Women’s History Month: An Interpretation of Feminism in Africa
For Women’s History Month we turn to the AASC to englighten us about Women in Africa.
March 2007
Surveillance and Spying in Film: II–The Good Shepherd
A closer look at The Departed.
Playing Nice With Google
The opening line of William MacNamara’s story “Publishers seek to play Google at its own game” ominously portends “Publishers are racing to digitize their books as they seek to counter the threat posed by the internet giant Google.”
Raining cats and dogs
This is an old chestnut. How did ‘Raining Cats and Dogs’ come into being, and stay, in the language? The possibilities are few. A foreign phrase is occasionally repeated verbatim or nearly so, and turns into gibberish. It is possible that the first ‘cats and dogs’ were not even animal names.
On McDonald’s
Last year, as part of its employer-branding strategy to woo the best staff, it displayed posters with the slogan “McProspects — over half of our executive team started in our restaurants. Not bad for a McJob.”
Mombassa, Kenya: Ben’s Place Of The Week
Ben’s Place of the Week is Mombassa, Kenya.
Lone Star Lawmen: One Texas Ranger Remembers
“You know, what I remember most about that shootout was that after it was over the FBI agents backed their car out and smashed into mine.”
Why One Percent Matters
Patrick E. Jamieson, author of Mind Race, argues for better health insurance.
Mind race: an excerpt
This Monday I’m introducing a series of books we will revisit often on the OUPblog. The first, ‘Mind Race: A Firsthand Account of One Teenager’s Experience with Bipolar Disorder’, was written by Patrick E. Jamieson and Moira A. Rynn. It’s an indispensable book for young people with bipolar disorder.
Some Glorious Recollections
Robert Middlekauff reflects…
Friday procrastination: link love – fun facts and fake news
Links we like.
Women’s History Month: Feminism and Art
There is no perfect marriage between feminism (as a political ideology) and art (as a cultural activity). Feminism promises at the same time to enrich the products of art, to expose the pretensions and vested interests in art and to break open the category of art altogether.
The Ides of March
A celebration of the Ides of March.
A Few Questions For James T. Patterson
A few questions for James T. Patterson author of Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore.
On Fourth and So Forth, Or The Oddest English Spellings (Part 7)
Anatoly looks at the oddest English spellings.
Loch Morar, Scotland
Ben’s Place of the Week
Ben’s Place of the Week is Loch Morar, Scotland.