3/4/20 review of the book Purity and Danger, by Mary Douglas

Here is the link to my March 4, 2020, Twitter thread review of the book Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo, by Mary Douglas.

Thank you for reading. Please enjoy.

2/10/20 review of the book Blackness and Value, by Lindon Barrett

Here is the link to my February 10, 2020, Twitter thread review of the book Blackness and Value: Seeing Double, by Lindon Barrett.

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10/19/19 thoughts on social and sexual issues and the environment

Here is the link to my October 19, 2019, discussion about how social and sexual issues in America actually do affect the environment -- especially when it comes to the US obsession with things like racial, moral, and sexual purity.

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10/19/19 questions on the social foundations of linear perspective

Here is the link to my October 19, 2019, Twitter thread, wondering about the social foundations of linear perspective.

I have never followed up on this thought. But I'm sure many people have discussed this idea, over the past few decades especially. And I do think it would be fun to study.

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8/30/17 review of book Dark Age Ahead, by Jane Jacobs

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the book Dark Age Ahead, by Jane Jacobs.

The thread gives a summary of the book and some context on Jane Jacobs and how I learned of Jane Jacobs and this book. The thread discusses themes examined by the book, such as cultural amnesia, technical/social competence, societal stagnation, society's prioritization of profit, overly trusting credentials, how to combat stagnation, the effects of the US War on Terror, and possible housing bubbles.

Here is the link to the Penguin Random House web page for the book.

3/24/16 review of book The Gentrification of the Mind, by Sarah Schulman

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of Sarah Schulman's book The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination.

The thread gives some background on Sarah Schulman and how I came to learn of her through the ACT UP Oral History Project. The thread gives a quick summary of the book's themes. It compares Schulman's work to other authors. And it discusses what I like about Schulman's style. It also gives links to the University of California Press's web page for the book and to the ACT UP Oral History Project.

1/3/16 review of Judith Butler's Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of Judith Butler's Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly.

The thread gives a bit of background into how I learned about Judith Butler and Jean Baudrillard. It gives my opinion of Butler's philosophical style. It compares Butler's gender studies with the studies of public assembly that she illustrates in this book. It then gives a basic summary of the ideas Butler expresses in the book. It then outlines a number of different things I like about the book.

Here is the link to the Harvard University Press's page for Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly.

I bought this book at the Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver, Colorado.