Higher ed comms and advancement. Misplaced Southerner surviving the Midwest. It's sunny and 75, it feels so good to be alive. Thoughts my own.
This is a very good review of the film bsky.app/profile/ange...
Angelica Jade Bastién“Without the nuances of Morton’s performance, the Circe scene as written by Nolan is rooted in men’s questionable fear of being accused of violence against women rather than the tragedy of how women navigate that very real threat to our lives.” My latest. www.vulture.com/article/circ...
She writes, basically, that Nolan has removed complexity from the women characters in contrast to the original plus made Odysseus himself less clever and less funny. Those seem like things that are either true or aren't, but a lot of people haven't read The Odyssey while Wilson ABSOLUTELY HAS lol
My wife and I watched The Odyssey last night, and one of my first comments was that Nolan either hates women or really, truly has no idea how to develop female characters.
Jeff VanderMeerShe writes, basically, that Nolan has removed complexity from the women characters in contrast to the original plus made Odysseus himself less clever and less funny. Those seem like things that are either true or aren't, but a lot of people haven't read The Odyssey while Wilson ABSOLUTELY HAS lol
In 2018 I read about universities, libraries, and humanities councils in New England convening veterans to discuss The Odyssey to help them make sense of their own experiences and was blown away by what a good idea it was. Funding the humanities = good. www.concordmonitor.com/2018/03/14/h...
‘Homer can help you’: War veterans use ancient epics to cope - Concord MonitorThe trials of Odysseus are really not that different from the struggles of those learning to readjust after wars of today, modern veterans are finding.A small group of military veterans has been meeti...www.concordmonitor.com
Americans have more confidence in higher education than in big tech companies, and the gap is growing rather than shrinking. The higher ed-doomsday pundits need to get on board with the real vibe shift in public trust that is happening right now.
Mark CopelovitchI look forward to all the reports & coverage about all of the internal problems & mistakes of all of these other institutions, in the same way that universities are constantly blamed (& blaming themselves) for “declining trust.” “Compared to what?” news.gallup.com/poll/712436/...
I have joked about this before, but Gen X being sandwiched between two very large, very loud generations somewhat explains our turn to the dark side as we've aged. Anyway, the X-Files is ours and you'll pry it from our now wrinkling hands.
laurenfellow millennials, let's take a second to appreciate how great it feels to be in the prime marketing demographic catered to by all of the culture. I get now why boomers wanted it to last forever
every time you write overly defensively you should remember that you are pursuing a strategy of writing careful sentences specifically for people who demonstrably either won't or can't read them
BeijingPalmerthere is literally no amount of caveats or careful wording that will protect you from stupidity or bad faith, so you might as well say things straightforwardly and strongly to begin with.
