August 2012
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My top five comic book series
1. Green Lantern—Geoff Johns has weaved a complex and compelling tale. This is one of the best examples of the potential inherent in the superhero genre.
2. Planet of the Apes—Daryl Gregory and Carlos Magno have constructed a mythos that truly elevates the Planet of the Apes storyline. Regrettably this series ended last month.
3. The Massive—Brian Wood’s latest...
There was a guy on The Afternoon Shift (WBEZ Chicago) a few weeks ago who was talking about how people became engaged with art and cultural movements prior to the ascendency of the internet. One of the things that he mentioned was that people would start ‘zines to promote a particular art, perspective, or movement. This made me so nostalgic. I remember going into stores and seeing little...
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Flash #11 Review
This issue features Barry Allen reorganizing his life around a greater immersion into his identity as the now infamous vigilante—The Flash. His quest lands him in the midst of a mysterious feud between two of his most deadly enemies: Captain Cold and Heatwave.
Overall this was a good issue. The story makes the at times unclear point of this series’ current arc a bit more intelligible, this...
I think that we have to remember that the work of teaching for social justice is in some ways a process of ameliorating the intergenerational legacy of inequalities that pervade society in the hopes of creating a better society, a society where the rights of humans are more consequential than the pursuit of profits.
While polices may change, the attendant cultural systems which provide the rationales, resources, and legitimize oppressive systems are rarely eradicated. These endure, often adopting new language which masks the static (or worsening) plight of the dispossessed.
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I was reflecting upon the fact that we can clearly see different strands of school reform over the last fifty years. One is top-down reforms originating from the state and seeking to reorder schools around some centralized bureaucracy, curriculum, and system of control. The second strand that we see are grass-roots reforms which are dispersed, idiosyncratic, and reflective of key concerns of the...
