Franny Recounts a Dream

Chiropractor Cracking Backs Is the Most Uncomfortable Thing Ever

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:46:47 -0400

Chiropractor Cracking Backs Is the Most Uncomfortable Thing Ever:

This video is so beyond words

"And remember: There is nothing sudden about this. These cicadas have been alive for 17 years, all..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:05:02 -0400

“And remember: There is nothing sudden about this. These cicadas have been alive for 17 years, all around you. The ground is full of cicadas always, the same way that the bared midriff passing you on the sidewalk is wrapped around a tube of bacteria and solidifying feces. This is what is always underneath it all. Have a look.”

- Tom Scocca

"A critique does not consist in saying that things aren’t good the way they are. It consists in..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:45:57 -0400

“A critique does not consist in saying that things aren’t good the way they are. It consists in seeing on just what type of assumptions, of familiar notions, of established and unexamined ways of thinking the accepted practices are based… To do criticism is to make harder those acts that are now too easy.”

- Michel Foucault

America's 10 Worst Prisons: ADX | Mother Jones

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:43:08 -0400

America's 10 Worst Prisons: ADX | Mother Jones:

Abolition now.

Your body is intellectual property - Salon.com

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:47:33 -0400

Your body is intellectual property - Salon.com

"To hell with that. Suburban people have tigers! That’s a major problem in America RIGHT NOW!"

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:32:30 -0400

“To hell with that. Suburban people have tigers! That’s a major problem in America RIGHT NOW!”

- Watts

Point-Counterpoint: Are Millennials Lazy Entitled Narcissists?

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:43:49 -0400

Point-Counterpoint: Are Millennials Lazy Entitled Narcissists?:

I posted this to my facebook earlier today, and it started a conversation, so I figured I’d repost to tumblr/twitter:

Time Magazine is here to troll everyone with yet another cover story about Kids These Days and Their Lawns (Getting Off of). We have not read it, because Time Magazine. And yet we have decided to debate this Important Issue

This is funny but also I am so motherfucking sick of this motherfucking debate. I work my ass off, my friends (mostly) work their asses off, my students work their asses off. We are all working our asses off all the time knowing full well we probably will not ultimately get the basically mediocre jobs that we are killing ourselves to kill each other for all while going into fucking debt bondage. Fuck you Time magazine, fuck all of these fucking “Style” articles on “Brooklyn”. You know where I live? Brooklyn. You know how many times I have brined my own motherfucking pickle? None, that is how many times.

Just leave “my generation” alone. All we want to do is pretend for a minute that we might actually maybe ever get jobs that afford us a modicum of respect and basic standards of quality of life without having to rely on loans and families and whatever the fuck else to get by. Since, deep down, we know that’s hilariously haha impossible, we’re content to just quietly drink ourselves to death and drown in our own sadness tears. Is it too much to ask that we be allowed to do that without fucking baby boomer nappy time shit peddlers like Time jumping on our fucking skulls and bitching about how we’re even doing that wrong?

Yeah, the kids aren’t all right. Big fucking deal, assholes.

"I want to start with the most obvious point: that submarine films are meditations on the erotics of..."

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:37:19 -0400

“I want to start with the most obvious point: that submarine films are meditations on the erotics of the Lacanian other. I think we can, at least, all agree on that.”

- Things people say at conferences

"What an idealist, people will say. Not at all: it is just that the others are scum."

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:41:34 -0400

“What an idealist, people will say. Not at all: it is just that the others are scum.”

- Fanon

Inventive Methods: Data, Calculation, and Bodies

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:29:20 -0400

Inventive Methods: Data, Calculation, and Bodies:

I cannot emphasize enough how excited I am for this event. Celia Lury and Christopher Salter are both incredibly fascinating intellectuals and artists, and I have no doubt that this is going to be great. Mark your calendars and get in touch with me if you’ve got questions!

Karen Gregory: You’re Fucked, and You’re Probably to Blame.

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:35:04 -0400

Karen Gregory: You’re Fucked, and You’re Probably to Blame.:

karengregory:

In 2009, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran an “advice” piece entitled “Graduate School in the Humanities: Don’t Go.” In the article, Professor William Pannapacker (ironically of Hope College) proceeded to get real and lay down some truth for aspiring seekers of higher education: there are…

Karen is one of the smartest, best people I know. This is such a completely on-the-money post. We should all read it.

"The abbatoir is not a contradiction. Nobody loves cattle more than Burger King."

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:33:12 -0400

“The abbatoir is not a contradiction. Nobody loves cattle more than Burger King.”

Time for some post-work jamming

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:47:48 -0400

Time for some post-work jamming

This is basically how I feel whenever I finish my work goals for...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:27:01 -0400

This is basically how I feel whenever I finish my work goals for a given day.

"I’m just a little more used to Americans than he is"

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:20:38 -0400

“I’m just a little more used to Americans than he is”

- Jamie Foxx in Django Unchained. Probably the only line in this movie that matters.

Photo

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:26:38 -0400

Cowardice As a Political Philosophy

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:26:28 -0400

Cowardice As a Political Philosophy:

Hamilton Nolan nails it perfectly

My country has no future - Salon.com

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:38:03 -0400

My country has no future - Salon.com:

Worth reading

NYPD Brandishes "LRAD X" At Kimani Gray Protest In Brooklyn: Gothamist

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:38:10 -0400

NYPD Brandishes "LRAD X" At Kimani Gray Protest In Brooklyn: Gothamist:

Ungh

New Savages

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:01:41 -0400

New Savages :

This band is really something.