Rihanna’s Unapologetic Shadow Feminism, part 2

As always, this is pretty raw, first-draft stage material. I welcome your feedback 🙂 Thanks to everyone who has read and given feedback on part 1 of this series! The continued outcry and worry about Rihanna and her album clearly…

Not Just a Trojan Horse, or Bieberians In tha House

–> There is an article in today’s Inside Higher Ed that argues philosophy, as a discipline, needs to be less insular and more interdisciplinary. I totally and enthusiastically concur with that claim. However, the article is framed in a way…

Violence against Women at UNCC:More Police & More Surveillance Won’t Protect Us

Or, Why I Will Not Sign The “Increase Safety Measures On Campus To Prevent Future Attacks” Petition Recently there was a male-on-female sexual assault in a classroom building at UNC Charlotte. I teach a class in that building this semester,…

Ludacris’s “Rest of My Life” and Neoliberalism

On 11/11/12, Ludacris (feat. Usher & David Guetta) posted a video for his single “Rest of My life” to YouTube. Interestingly, and awesomely, this video all but explicitly posits the main claim of my article on EDM and neoliberalism in…