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Tonight, painfully earnest “folk” songs. About peace. http://ift.tt/19WbD43

Special dispensation: granted. HIST 5970 Roman Empire in Summer 2015: hot damn, it’s on.

Happy “World Autism Awareness Day.” One thing I’d like you to be aware of today is that Autism Speaks is a terrible organization that does not represent people on the autism spectrum.

Happy “World Autism Awareness Day.” One thing I’d like you to be aware of today is that Autism Speaks is a terrible organization that does not represent people on the autism spectrum.

You know what is even worse than nationalist white conservatives pining for the fascist cultural atmosphere of the 1950s USA? Nationalist white liberals pining for the fascist political economy of the 1950s USA. Reminder: The GM-FHA-RAND Corporation economy oly seems like a big sstep forward for economic opportunity or socioeconomic equality if the opportunities & equalities you are interested in are only those for white American citizens. #DestroyNostalgianomics #BurnCorporateLiberalism

“Hey Kyle I want to make a show that is nominally eeative entertainment but actually consists of just brutal conatant rote repetition of the most idiotic, trogolodytic sort of reactionary sort of War o’ the Sexes gender tropes I can come up with.” “I dunno Bob, that is kind of tough to pull off these days, people will say it is sexist.” “I know Kyle, that is the problem.” “Wait Bob, I’ve got the perfect solution. Let’s set it in a post-apocolyptic end of the world setting! That makes it a biting social commentary!” “Brilliant!”

This status update is false. #AprilFools

Dear LazyWeb: recommendations for a favorite trabslator for Euripides’ “The Trojan Women”*? (* verse translations only please, line breaks or forget it). This Penguin Classics public domain prose pile is not cutting it for me.

The Government of Detroit Vs. the City of Detroit. http://ift.tt/1xxqv3B King Books is far more important to the city of Detroit, on any reasonable understanding of what “city” means, than abusive, parasitical control freak Mike Duggan.

The Government of Detroit Vs. the City of Detroit. http://ift.tt/1xxqv3B King Books is far more important to the city of Detroit, on any reasonable understanding of what “city” means, than abusive, parasitical control freak Mike Duggan.