One Teacher in Ten in the New Millennium: LGBT Educators Speak Out About What’s Gotten Better and What Hasn’t (Review)

Posted by Curtis C. in Book Reviews, Modern Culture, Non-Medieval, Undergraduate Posts

I really didn’t want to but I relented and did– I bought an overpriced digital copy of editor Kevin Jennings’s third installment in the “One Teacher in 10” series. I knew that I should have bought it but I couldn’t resist. I wanted to read it ASAP and without waiting another whole academic year. So…Read more »

September 27, 2018July 22, 2018

The RNC and the Diploma in the Lake

Posted by Curtis C. in Arthurian Mythology, Modern Culture, Undergraduate Posts

A couple of years ago, The Onion released a surprisingly hilarious video spoofing the RNC; sure, today, The Onion mostly spends its time bending over backwards to neoliberal policies and orgasming over Clinton, but for a brief window a couple of years back, there was a bit of a nice vacation courtesy of Republican bashing.…Read more »

August 14, 2018July 8, 2018

On the Ohio Bill

Posted by Curtis C. in Modern Culture, Musings, Non-Medieval, Undergraduate Posts

In the ever-horrifying landscape of Late Capitalist America, I am not surprised that every day new dystopias ram their ugly heads into our freedoms. It is part and parcel of living in an age of decaying capitalism. However, the recent news out of Ohio– as well as Delaware– should be of concern to anyone who…Read more »

July 9, 2018June 21, 2018

One Teacher in 10: Gay and Lesbian Educators Tell their Stories (Review)

Posted by Curtis C. in Book Reviews, Non-Medieval, Pedagogy, Undergraduate Posts

(Now for a review that has nothing to do with medievalism, the ancient or early modern period. Please enjoy one of many engagements with pedagogy and check out my new page devoted wholly to educational matters.) The last time I read One Teacher in 10: Gay and Lesbian Educators Tell their Stories, I hadn’t…Read more »

May 9, 2018May 3, 2018

Spring Announcement: Plouging the Fields for Content!

Posted by Curtis C. in Announcements, Undergraduate Posts

With the thaw of the ground also comes the thaw of the site– of the site’s lack of regular content! So, first off, apologies for the irregular updating. I had started a new Quick Notes series on the black death but didn’t bother getting up the notes. I finished listening to the lectures but I just…Read more »

February 13, 2018January 15, 2018

Occam on the Prospects for Knowing God (Notes:79)

Posted by Curtis C. in Historical Notes, Undergraduate Posts

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Occam was not very optimistic about the possibility of knowing God. Occam goes as far as to reject the idea that Christian philosophy aspires to the same intellectual standards as pagan philosophy, going as far to argue that the best we can hope for is a peaceful separation. When to…Read more »

December 29, 2017December 26, 2017

Let’s Read: The Sword in the Stone (Ch.22)

Posted by Curtis C. in Let's Read, Undergraduate Posts

Are we at Kay’s knighting yet? Nope. Something else happens, in the great fantasy narrative device tradition of not getting on with the fucking plot. (Don’t worry, though, it is actually part of the plot disguised as nonsense.) “’He’s dead,’ cried Sir Pellinore tragically. ‘He’s dead, poor fellah, and can’t hunt anymore’” (195). Turns out…Read more »

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