavia” creature got herself into a veritable tizzy in her rush to defend the vicious homophobe she calls “one dissenting researcher.”
Of course, it is not surprising to me that there are woman-hating homophobes aplenty who rush to defend losers like Regnerus. What baffles me is why people could have thought that I might be interested in reading anybody who sees Regnerus as being “on the cutting edge of research”?
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As persona non grata among American academia I don’t pay too much attention to such things.
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You are very popular among me, though. 🙂
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What made you a persona non grata, if I may ask?
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He writes about the crimes of Stalin. American historians are very ideological.
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Spasibo.
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Ha! I read that post and immediately thought ‘I wonder what Clarissa would say about this?’. I’m pleased to say that my assiduous reading of your blog has proven useful, as this is more or less exactly what I hoped and anticipated your reaction would be.
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This is so great to hear. 🙂 Thank you for this comment.
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Wait I’m not sure this is the same Flavia people are recommending. I think the one people are usually talking of is Flavia Dzodan, who writes about feminism and colonialism in Europe at http://www.redlightpolitics.info/ . I’ve never even heard about that other Flavia, but then again our online circles don’t superimpose so you might have been hearing about the other Flavia too.
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Ah, so it’s a different blogger! The mystery is solved! I’m too oblivious.
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Flavia Dzodan is the person a thought of too after reading the first paragraph.
I don’t like her very much but I’m pretty sure that she is more popular than the other one 😀
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Americans think strange — and they assume everyone else is on their wavelength..
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Sorry for thinking strange.:-(
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Whomever you are that is ok. I’ve had a lot of “conversations” online with Americans where they assume you’re on their wavelength and then get irate because they haven’t taken the time to explain themselves in enoudh detail. Even when you explain to them that there may be differences to take into account, they remain obdurate: “I yam what I yam.”
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My ex the stalker liked the Ferule… Flavia. The women bloggers he likes are always arch conservatives masquerading as merely tough; patriarchal women masquerading as feminist, and so on.
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Well you really don’t know which Flavia people were recommending. Some of them were recommending one, and others the other, possibly. I wrote a comment to this post and she responded by backing up a little from her position. It’s helpful to have some facts!
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