“A racist society will give you a racist science.” — R. M. Young (1987). Racist society, racist science. In D. … More
Category: Ethics
“Moving Together”: Or Researching Health Care Access as a Disabled Academic
As I work on my dissertation, one question arises over and over: whether my disability status as a researcher matters, … More
Thinking about Social Positionality & Social Determinants of Health
Per 2015 American Community Survey (Census Bureau) data, non-institutionalized U.S. civilians with disabilities ages >16 had a median income of … More
Healthcare (& Related Issues) News Roundup: 10 March 2017
STAT – House Republicans would let employers demand workers’ genetic test results (10 March 2017) This takes the ACA’s “workplace … More
Healthcare (& Related Issues) News Roundup: 3 February 2017
Chicago Tribune | (31 Jan 2017) Hearing Aids May Soon Be Sold Over-the-Counter Following the FDA scrapping a regulation that … More
Healthcare (& Related Issues) News Roundup: 13 Jan 2017
U.C. Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education | ACA repeal could cost California more than 200,000 jobs Also worth … More
Thoughts on Margaret Atwood’s “A Handmaid’s Tale”: Part 2
Writing is world-making, and speculative fiction and science fiction are genres of literature that are most telling of the writer’s … More
Links and News Roundup: 12 November 2013
Solome Lemme, “Against the Gospel of ‘Africa Rising.’” On the continent, despite improvements in national economies, technology, and certain human … More
News and Links Roundup: 5 November 2013
Sarah Kendzior, “Surviving the Post-Employment Economy” “In the United States, nine percent of computer science majors are unemployed, and 14.7 … More
A Deconstructionist Poem: Corporeal Veridiction
I decided to summarize my notes on governmentality, biopolitics, and disciplinary societies in the form of a poem. There are … More
On The Anti-Trafficking Discourse and its Material Consequences
(cross-linked with my other blog) WHAT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING? According to the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially … More
Indigenous Peoples and Resource Exploitation: A Case Study in Equatorial Guinea
Cross-linked with Bertelsmann Stiftung – Future Challenges Organization’s site Indigenous peoples and resource exploitation. Who wins, who loses, how is … More
In the Face of a Receding Lake, Water Conflict at the Ethiopia-Kenya Border
Cross-linked with Bertelsmann Stiftung – Future Challenges Organization’s site In May 2012, the Kenyan government sent 200 additional reserve troops to the … More
Musings: Why the Framing of “FGM” is Problematic
(Note: By no means is this piece exhaustive. As the title says, it only intends to be a brief musing … More
More Musings on The Sullivan Foundation Summit in Equatorial Guinea: What Does “Africa Rising” Mean?
There seems to be a new wave of Afro-optimism that focuses heavily on “re-branding” Africa. One favorite slogan is “Africa … More
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