doctoral candidate in rhetoric and scientific and technical communication
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03 years ago
I wanted to share a few things, today, that I’ve been saving to share.
“Should buying sex toys be as easy as buying a gun?”
Yes, that is the byline to an image of a gun seller in response to the change in the Texas law allowing the sale of sex toys. Is there a disconnect here? Are sex toys *really* on the same level of destruction as guns? Don’t you love the pathos being employed in this situation?
Check it out at viz, where there is a whole blog post about it.
the way I am
I love this video/song because it’s really what love should be about. Things suck, but I still love you. You’re falling apart, I’m a mess, but I still love you. It’s not a conditional love.
the future of reputation
I haven’t read it yet, but I love that the entire book is online and I have the opportunity to read it this way. If you are interested in identity, reputation, technology, and / or law, you might want to check out this book by Daniel Solove.
youtube as portfolio
I was actually up late enough to see a segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live (which is an odd occurrence for me because I don’t watch that show and I’m rarely up late enough anyway). However, what I did see, I really enjoyed. This young man, Brandon Hardesty, is using YouTube for his acting portfolio, and is being featured on Kimmel’s show. What a great use of social media.
This is something instructors should look in to for their portfolio needs. How can YouTube, blogging, wikis, podcasts, etc. be used to promote your students?
New Directions in Critical Theory
This conference, held at the University of Arizona in Tucson, has extended its call for papers. While the extension dates are not listed, I just received this on Friday from the University so I know that it didn’t close on the 15th. You may want to check it out if you’re interested in presenting a paper this year.
princess bride on steroids
0I love The Princess Bride. It’s one of those movies that I can watch a million times and still enjoy it. The acting is fun. The story is interesting. It’s one of those cult classics that still lives up to the hype.
A friend recently sent me the condensed version. Omigod! It is hilarious. I loved it.
courtesy of Your Studio Blog
speaking up
0This video amuses me. The language that is used is highly inflammatory on both sides of the argument. Plus, I loved Molly Ivins. She was a brilliant, articulate woman who wasn’t afraid to speak her mind.
A commentor on the video mentions that Texas has amended its laws:
A federal appeals court has overturned a Texas statute outlawing sex toy sales, leaving Alabama as the state with the strictest ban on such devices.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Texas law making it illegal to sell or promote obscene devices, punishable by up to two years in jail, violated the Constitution’s 14th Amendment on the right to privacy.
I fear Chisum will be heartbroken…
v-day
0Eve Ensler was on the Today Show this morning talking about The Vagina Monologues. The first time I saw them, nine years ago, I was in the second row, in a small theater on campus, feeling overwhelmed by the powerful words being presented on the stage. I was in a lost place in my life and hearing other women take their power and use it for themselves was a great message to hear.
I will be in NOLA the weekend before this. I wish I could stay and attend the event. I think it would be a once-in-a-lifetime event.
contribution
0This is my contribution to Valentine’s Day. Some of these pierce the heart while others make me smile.
I wish you all much love and happiness, not only today, but everyday.
rh.et.or.ic
0I’ve often talked about the fact that rhetoric is not just the language that politicians use to get your votes. The simple fact is, though, that this is the type of rhetoric that we most quickly recognize and are prone to see because it is so public. Plus, it is often so blatantly in-your-face that we’d be hard-pressed not to get it.
Yesterday Erin sent me an email link to a video that I found to be a GREAT piece of rhetoric. This video gets at the heart of what I’m talking about, and in such a way that you can’t help but feel SOMETHING (whether it is disgust, hilarity, sadness, or whatever). It is persuasive in a way that forces us to feel.
It’s not just about the words being spoken, it’s about the looks on the faces of the participants and the words being flashed on the screen. It’s about mockery and genuine belief.
What does it say to you?
burrowing through
0I love this video. I wish I had found it during the holiday season because I would have sent it out as a greeting.
It’s silly, I know. It reminds me of Dakota, though, and how he, too, would burrow through the snow just like Bailey does. He had done it since he was a puppy and it would make me laugh. He would disappear into the snow and pop out like a jack-in-the-box twenty feet away. The way he would do it was hilarious because it was like he was wondering why I didn’t following him under the snow.
Even as he got older and his bones started hurting him more, he still loved the snow. He still loved running and playing in it, loved pushing his nose along in it and then snort the snow off of it, like it was a wonder that the snow stuck to that wet nose.
I loved that dog.
your cheatin’ ways
0Students are ingenious when it comes to creating ways to pass tests. After watching this video, I had a few thoughts:
- I might want to reward a student who put so much creativity, time, and thought into cheating;
- If this much time is put into cheating, why isn’t this much time put into actually learning the subject matter?
This really is creative, but if the same person who came up with this developed an equally creative way to learn the test materials (and believe me, I hate tests — I don’t think they are a fair assessment of what is learned in a class), then perhaps even more people would benefit from an innovative mind.
via Michael Faris
more videos on cheating
tumbling
0On any given day, I have a dozen tumbleweeds up against my fence. I often push them off the fence so they’ll go rolling down the street (I like to see them tumble). They are ugly when they are mashed up against the fence. Anything flying through the air gets trapped in them so I’ll often have newspaper, plastic bags, or worse in the tumbleweeds.
If I had known I could make money off of them, you can bet I would have.
I can step out my door to wealth. Hmmm. Maybe I should go in to the tumbleweed business.
how much?
04 years ago
Have you ever wondered how much advertisers spend to get you to buy their products? How much do you think that space you’re occupying is worth?
The people at GOOD Magazine have made a video that shows us just how much space and time is worth. It’s an interesting look at commerce and the value of placement.
found via .viz.