So I found a source today, Ogihara's "Adjectival Relatives" in Linguistics and Philosophy which deals somewhat with what I'm investigating. At first I was excited because that means that at least some people are thinking about my topic. Immediately following this validation, I got worried that I've been scooped. I haven't yet read it, but I skimmed ( Read more... )

Gentle readers, if you've missed my normal outspoken tirades, then you're in for a treat today. I do wish that I could describe a steamy story of queer on queer physical action, akin to those Hustler stories of girl on girl action. But this action is rhetorical.

A recent post on postqueer hit a nerve with me. An excerpt from Steven Miller's reaction to ( Read more... )

Happy message: Grandma called me yesterday to say that she's made two "perfect" batches of caramels already. I need to get home while she's on her roll. Usually I try to be home by now so I can make candy during the day and write papers at night. But this year I decided to stay in Ithaca longer, in hopes that I'd get more work done. We'll see how ( Read more... )

USA Today reports an interesting effect of women on college campuses.Preliminary results show that on campuses that were predominantly female, both men and women got higher grades. Predominantly female campuses also led to a "significant increase" in men's commitment to promoting racial understanding and led males to more liberal views on abortion ( Read more... )

I compare letters to the editors from my grad school Cornell University and my undergrad school the University of Utah.

From Cornell, responses to an opinion piece about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Responses ask the writer to consider historical precedence, political agreements and legislative representation, as well as liberal bias in the ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I heard, on All Things Considered a horrible (yet unique) example of sexism Teen Countertenor Left Out of Texas Contest. Even when his voice changed, this young man Mikhael Rawls continued to train his falsetto, and he (and his voice teachers) feel that his falsetto range is his strongest and best range. But he was not allowed to compete ( Read more... )

I just read an interesting albeit slightly fantastic article: 'Gender-bending' chemicals found to 'feminise' boys. Phthalates, a group of chemicals common in cosmetics, toys, bottles and paints mimic oestrogen in the body, and this study claims that the higher the level of these chemicals in a pregnant woman, the more feminized her son ( Read more... )