This article posted today to CNN speaks to the impact of technology on culture in a big way. When I was a teenager, many moons ago, you were considered rude or “chicken” to break up with a girlfriend over the telephone. You had to “face the music” as they say. But now things are much,…
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I *believe* I have responded to all of the paper topics that have appeared on this blog. However, please don’t hesitate to ask for (further) feedback if any of the following apply: I didn’t actually respond to your post on your paper topic (d’oh!). You have since iterated on your topic, have some new thoughts,…
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I feel completely absurd writing a blog post to introduce poststructuralism, and indeed, I am *not* doing that here. Rather, I will do two things. I will try to restate the summary I made at the end of class today, and I will refer to the wikipedia entry on poststructuralism, which I think is not…
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