While I was writing this, JJC, apparently, was continuing the conversation on queer theory and Edelman. If you haven’t already read that post, well, get…
I decided to give up on gumming my dissertation to death for a moment to offer our readers this, an inchoate version of my upcoming…
A while back, I discussed a case of necrobestiality. The hope for exoneration of a fellow caught in flagrante delicto with a deer’s carcass hinged…
A few months back, I heard Peter Travis give a talk, “Aesop’s Animots,” on a fable in which Aesop feeds a group of philosophers ox…
This week’s Nation includes Stefan Collini’s review of John Haffenden’s nearly 1500-page two-volume biography of William Empson. First, I want to thank Collini for reminding…
Recently, I had a conversation with several academics about this masculine commercial for an already pretty butch establishment. In typical academic fashion, I’d never seen…
Sometime in the early 80s, Barney Frank was suffering during one of those interminable end-of-year round-the-clock sessions when junior Members were often dragooned into presiding…
From Overheard in New York: Girl #1: So, you’re a vegetarian? Girl #2: Yep. Eating animals kills. Girl #1: Wait, but you had sushi the…
“Lobsters,” said Arthur. “What?” said Sir Kay. “Lobsters are the only thing most people kill with their own hands,” said Arthur. “In the modern world.”…
