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'...We call our planned event fo...Sign up now...<br /> '...We call our planned event for March 2007 a workshop to foreground our interest in feminist theory as a scholarly domain of inquiry. Therefore, in keeping with the interdisciplinary impulse central to Women's Studies as a field, we will resist consolidating feminist theory into a canon of great works or privileged authors, or prioritizing it as a specific kind of methodological project. The Workshop will be organized pedagogically to promote intense study, featuring both keynote lectures by internationally known scholars and small working seminars for participants.<br />Feminist Theory Workshop.....<br />Duke University <br />Sanford Institute of Public Policy <br />240 Science Drive <br />Duke University <br />Durham, NC 27706 <br />USA'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-71598133133319651342006-12-04T17:23:00.000-05:002006-12-04T17:23:00.000-05:00KC,
Allison's reputation is not solely based on N...KC,<br /><br />Allison's reputation is not solely based on <i>Nightwork</I>, though that was groundbreaking work of the best sort, but on multiple books (and articles) which bridge the anthropology-cultural history divide and which have substantially reenergized the field. Not singlehandedly, perhaps, but she's a serious scholar who deserves a <i>little</i> more consideration than you're giving her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-73221509771407360392006-11-23T12:36:00.000-05:002006-11-23T12:36:00.000-05:00If they do, it would seem vital that they share th...If they do, it would seem vital that they share this information with Nifong . . .kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-67239898546474404832006-11-23T07:49:00.000-05:002006-11-23T07:49:00.000-05:00Does the Duke Woman's Studies Department have any ...Does the Duke Woman's Studies Department have any evidence showing that a rape occured at 610 on the night of 13/14 March 2006?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-88707853022054931532006-11-23T02:41:00.000-05:002006-11-23T02:41:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-2427297778580993502006-11-23T02:39:00.000-05:002006-11-23T02:39:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-88100050275362010332006-11-23T02:38:00.000-05:002006-11-23T02:38:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-825070298347849622006-11-22T17:14:00.000-05:002006-11-22T17:14:00.000-05:004:11: my poor misguided lad:
your grammar is atro...4:11: my poor misguided lad:<br /><br />your grammar is atrocious: you should have taken a minor in composition, an imprtant life skill<br /><br />2 winners on your post:<br /><br />1. you use "less" instead of the correct "fewer"<br /><br />2. eithet takes a singular verb, so it's "does," not do<br /><br />i could do the same thing to the affirmative action contingent--are u 1 of its members?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-38631749901914050282006-11-22T16:27:00.000-05:002006-11-22T16:27:00.000-05:00Here is the problem: if one cannot engage in ratio...Here is the problem: if one cannot engage in rational analysis, then all the writing skills in the world are useless -- unless one lands a job as a professor in a race/class/gender department. The material that is taught in these kinds of departments is more reminiscent of a Lenin propaganda track than anything resembling academic rigor.<br /><br />Have you ever examined the curriculum from these departments? All of it is based upon hatred of people of other groups, and the emphasis that some people are such "victims" that no matter what path they take in life, the circumstances always will defeat them.<br /><br />Does it not seem strange to you that the people who are declaring that the Duke 3 are "racist criminals" also admit that most likely no rape took place? Would you want someone advocating that you be tried for what used to be a capital crime simply because of the color of your skin or your particular physical makeup? Even if you did not commit the crime for which you are charged?<br /><br />So, yes, I do have a problem with "academic" departments that employ people who simply call for railroading of innocent people to prison. If you do not have a problem with this, then Lord help you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-29401836112853477802006-11-22T16:11:00.000-05:002006-11-22T16:11:00.000-05:00A comment about women's studies and other "wastes"...A comment about women's studies and other "wastes" of tuition dollars. A lot of people taking these classes are minoring in the subject or majoring in something else too. They're taking the classes because they find them interesting, not for their economic value. I minored in History for the same reason. <br /><br />More importantly, unless you're a scientist or a business major, does it really matter what major in? <br /><br />Prof. Anderson, I can't imagine that the majority of your students go on to become professional economists, do they? Most probably work in business or finance.<br /><br />And KC, how many of your students go onto become professional historians? 1 in 10? less?<br /><br />Do either of you feel like that somehow negates the value of what your students learn in your classes? I would hope not. <br /><br />Your students are learning a lot more than just the subject matter of any given class. I think many of those same lessons can be taught in "softer" majors as well. You still have write well to earn a good grade on an essay, you still have to synthesize tons of information to write a research paper, and you still have to push yourself to understand really abstract and convoluted theories (as has been noted on this blog, a lot of the academic writing is mindnumbingly dense - even if uneccessarily so).<br /><br />Even if the. Underlying subject matter is crap, the skills needed to understand and write about it are far from worthless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-69204675680109413142006-11-22T15:36:00.000-05:002006-11-22T15:36:00.000-05:00don't look for too much meaning from the likes of ...don't look for too much meaning from the likes of holloway<br /><br />here in manhattan--guarantee it--any bar u go to will have smarter bartenders--she's stupid, bub, so your analysis of her "writing" is wasted spaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-80547337041428845392006-11-22T15:08:00.000-05:002006-11-22T15:08:00.000-05:00I wonder if Holloway's statement is observational,...I wonder if Holloway's statement is observational, not a statement of her beliefs:<br /><br />"In nearly every social context that emerged following the team's crude conduct, innocence and guilt have been assessed through a metric of race and gender. White innocence means black guilt. Men's innocence means women's guilt. These capacious categories, which were in absolute play the night of the team's drunken debacle, continue their hold on the campus and the Durham community."<br /><br />Unfortunately, the first sentence is in passive voice; so it's not clear who is doing the "assessing". If you interpret it that the Duke/Durham community at large is viewing the incident through the race/sex lens, then the follow-up, rather inflammatory, statements (e.g. "White innocence means black guilt.") can be read as re-statements of what the community at large is apparently thinking, not Holloway herself.<br /><br />I'm not a fan of Holloway or her writing style, but there might be a misunderstanding here.... Actually, I might be a fan of hers if she (and her ilk) were a bit more clear about what they are trying to say. I'm a engineering sort of guy, so I need concrete examples and concrete (recommended) solutions....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-22174413809990004772006-11-22T15:07:00.000-05:002006-11-22T15:07:00.000-05:00what doofus called auburn an inferior university w...what doofus called auburn an inferior university with an 88 rank? it's a 1st tier univ, doofus<br /><br />someone tell jason that world view is 2 wordsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-753031311448702002006-11-22T15:00:00.000-05:002006-11-22T15:00:00.000-05:00above typo: correct fig is 50%above typo: correct fig is 50%Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-81048105148933934272006-11-22T14:58:00.000-05:002006-11-22T14:58:00.000-05:00auburn is a good school, and judging fron his good...auburn is a good school, and judging fron his good writing, i doubt professor anderson is an affirmative case<br /><br />i went to graduate school at harvard, wisconsin, and texas--and imo the last 2 are in many ways superior to harvard<br /><br />here's something no one has touched on:<br /><br />which groups are most victimized by the preciouses of the world?<br /><br />i don't have the data, but my best guess would be hispanic and black men: these groups should not be supporting dear precious<br /><br />some criminologists believe that as many as 59% of rape allegations are false reportsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-24241297555293156942006-11-22T14:38:00.000-05:002006-11-22T14:38:00.000-05:00There is something else that those who write the i...There is something else that those who write the insults need to know: I am perfectly happy with where I received my doctorate, and I am perfectly happy at the True FSU. I feel privileged to have gone through a program that first and foremost emphasized economics (as opposed to mathematical modeling for its own sake), and I was able to sit in classrooms with some excellent economists who also were good teachers.<br /><br />As for being at Frostburg, it has been a good place for me to work, and Cumberland (where I live) has provided a wonderful atmosphere for my family. In other words, you need to go after what I write, not where I went to school or where I work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-71404561096056387212006-11-22T14:34:00.000-05:002006-11-22T14:34:00.000-05:009:23am-You had to go there about last night didn't...9:23am-You had to go there about last night didn't you!!! ;)<br /><br />Congrats to Marquette, they looked great. We will be ready if we meet again in the tourney.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-18928120162543599862006-11-22T14:04:00.000-05:002006-11-22T14:04:00.000-05:00Actually, I am the one with the Economics Ph.D. fr...Actually, I am the one with the Economics Ph.D. from Auburn. Our doctoral program was terminated in 1999 due to a split on the Auburn board of trustees. We had done well in placement of our graduates, but the political nature of the split had nothing to do with academic performance.<br /><br />While I was there, our department had a higher ranking, and a number of my professors had published in top-tier journals and had a good reputation. Of course, the poster is trying to say that since my doctorate is from Auburn, then I cannot possibly know of what I speak. That is his opinion, but if the person is trying to make intelligent statements, then perhaps he should get the names correct.<br /><br />K.C. received his doctorate in history from Harvard, and while there he was a TA to one of my friends, Tom Woods, who received his bachelor's degree at Harvard and his doctorate at Columbia.<br /><br />I do not pretend to match K.C. in academic accomplishments, but even though I have been teaching only seven years, I have a decent publishing vita myself. You can go to Google Scholar and see a number of my academic publications.<br /><br />This discussion, however, is NOT about academic credentials. It is about faux academics trying to say that three young men are guilty of rape even if they are not guilty of rape. Just because someone with an advanced degree in Womens's Studies says the young men are guilty does not make them guilty.<br /><br />So, post all the insults you wish, but in the end we still are dealing with this thing called truth. Either the evidence shows rape, or it does not. None of the other academic double-speak can change that fact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-84327576737174522632006-11-22T13:34:00.000-05:002006-11-22T13:34:00.000-05:00> “the ways in which desire seeps into, reconfirms...> “the ways in which desire seeps into, reconfirms, or reimagines socio-economic relations in various contexts in postwar Japan”<br /><br />This gets you a professorship at Duke? Wow. Just wow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-70189475016797343082006-11-22T13:33:00.000-05:002006-11-22T13:33:00.000-05:00To the 1.00:
I'm not sure where you heard that I ...To the 1.00:<br /><br />I'm not sure where you heard that I have an economics Ph.D. from Auburn.<br /><br />I actually have a history Ph.D. from Harvard. I don't have the US News rankings in front of me, but I believe it ranks a bit higher than 123rd.kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-14312398678370169122006-11-22T13:04:00.000-05:002006-11-22T13:04:00.000-05:00not buying that argument, kc
"conservative" affir...not buying that argument, kc<br /><br />"conservative" affirmative action recipients are also legion--eg, john mcwhorter, shelby steele (what exactly has he published that is original scholarship?)<br /><br />i'm talking about averages--if anyone wants to read a study on the effects of "diversity" on elite institutions, visit The Public Interest site--forgot the name of syudy but u should hv no trouble finding it--believe it was cowritten by 3 authors--everyone on this site should read it just as all should read charles murray's brilliant essay, "the inequality taboo"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-58901243883758064562006-11-22T13:02:00.000-05:002006-11-22T13:02:00.000-05:00KC,
I agree in principle with Anon 12:36 though f...KC,<br /><br />I agree in principle with Anon 12:36 though fully accept your last comment. My belief is that we cannot use Anon 12:36's guidelines as absolutes, though they are just that, guidelines in our current milieu. There is no shortage of white idiots in the university settings. Most of them fall into these "low IQ" fields anyway. The bottom line is that we need to get rid of these "low IQ" departments because they are nothing but a magnet for idiots. White or black, though if we want to be accurate, more black than white.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-28994457091729957052006-11-22T13:00:00.000-05:002006-11-22T13:00:00.000-05:00So 12:06, Auburn university is ranked 88th (2007 d...So 12:06, Auburn university is ranked 88th (2007 data) among national universites in US News, where KC received his doctorate.Economics, his PhD department, is listed 123rd. So help us understand what information these rankings give us about faculty in these blogs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-65404116065628020222006-11-22T12:59:00.000-05:002006-11-22T12:59:00.000-05:00As I look at the post by 9:54, I cannot help but w...As I look at the post by 9:54, I cannot help but wonder if this person is serious. Again, let us look at what the person said:<br /><br />"In nearly every social context that emerged following the team's crude conduct, innocence and guilt have been assessed through a metric of race and gender. White innocence means black guilt. Men's innocence means women's guilt. These capacious categories, which were in absolute play the night of the team's drunken debacle, continue their hold on the campus and the Durham community."<br /><br />Tell us what is incorrect there? <br /><br />If, as Holloway writes, that this MUST be "assessed" through the race/gender "matrix," what she really is saying that what actually occurred does not matter. Yes, the young men are charged with a specific crime, but it does not matter if they engaged in that specific act. They are white, the accuser is black, so, THEREFORE, the men are guilty and should go to prison.<br /><br />If we are to examine reality through an unreal matrix, then all I can say is that Holloway and the 9:54 poster do not have the intellectual tools to say that Jim Crow Justice was wrong.<br /><br />After all, the jurors in the Scottsboro Boys Trial looked through the "matrix of race and gender" and concluded that the defendants were guilty. Holloway and the poster want us to do the same thing, except reverse the racial positions. If, as she puts it, "white innocence means black guilt," then the reverse also would have to be true.<br /><br />Thus, according to Holloway's "logic," the jurors in the Scottsboro Boys Trial came to the right conclusion. Now, in an historical context we see this particular trial and conviction in Scottsboro as a massive injustice. But Holloway is not free to argue that Scottsboro was wrong and Durham is right.<br /><br />While 9:54 agrees with Holloway, I would ask this person if her child was accused of a specific crime that she did not commit, would she be saying "Actual events do not matter. Only the matrix of race and gender matter," and if she is on the "wrong side" of the equation, then she is guilty? No, I think we would then see this person abandoning the Holloway deconstructionist nonsense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-4835953213350770722006-11-22T12:42:00.000-05:002006-11-22T12:42:00.000-05:00It's worth noting on this point that Anne Allison,...It's worth noting on this point that Anne Allison, the main subject of this post, is white; and that the clearest voice from Duke throughout this controversy has come from an African-American, James Coleman.<br /><br />There is no clear racial breakdown to the faculty who have acted in an inappropriate manner in this controversy. Holloway, Baker, and Lubiano are black. Allison, Chafe, Wood, and Starn are white.kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.com