I don't know if you've made the trip to the library yet (or how familiar you are with Bresson), but may I suggest Diary of a Country Priest or my two favorites, Pickpocket and A Man Escaped ? They're more accessible. The best thing about this teaching eval comment is that the student kinda has a point-I stopped…

Reading it helped far more than I thought it would-so again, thanks to both of you! I've been walking around feeling sick all day.

It seems increasingly vital. I've had more conversations about this with students in the past two years than I had in the previous 6.

Yeah, I think I'm going to stop scrolling and stay up here with the decent folks, just in case…

My theory is that this happens because the authority of the police represents a larger scheme of social hierarchy that is constantly reinforced by so, so many things-to suggest that it is problematic threatens this whole system. Since it's so rare to have viable alternatives represented as something positive (American…

Particularly in a classroom setting. My students don't want to be the bad guy. They have questions they don't know how to ask. They don't want to seem ignorant or intolerant.

Shout out to both of you for being reasonable in the face of a lot of unreasonable-ness happening..

I agree. Look, anyone who was going to host Top Gear after Clarkson and co left were going to be subject to some serious scrutiny (I'd make a David Moyes reference, but boy would that comparison not work!), and I was a little annoyed at how pleased the British press seemed at the initial low ratings.

"Why won't their community leaders speak out about this white on white violence!?"

Hmm..Fair enough. I guess I could make the age-old 'why are you posting/making fun of people in a story that you don't care about/please don't tell me about how you don't even own a TV/please don't ask me 'what is a 'Fetty Wap'?' post, but it never changes anything..

I quite like the other two guys on the show as well (Rory Reid and Chris Harris). By the end of this last episode two things were obvious:

Eh, I'm still not getting it. Is the joke 'you must be an idiot to watch Top Gear?'? or 'A show about cars is stupid thus people who watch a show about cars…etc.'?

I'm still in denial just a little bit about Penny Dreadful. All those fantastic characters and it's over because (spoiler)? :(

Too soon :(

Also worth remembering that both the Bruce Willis version and this TV version are just fine.

Was just coming here to post this-I'm so glad! This season started off slowly but I'm enjoying it. I miss the recaps here :(

Just watched Beyonce's performance (I was working when this was first posted and didn't want to get distracted!) and I want to highlight and agree with your statement about the significance of what Beyonce represents and means to a lot of people. Sure, grassroots activists and agents of political change can come…

I'd also like to add that it's not as though Beyonce was born famous and mention the Williams' sisters here as well, if only to point out that even though she (and they) might not be subjected to the so-called 'socio-norms' for Black Americans, it's not as though they're unfamiliar with these contexts. It's not as…

We're around! The 'likes' are a good hint. ;)

It's distracting and awful-what were they thinking with this as a promo photo??