One of the most comforting things I’ve ever heard a professor say at the start of a semester is, “Fair warning, some of the things that come out of my mouth won’t be politically correct.” I know this is a strange thing to find comfort in — a sentiment that would cause others to tense […]
Harry Frankfurt’s “On Bullshit” seems to hold the same weight in the academic community that Taylor Swift’s “Folklore” had for the rest of the world. It has redefined what we think of as possible, because suddenly “right” and “wrong” aren’t ends of a dichotomy, but there’s something ambiguous lurking somewhere in between. It’s BS. Three […]
It’s a terrifying question that sets off warning bells that sound a lot like signs of White supremacy — but that’s not the question. As a White person, I want to take a moment to disconnect the concept of supremacy from the question of White peoples’ experience within racial discourse — to recognize the tendency […]