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I also think a lot of people genuinely think that a woman can not be strong enough to be president…
If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking…
Alas USA is not a multiparty system so each party only has to seem more desirable than the other one.…
Ah but the Russia that conservatives hated presented* itself as a progressive force for worker's empowerment and anti-imperialism. Putin's Russia…
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Author Archives: Richard Jeffrey Newman
The Group Pneuma Has Set One of My Poems to Music for Their Upcoming Album
I am excited! The musical group Pneuma has set one of my poem to music for their upcoming album, which will be called Who Has Seen The Wind. The album has not yet been officially released, but you can listen … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
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Abortion in Jewish Law
I started to write a response to this comment by Limits of Language (LoL) on the A Record 102 Edition open thread, but my response got so long that I decided to make it a separate post. LoL wrote: My … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights
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A Workshop I’m Leading and Two Reviews of “Words For What Those Men Have Done”
I’d like to share two things from my writing life that I am excited and happy about. Writing About What You Are Afraid To Write About @ The Ollom Arts Festival When: November 14th, from 6-8 PM Where: One Art … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
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Repost: Notes Towards a Discussion of Male Self-Hatred
(I originally posted this in 2012, but a conversation I had recently with some of my students made me think of it. I still think it raises some interesting questions, and so I am reposting it now.) In Kayak Morning, Roger … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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Relearning The Value of Patience in Assembling a Book of Poems
It’s the middle of August, which means summer is almost over and I have to start preparing in earnest to go back into the classroom. This is the first summer in many years–at least fifteen, I think–that I’ve been off … Continue reading
In Which I Have More To Say About The Politics Of Being A Man Who Has Survived Sexual Violence (and also about Junot Díaz)
In my previous post about Junot Díaz, I alluded to an essay I was in the middle of trying to write when I read the Boston Globe article in which he categorically denied the accusations of misogyny and sexual misconduct … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Men and masculinity, misogyny, sexual assault, sexual harassment
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The Janus Case: What Freedom’s All About. Or At Least That’s What They Want You To Think.
At the end of every academic year, my union hosts a dinner at which a group of faculty, staff, and administration put on a musical show, the main purpose of which is to poke fun at ourselves. It’s a wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in Union Issues
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I Am Deeply Disappointed in Junot Díaz…
Not because I know him (I don’t); not because his work has been important to me (I have read very little of it); but as a fellow survivor of childhood sexual violence. In April of this year, when I read … Continue reading
Posted in sexual assault, sexual harassment
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It is inevitable that people will detransition – no medical treatment has a 100% satisfaction rate. But 94% of trans…