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The career pipeline: Not leaking but pouring By Katherine Sender

January 8th, 2010 · Comments Off

This article contains an analysis of disturbing, but not new, trends in the retention and treatment of female and minority faculty.  It is a relatively quick, worthwhile, read.
You can find it here at John L. Jackson, Jr.’s blog.
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Sleep Dealer

September 18th, 2009 · Comments Off

I’ve heard the buzz about Sleep Dealer, which is now out on video.  I’m looking forward to seeing it sometime in the not too distant future.
Check out the other information about this film on the film’s web site.

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Tags: Media and Activism · Politics · Popular Culture

John Greyson’s experimental documentary Fig Trees

July 11th, 2009 · Comments Off

John Greyson’s opera documentary entitled Fig Trees screened at Outfest yesterday.  Through experimentation with form, the documentary highlights the irrationality of profit-motive-as-rationale driving pharmaceutical companies’ approach to HIV/AIDS, and the complicated relationship between culture, capitalism, and movements for social and economic justice.  A complex, and at times self indulgent film,  Fig Trees sparks creative connections [...]

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