by Julia “The University is in crisis. And not just our university. The University System. Public higher-education itself. This crisis is not caused by the global recession. Rather, it is caused by the leadership of our educational institutions, who have cynically used the pretense of financial pressure to pursue their own narrow agendas. The call has gone [...]
Posts Tagged ‘marxism’
Sidestep: After the Fall
Posted in Sidestep, tagged after the fall, capital, communique, march 4th, marxism, maryland, national day of action to defend education, occupy, property, public education, student power, university on 02/20/2010 | 2 Comments »
Simone de Beauvoir Talks the Talk
Posted in Books, tagged A Dangerous Liaison, Carole Seymour-Jones, feminism, Jean-Paul Sartre, Mai 68, marxism, misogyny, mongamy, Paris, patriarchy, polyamory, praxis, privilege, relationships, Simone de Beauvoir, theory on 01/03/2010 | 7 Comments »
by Julia I spent the first week of winter break devouring Carole Seymour-Jones’s A Dangerous Liaison, a “revelatory new biography of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre.” I ordered this book in September, but wanted the time to fully devote to its 540+ pages. Relative isolation in south Florida with my parents, iPod, and beach [...]
