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River Jackson-Paton, Ph.D.18 boxes
i have hung the 18 boxes and will begin decorating and labeling them. my first idea had been to use pink or blue string to identify the sex of each one. and once again, i am struck by how much sex, gender, desire is in the eye of the beholder. pink for female and blue...
forthcoming….?
the date of our book coming out has gone back and forth, hasn't it? well, with the spring equinox a few days away, we're going to have to be seasonally accurate: forthcoming SPRING 2014! but it WILL be published in spring! check out the updated flyer... ea.flyer 4.14
returning after an absence…with 18 boxes?
it's almost been a full season, winter...darkness, cold, story-time, hibernation...wasn't planned...it just happened...one thing that was planned: since working on our book on ethnoautobiography (and especially the chapter on gender!), i've been doing some 'homework.'...
the black hills are remembered, even in LA
what a wonderful reminder to see a poster wheat pasted in los angeles...
oh wait, there’s more…
there are numerous riffs that have been simmering latelysome new writing and storytellingstay tuned for thatbut what's most important is that our ethnoautobiography sitehas received some much needed updatingplease check it out hereand the numerous riffs connect to the...
reemergence…
traveling at 680 miles per hour from los angelesTongva and Chumash landsback home to DallasComanche and Caddo territorynot sure how it is that traveling at 36,000 feethelps me feel groundedperhaps it's the very purposeful, focused attentionof a pilot, airline, flight...
quite a week!
it is, has been, and will be quite a week:there's been all of the Indigenous Peoples' Day stuffincluding more news about that Washington football teamnever mind other so-called mascotswe were in New Mexico soaking up the golden aspensthey are so beautifulthe new...
found a great website…
happened upon a fabulous site Unsettling America i added it to the links, too, but it deserved special mention!
Native mascots, the Tea Party, and Playing Indian
a striking convergence this morningwhich began innocently enoughon facebook, of coursea friend posted a comment aboutthe washington football teamthat has been in the news latelywith more pressure to change it's namethey "drop washington because it's embarrassing"it...
My Critical Ethnic Studies performance
I will attach the slides for my performance very soon. Stay tuned...