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There Should Be a Name For: October 2014
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There Should Be a Name For. This used to be a blog about ideas and phenomena that seemed like they should have a name. Now it's a blog about that plus other thoughts. Saturday, October 11, 2014. Why Are Almost all of These Women White? C'mon, Grey Lady, get it together. It's only been a few weeks since The New York Times. Caused an uproar for publishing Alessandra Stanley's inaccurate, clueless, and offensive piece. About Shonda Rhimes and her TV creations. One of the conclusions. Which chronicles the pr...
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There Should Be a Name For: Why Are Almost all of These Women White?
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There Should Be a Name For. This used to be a blog about ideas and phenomena that seemed like they should have a name. Now it's a blog about that plus other thoughts. Saturday, October 11, 2014. Why Are Almost all of These Women White? C'mon, Grey Lady, get it together. It's only been a few weeks since The New York Times. Caused an uproar for publishing Alessandra Stanley's inaccurate, clueless, and offensive piece. About Shonda Rhimes and her TV creations. One of the conclusions. Which chronicles the pr...
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There Should Be a Name For: Looking for Lillian Randolph
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There Should Be a Name For. This used to be a blog about ideas and phenomena that seemed like they should have a name. Now it's a blog about that plus other thoughts. Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Looking for Lillian Randolph. When a once-prolific actress is no longer easily found. (Credit: Ebony magazine). Tis the season for showings of It's a Wonderful Life. The Christmas classic. A few years ago, I went to one of these, at the Grand Illusion. Boys and girls and music - who needs gin? Randolph was a ra...
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There Should Be a Name For: Tom and Judith and Geena and Daphne
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There Should Be a Name For. This used to be a blog about ideas and phenomena that seemed like they should have a name. Now it's a blog about that plus other thoughts. Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Tom and Judith and Geena and Daphne. Despite my previous posts' focus on serious political and social issues, Family Ties. Here's Uncle Ned calling AA. More on the character of the landline phone in a later post. Tom Hanks's character also has a purple problem, or rather, the whole episode does. This happily married ...
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There Should Be a Name For: Throwback Thursday
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There Should Be a Name For. This used to be a blog about ideas and phenomena that seemed like they should have a name. Now it's a blog about that plus other thoughts. Thursday, September 18, 2014. Hula was my friend Jenny Gillespie's zine; this issue (#2! Is from the summer of 1996, when I was 16 and she was 15. I found this on my bookshelf and thought I'd share the back cover with you because a) it manages to celebrate a throwback while being one itself, and b) Say Anything. Cliff Mass Weather Blog.
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There Should Be a Name For: November 2014
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There Should Be a Name For. This used to be a blog about ideas and phenomena that seemed like they should have a name. Now it's a blog about that plus other thoughts. Tuesday, November 4, 2014. 5 am = semi-random thoughts. Babies don't really have special, stay-at-home wear, do they? But do they have special, extra-laid back pajamas? Why are all my insecurities about teaching channeled through political metaphors? For instance, why do I sometimes wonder, "Am I the Jimmy Carter of teachers? Cliff Mass Wea...
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There Should Be a Name For: Recommended Reading
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There Should Be a Name For. This used to be a blog about ideas and phenomena that seemed like they should have a name. Now it's a blog about that plus other thoughts. Saturday, May 2, 2015. My friend Tyler wrote a great essay. About the Milwaukee Brewers. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A renegade lit lover in the realm of higher ed. Cliff Mass Weather Blog. Hoostown: "What a [cutting-edge] piece of [art.]". We are all angry. Welcome Many WordsMany Words Editing, Essays, and More by Christine Slocum.
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There Should Be a Name For: Under the Dome with Only Microsoft for Company
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There Should Be a Name For. This used to be a blog about ideas and phenomena that seemed like they should have a name. Now it's a blog about that plus other thoughts. Saturday, October 11, 2014. Under the Dome with Only Microsoft for Company. Confession: I have not read Under the Dome. But I have watched it. It is so very nearly bad enough to be wonderful, but not quite. Anyway, I was curious how the book compared, so I read James Parker's New York Times. Comes down, you’re. Going to need one another.
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There Should Be a Name For: June 2014
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There Should Be a Name For. This used to be a blog about ideas and phenomena that seemed like they should have a name. Now it's a blog about that plus other thoughts. Saturday, June 28, 2014. Twenty Years after the Band. Tonight I watched "The Normal Heart,". The HBO movie based on Larry Kramer's play. It brought back a lot of memories, namely reading And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic. In 1994 when I was 14. You gave him the same last name? My room became even stranger than ...
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There Should Be a Name For: July 2015
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There Should Be a Name For. This used to be a blog about ideas and phenomena that seemed like they should have a name. Now it's a blog about that plus other thoughts. Monday, July 6, 2015. The Symbols of our Tribes. I recently read The True American. And a few days later I read this series of tweets from Jamelle Bouie. A writer for Slate. And I thought about what I was up to last summer, reading The Grapes of Wrath. And watching Family Ties. Among other things, and I remembered the dance episode. In Back...
