Weekly Writing

Foucault recounts the ideas of the philosopher Seneca in his account of the Hupomnemata. Seneca stresses that one must balance between absorbing information and expressing one’s own thoughts, that is, … Continue readingBalancing Reading and Writing

Writing is an act of self discipline and meditation that can fortify the soul. Foucault writes, “writing about inner impulses appears…as a weapon in spiritual combat…. by bringing to light … Continue readingSelf Writing

Bell Hooks believes in localizing your pain and making it a location for theorizing. Then Hooks wants us to go out and find others who possibly shared your pain. By … Continue readingPain, Collective and 46&2

Hooks says that naming our pain can be the most difficult part of coping with said pain. For hooks it seems that naming this pain usually means citing power structures … Continue readingTheory, Pain and The Collective

In high school I had a physics teacher show me a movie called Mindwalk. It is a really old movie about a book which discusses something called the systems theory. … Continue readingMindwalk

In my ENG240 class (the language of gender and sexuality), something we discussed recently was the topic of gay-sounding voices. What does this mean? What does this say about society … Continue reading“Gay-sounding” Voices

bell hooks writes, “This to me is what makes feminist transformation possible. Personal testimony, personal experience, is such fertile ground for the production of liberatory feminist theory because it usually … Continue readingLiberatory theory and women on YouTube

In my EDF class, we have to read a book called Wheels in the Head: Educational Philosophies of Authority, Freedom, and culture from Confucianism to Human Rights and the chapter … Continue readingConsciousness

Inspired by Freire himself, hooks’ work can be applied to Freire’s ‘banking’ concept of education. In “Teaching to Transgress,” hooks questions the divide between theory and practice, claiming not only … Continue readinghooks and Freire

I’m interested in the fact that Hooks describes Theory as the healing for her pain at the start of the chapter. How exactly does one hurt in order for theory … Continue readingTheory as Healing?