My writing journey began March 1,2018 when I joined the WordPress family. I had turned 70 and was reading an online article by Professor Jordan Peterson when I glanced at a WordPress icon at the bottom of the page. Being curious I clicked the icon and ended up following the instructions on becoming a member, […]
Over the last few days, protests have erupted all over the U.S., in the aftermath of yet another unnecessary Black death at the hands of the police. As someone who studies feminist activism and sexual violence, I see and read instances of violence, injustice and discrimination everyday. I always want to highlight these issues and […]
via Reading to Learn, Act and Change: Black Lives Matter — Field Notes from a Feminist Researcher
I was looking for an uplifting bit of escapism. Field of Dreams is a film that I’ve always loved. It still moved me when I saw it this weekend but now in a totally new way. One of the small consolations of the pandemic is the clarity we are offered. Because life as usual isn’t […]
via “If you build it they will come” revisited, or Field of Dreams in 2020 — barczablog
When words don’t seem enough, my fear cannot be spoken, I can only try and show it.
Emily Dickinson’s poem “I heard a Fly buzz – when I died -” is one of the mentor texts in Kenneth Koch and Kate Farrell’s anthology Sleeping on the Wing. I love the anthology and often use it to pique my students’ interest in reading and writing poetry. It’s a new way of looking at […]
Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life. Bernard Williams, English, philosopher
via “Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life.” — Art of Quotation
Peace is not the absence of conflict it is authority over chaos. Danny Silk, author
via “Peace is not the absence of conflict it is authority over chaos.” — Art of Quotation
The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. Hannah Arendt, book quote from “Totalitarianism: Part Three of The Origins of Totalitarianism”, p.70, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“A riot is the language of the unheard.” Martin Luther King Jr. , 60 Minutes interview Sept. 27, 1966
via “A riot is the language of the unheard.” — Art of Quotation
“A riot is the language of the unheard.” Martin Luther King Jr. , 60 Minutes interview Sept. 27, 1966
via “A riot is the language of the unheard.” — Art of Quotation
