super… love the potato idea…
and her treatment of asparagus.
luxirare strikes again!
Archives for November 2009
Plastics Kill
Found this website – maybe on Boing Boing? – that shows albatross chicks who die because their mama birds bring them plastic for dinner. This is a pretty graphic indictment of our disregard for the environment, I think. Apparently, the photos were taken on an island located 2,000 miles from any continent in the north [...]
Feminist Landscapes
I plan to submit a paper for this WOMEN AND PERFORMANCE journal which is published by the Performance Studies department at New York University. At this point, I’m thinking of writing about Roni Horn’s Still Water (The River Thames, for Example). i’ve also thought that her Library of Water would be an amazing text to [...]
In My Backyard
One more reason to finish the dissertation:
Tenure-Track Position in Performance Studies
The Division of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies (HArCS) in the New College at Arizona State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Performance Studies to begin in August 2010. HArCS is interdisciplinary and committed to a critical examination [...]
A Good Prospect
4-4 is a heavy teaching load, but this gig is in Philly. I wouldn’t mind living near the city again and close to some of my family too.
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Join a vibrant campus community whose excellence is reflected in its diversity and student success. West Chester University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in [...]
Jobs in WST
I don’t want to loose track of this blog. They list jobs in Gender Studies.
“this information isn’t going to leave this room…”
I just can’t stop thinking about this recent (2007) video of Miss Vaginal Davis.
From Frieze Magazine: “Vaginal Davis is the key proponent of the disruptive performance aesthetic known as terrorist drag. Disrupting the cultural assimilation of gay-oriented and corporate-friendly drag, she positions herself at an uncomfortable tangent to the conservative politics of gay culture, mining [...]
What did YOU wear today?
I have no idea where I found this little gem… but I sure do love this project. It makes me want to contribute drawings of myself. Its really interesting to see how some people exclude their bodies from the drawings, others include emotional states as attire, and the names folk give to their accessories.