tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240Wed, 06 Nov 2024 03:04:00 +0000thursdaytheorygendertransbutlerfoucaultmarked and unmarked categoriesqueerracismwritingcissocial constructiontheacademycolonialismprivilegeshenaniganslanguagesenior thesissotomayor19thcenturyalthusserbooksislamophobiaorlandopanopticonpostmodernismthelamplighterCanonball explores theory from many different perspectives, but particularly through literature. With an aim to be accessible to everyone, Canonball seeks to engage everyone in theory rather than just folks in the ivory tower.http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (canonball)Blogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-3712496787669122391Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:30:00 +00002009-10-13T07:30:01.311-07:00I am reading The Book of Salt by Monique Truong right now.  So far I am in love with it.http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/10/reading.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-6192317877051064702Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:36:00 +00002009-10-11T21:44:37.338-07:00marked and unmarked categoriesqueertransbecause someone questioned the security of my gender/sexuality at my schooland i promptly filled out a butthurt report formhttp://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/10/ick-thanks-agnes-scott.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-7323885880298995015Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:59:00 +00002009-10-06T05:59:45.206-07:00The Little Professor wrote a text adventure for those reading Victorian religious fiction.  Agh, it's hiliarious--I should write about about The Lamplighter...here's a short part:"> read publisherSmart move! PUBLISHERS who brought out religious fiction among their offerings often carved out their own little theological fiefdoms.  For example, a NOVEL published by CHARLES DOLMAN, BURNS AND http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/10/now-you-one-cracking-jokes-he-isn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-4200582935098580589Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:30:00 +00002009-09-27T10:30:39.801-07:00Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish. Pantheon, 1977.http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/09/fittingly-todays-library-acquisitions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-4378756296156417704Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:25:00 +00002009-09-27T10:27:15.242-07:00foucaultpanopticon It's the Panopticon! As the "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks notes, does the implied surveillance cause self-disciplining in this parking lot?http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/09/surveillance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-8617969606617847407Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:50:00 +00002009-09-25T16:56:35.050-07:0019thcenturybutlerfoucaultqueersenior thesissocial constructiontheacademythelamplighterwritingI finished my prospectus for my senior thesis--here's the slightly raw version, so please excuse grammar/language errors.In mid-nineteenth century America, among the most popular works of fiction were novels like Maria Cummins’s The Lamplighter that depicted the of an ambiguously raced and classed orphaned girl into a properly Christian white middle class woman. Critics such as Nathanial http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/09/prospectus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-3565932357351768749Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:46:00 +00002009-09-12T13:52:25.571-07:00bookssenior thesiswritingHawthorne by Henry JamesSensational Designs: The Cultural Work of American Fiction, 1790-1860 by Jane TompkinsWoman's Fiction: A Guide to Novels By and About Women in America, 1820-1870 by Nina Baym (whom I have the biggest crush on)The Masochistic Pleasure of Sentimental Literature by Marianne NobelIntimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America by John D'Emilio and Estelle B. http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/09/todays-library-acquisitions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-3285121397516321710Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:40:00 +00002009-09-11T05:40:01.174-07:00ICHC.  I don't think they meant it as a means of destroying the canon.http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/09/canon-bol.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-4086607784653499349Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:17:00 +00002009-09-09T16:24:18.221-07:00 Over at Cake Wrecks, they offer up this postmodern pear.Today, Uruguay passed some legislation allowing same-sex couples to adopt children.If I were still in Austin (tears everywhere!), I'd be going to go see Terry Galloway read from her book Mean Little Deaf Queer. She's reading at Bookwoman and Cactus Cafe. Go see her! Check out the Austinist page about it!http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/09/postmodern-pear-and-other-neat-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-1446159350643377056Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:52:00 +00002009-09-01T18:52:44.833-07:00Here's what you have to look forward to:CHAUCER EXTRAVAGANZAThe Lamplighter ReduxHawthorne, James, Cather, Chesnutt, and WhartonSome more feminist theory...Could I have these socks right now??They're from AshiDashi.  http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-somewhat-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-1799121045501945662Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:20:00 +00002009-08-05T06:20:54.296-07:00This is quickly becoming my favorite bean recipe.In other news, I'm going to take a short break from this blog.  It's the end of the summer and I need a few days to get it all together before I go back to school.  I appreciate those of you who have started reading regularly and I hope to have some more meaty (or tempeh-y) posts when I get back to school and start Foucaulting full time again.Also http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/08/beans-and-break.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-3595738287774207181Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:44:00 +00002009-07-30T06:44:18.989-07:00The Texas Library Association is putting out a calendar of their tattoed lady librarians to benefit the TLA's disaster relief fund--a lot of money is still needed to clean up after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.Man, I want to get a tattoo at a library conference.Also, isn't this quilt beautiful?  I think I will make it--it is relatively easy.From here.http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/07/tattooed-ladies-of-tla.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-5146158761289914273Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:30:00 +00002009-07-30T06:30:14.424-07:00Via loltheorists.Pie lollipops from Luxirare!!Also, The Guardian ran an article about books about biking/cycling.http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/07/this-morning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-3306216559647042997Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:26:00 +00002009-07-29T06:26:30.196-07:00Over at Below the Belt, some really great ideas were raised about parenting gender-variant kids.  It's something I think about a lot, particularly because I want to raise children. "Raising children in this world is a battle when you start to see things from this angle. Most parents don’t realize what they’re in for until they have a gender-variant kid, because they effectively are pointed at andhttp://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/07/below-belt-raises-question-will-you-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-4130723046097817766Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:22:00 +00002009-07-29T06:22:39.770-07:00Tapestry Humor--via El Si but I think it's from somewhere else first.http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/07/alas-shoes-dost-no-fit-thy-dainty-feet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-6281704827662469433Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:20:00 +00002009-07-29T06:20:31.510-07:00Via Strange Maps.http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/07/homeland-is-where-heartland-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-2338987812924433005Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:02:00 +00002009-07-28T17:02:05.315-07:00Sotomayor was backed by the Senate committee--on to the rest of the Senate!via LA Times.http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/07/hooray.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-4025727383471350952Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:42:00 +00002009-07-25T05:42:14.798-07:00A literary map of San Franciscovia SFGatehttp://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/07/frisco.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-2564311446274431392Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:48:00 +00002009-07-24T06:48:39.375-07:00I swear, half of the Daily Mail stories are about weird and/or cute animals.  I love how there's a subtextual dialogue of "OMG WE CAN'T BELIEVE A BOYYYY LIKES THIS LITTLE HORSE."I can't get pictures in right now, so make sure to go look, you'll be glad you did.http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/07/tiny-horse-alert.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-7769104777589048697Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:51:00 +00002009-07-24T06:40:36.393-07:00colonialismmarked and unmarked categoriesprivilegeracismsocial constructiontheacademythursdaytheorywritingGood morning, all--I just moved and was too tuckered out yesterday to really make any progress on anything writing or reading related. So here's what I was reading this morning...The British Government released new tips for pregnant women to avoid H1N1 flu. Considering that I've been watching The Tudors on Netflix the past few days, H1N1 flu seems to be the new sweating sickness.Questioning http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/07/day-after-theory-thursday-links-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-4739882908233668649Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:55:00 +00002009-07-19T14:55:35.673-07:00The Fort Worth mayor finally apologized for the the raid on Fort Worth gay bars on the night of the anniversary of Stonewall.  Read about it over at 365 Gay.http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/07/tip-don-invade-gay-bars-on-anniversary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-1474436006060300313Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:45:00 +00002009-07-20T06:30:46.906-07:00queervia UnshelvedGay penguins, of course, cause irreparable harm.http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/07/and-tango-makes-biased-people.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-4324956600029428054Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:37:00 +00002009-07-20T06:30:13.201-07:00marked and unmarked categoriesracismsotomayor Rachel Maddow basically proves that Pat Buchanan is super racist, in this case about Sotomayor.http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/07/maddow-vs-buchanan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-8693969601102414200Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:02:00 +00002009-07-16T07:19:44.494-07:00marked and unmarked categoriesprivilegeracismsotomayorthursdaytheoryOh, Marlene...Dorothy Surrenders featured Marlene Dietrich, whom I love, for Gender Fuck Thursday today.Kristine at Serendipities noted that the BBC's In Our Time recently did a segment on revenge tragedies. 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford should be required reading, in my opinion.According to the Library Journal, Ohio libraries will lose 30% of the state's support.Boing Boing notes that http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/07/thursday-theory-jumbled-up-edition.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405597666623241240.post-3217201813310785263Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:45:00 +00002009-07-15T05:49:09.062-07:00islamophobiaracismAs someone who wants to be a librarian and who will attend future ALA conferences, it makes me nervous that you decided to bring someone who works for the David Horowitz Freedom Center for a roundtable titled "Perspectives on Islam: Beyond the Stereotyping."Seriously folks? Not the best move.Library Journal reports here and here.http://canonballtheory.blogspot.com/2009/07/dear-american-library-association.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (canonball)0