Looking for pivotal articles or books on Queer Ecology.

Hello all!

I just finished undergrad and now I'm pursuing a Phd in English. As an undergrad, a lot of my thinking/writing involved Affect Theory (thinkers like Sianne Ngai, Lauren Berlant, and the like), ecology, and contemporary literature (Whitehead's John Henry Days, for example).

What Phd programs are well-known for ecocriticism?

What programs are known for Affect Theory (other than U of Chicago)?

Do you know of any programs/scholars that join the two?

Basically, I'm just trying to familiarize myself with the grad school landscape... Any suggestions regarding my area(s) of interest would be of much help.

P.S. As someone who aspires to be a scholar, this community has been an amazing resource. So thanks to all you out there.

I'm not sure if this is the right sub to ask, but the results google offered me were a little too journalistic for me to get a good picture, and I'm currently hundreds of miles away from my campus library. Can anyone give me a plain and rough sketch of what the field is about, and possibly even why it should be of interest to us?

I thought for a bit that I wasn't going to make this post. I wanted to give no excuses for any anti-feminist sub to go after feminists, so I was going to drop it. But in the 24 hours since being banned from fourthwavewomen (after arguing about a now Reddit Site Wide banned member about their transphobia), I have spoken to 2 other people who were banned for the same reason within the last 24 hours, and WitchesvPatriarchy nearly banned me for even interacting there, because the hatred is so bad. I do not want other feminists seeking this sub out and dealing with this same issue.

While it is not my goal to tear down some other ideologies women in that sub have, it is their right to hold differing beliefs, I can not and will not tolerate transphobia on any level. No strain of feminism should exist that demonizes queer existence.

a small example of the transphobia I and another member encountered right before our bans

---the following text is a copy from someone else who was criticizing their transphobia--

Top mod admitting that their "No transphobia" rule is only there to protect the sub from being banned: https://web.archive.org/web/20211215211730/https://old.reddit.com/r/fourthwavewomen/comments/qlljvm/autogynephelia_is_just_more_of_mens_sickness_not/hj3r7mk/

Another mod's long history of participating in the "gender critical" ecosystem of hate subreddits: https://web.archive.org/web/20211215212100/https://ihsoyct.github.io/index.html?mode=submissions&subreddit=&sort_type=created_utc&sort=desc&size=100&before=2020-06-01&after=&author=SarkyMs&score=&num_comments=&q=

A third mod calling Mary Daly one of the most important feminists of all time: https://archive.ph/DgY5X

Some background on Mary Daly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Daly#On_transgender_persons

> In Gyn/Ecology, Daly asserted her view of transgender persons, writing, "Today the Frankenstein phenomenon is omnipresent . . . in . . . phallocratic technology. . . . Transsexualism is an example of male surgical siring which invades the female world with substitutes." "Transsexualism, which Janice Raymond has shown to be essentially a male problem, is an attempt to change males into females, whereas in fact no male can assume female chromosomes and life history/experience." "The surgeons and hormone therapists of the transsexual kingdom . . . can be said to produce feminine persons. They cannot produce women."

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So, yesterday, Les Républicains (LR), France’s mainstream conservative party, finally chose their candidate. As the final list of expected candidates is pretty much settled (although there’s still time for surprises), and as things have become quite complicated, I think it’s late enough to do a writeup on the incoming French presidential elections, similar to what u/bazarov_21 did with the Japanese elections.

What is the role of the president of France?

France is the only country in Western Europe where the president is the most important and powerful person in the country. Other Western European countries are either parliamentary monarchies or parliamentary republics where the president’s role is mostly ceremonial and the head of government holds the executive power (Portugal is a special case I think, the president doesn’t hold the executive power but still has an important role).

Since 2000, the president of France is elected for five years and since 2007, he can only serve two consecutive terms, although it’s still legal to serve an unlimited number of non-consecutive terms.

The president holds the executive power. He promulgates the laws, chooses the Prime Minister, is the chief of the Armed Forces, is able to order the use of nuclear weapons, is able to dissolve the National Assembly (lower chamber), and is able to call a popular referendum if the Parliement agrees.

There are two houses in the French Parliament. The upper house, the Senate, is of lesser relevance and most of the time can’t have the last word. The lower house, the National Assembly, is the one that actually dictates of much actual power the president holds.

When the president has a majority in the Assembly, the president appoints whoever he likes as a Prime Minister and is free to choose how much power he delegates to him. Some ‘strong’ presidents, such as Macron currently, choose a mere executor as their PM, and thus don’t get overshadowed, while some ‘weak’ presidents such as Hollande appoint a stronger PM and delegate him a significant part of the president’s prominence in French politics.

When the opposition has a majority in the Assembly, the president chooses a Prime Minister that satisfies said opposition, and the appointed PM becomes the de facto holder of the executive power. Theoretically, the president could st

Enjoy these standalones and new series coming in 2022!

Epic Fantasy

• The Starless Crown, James Rollins, Jan. 4
  • An alliance embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the secrets of the distant past and save their world.
• Servant Mage, Kate Elliot, Jan. 18
  • A group of rebel Monarchists free Fellion the light-mage from indentured servitude and take her on a journey to rescue trapped compatriots from an underground complex of mines.
• The Bladed Faith, David Dalglish, Apr. 22
  • A usurped prince prepares to take up the mantel of a deadly assassin and reclaim his kingdom, his people, and his slain gods.
• The Spear Cuts through Water, Simon Jimenez, May 3
  • A reluctant warrior goes on the run with an ancient goddess through a lush world full of wild magic, wondrous creatures, and hidden enemies.
• The Collarbound, Rebecca Zahabi, May 12
  • On the other side of the Shadowpass, rebellion is brewing. Looming high on the cliff is a fortress full of mages who offer protection, but also embody everything the rebellion is fighting against.
• Kagen the Damned, Jonathan Maberry, May 10
  • Kagen Vale is the captain of the place guard, charged with protection the royal children. But one night, Kagen is drugged and the entire imperial family is killed, leaving the empire in ruins.
• Flames of Mira, Clay Harmon, Jul. 5
  • People like Ig are born from life-threatening trials that bind chemical elements to the human body, forged in the boiling volcanoes and subterranean passages under Mira’s frozen lands.
• Into the Broken Lands, Tanya Huff, Aug. 2
  • To save their people, the Heirs of Marsan have no choice but to enter the Broken Lands, trusting their lives and the lives of everyone they protect to someone who shouldn't exist.
• The First Binding, RR Virdi, Aug. 16
  • I buried the village of Ampur under a mountain of ice and snow. Then I killed their god. I am legend. And I am a monster.
• Witch King, Martha Wells, Fall
  • (No blurb but I'm too excited not to include it)

Hello there :)

Some folk around here may know me as the arcology guy - that person who occasionally swoops into posts that ask questions about urban design or architecture and gushes about the potential of architecture+ecology (arcology \o/).

But I'm also an observer. I like to lurk and listen and learn.

I'll take a bit of a leap here and say that basically everyone has seen the Chobani Ad that went viral, and has led to the pretty huge boom in numbers for the sub and interest in Solarpunk in general. We went from about oh.. 43kish people to 66k in a small amount of time. And like myself, a lot of folk prefer to lurk, to upvote what they agree with and otherwise passively engage with the community unless something in particular catches their eye.

I hope this post is one of those things!

A fellow commenter u/CharlieNobody posted in one of the recent crypto threads about what they called Chobani Futurism and I had a bit of an epiphany. It really is an accurate description of what the ad demonstrates - it isn't Solarpunk in the sense of appealing to the ideals of Solarpunk, but it has a similar enough aesthetic that people here, ever craving to define what we are, latched on it as a perfect emulation of our collective ethos. And thus it spread until certain Twitter personalities caught wind of it, and well, here we are.

Of course, a cursory examination shows that it definitely doesn't, but the desire to see a living breathing world that looks close enough is strong, and I don't deny for a second that the ad is really amazingly beautiful. Often times I've seen people describe their ideal world as a "Ghibli meets X" world, and honestly that ad really does evoke some Ghibli style design work.

That said, no one can forget that the original (not brand-free one that went viral) ad had very clear product placement, using awkward examples of modern consumer products in a world designed to be fantastical and 'better'. This is the crux of Chobani Futurism. As a company, they're actually about as good as one can expect from a for-profit institution with relatively good morals for the society it exists in. Just like their ad, though, they're -still- predicated upon profit, and as good and as ethical as they try to be, in the end, they'll do what is needed to maintain profit share or fail and be replaced by something potentially worse. They're still that carton of milk in a world of robots and flying cars.

There are others who are far better at clarifying wh

it’s my favorite show and I got bored, so: this. Note: [F] is first episode of the season, [L] is last - it made them easier to spot in my notes :) it’s a subjective ranking based on my personal preferences but I wanna know what you guys think!

Season One

1. S1E21 — Contemporary American Poultry
2. S1E23 — Modern Warfare
3. S1E1 — Community [Pilot]
4. S1E4 — Social Psychology
5. S1E11 — The Politics of Human Sexuality
6. S1E19 — Beginner Pottery
7. S1E24 — English as a Second Language
8. S1E9 — Debate 109
9. S1E5 — Football, Feminism and You
10. S1E20 — The Science of Illusion
11. S1E25 — Pascal’s Triangle Revisited [L]
12. S1E3 — Introduction to Film
13. S1E16 — Communication Studies
14. S1E12 — Comparative Religion
15. S1E13 — Investigative Journalism
16. S1E10 — Environmental Science
17. S1E8 — Home Economics
18. S1E14 — Interpretive Dance
19. S1E5 — Advanced Criminal Law
20. S1E17 — Physical Education
21. S1E15 — Romantic Expressionism
22. S1E22 — The Art of Discourse
23. S1E18 — Basic Genealogy
24. S1E7 — Introduction to Statistics
25. S1E2 — Spanish 101

Season Two

1. S2E8 — Cooperative Calligraphy
2. S2E6 — Epidemiology
3. S2E24 — For a Few Paintballs More [L]
4. S2E21 — Paradigms of Human Memory
5. S2E11 — Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas
6. S2E23 — A Fistful of Paintballs
7. S2E22 — Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts
8. S2E9 — Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design
9. S2E16 — Intermediate Documentary Filmaking
10. S2E4 — Basic Rocket Science
11. S2E14 — Advanced Dungeon and Dragons
12. S2E19 — Critical Film Studies
13. S2E1 — Anthropology 101 [F]
14. S2E2 — Accounting for Lawyers
15. S2E10 — Mixology Certification
16. S2E7 — Aerodynamics of Gender
17. S2E13 — Celebrity Pharmacology
18. S2E17 — Intro to Political Science
19. S2E18 — Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy
20. S2E12 — Asian Population Studies
21. S2E5 — Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples
22. S2E20 — Competitive Wine Tasting
23. S2E15 — Early 21st Century Romanticism
24. S2E3 — The Psychology of Letting Go

Season Three

1. S3E4 — Remedial Chaos Theory
2. S3E14 — Pillows and Blankets
3. S3E17 — Basic Lupine Urology
4. S3E16 — Virtual Systems Analysis
5. S3E19 — Curriculum Unavailable
6. S3E5 — Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps
7. S3E20 — Digital Estate Planning
8. S3E7 — Studies in Modern Movement
9. S3E10 — Regional Holiday Music
10. S3E21 — The First Chang Dynasty
11. S3E13 — Digital Exploration of Interior Design
12. S3E8 — Documentary Filmmaki

AFAM 40B African American Studies II

AFAM 143 History of Hip-Hop Culture

ANTHRO 2A Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology

ANTHRO 2B Introduction to Biological Anthropology

ANTHRO 2D Introduction to Language and Culture

ANTHRO 10A Probability and Statistics

ANTHRO 25A Environmental Injustice

ANTHRO 41A Global Cultures and Society

ANTHRO 134F Anthropology of the Body

ANTHRO 136K The Woman and the Body

ART 9A Visual Culture: Media, Art, and Technology

ART 12A Art, Design, and Electronic Culture

ART 30A Basic Painting I

ART 65A Foundations in Media Design

ART 81A Digital Filmmaking Production I

ART 95 Motion Graphics

ART 100 Digital Photography

ART 100 Photoshop

ART 101W Artists as Writers

ART HIS 40A Ancient Greek and Roman Art, and Architecture

ART HIS 44 Image Collision: A Multicultural Approach to Images and Their Users

ASIANAM 51 The U.S. and Asia

ASIANAM 52 Asian American Communities

BIO SCI 9A Nutrition Science

BIO SCI 36 Drugs and the Brain

BIO SCI 38 Mind, Memory, Amnesia, and the Brain

BIO SCI 97 Genetics

BIO SCI 98 Biochemistry

BIO SCI 100 Scientific Writing

BIO SCI D103 Cell Biology

BIO SCI M116L Molecular Biology Laboratory

BIO SCI M118L Experimental Microbiology Laboratory

BIO SCI E131L Image Analysis in Biological Research

BIO SCI E134 Microbiomes

BIO SCI D136 Human Anatomy

BME 3 Engineering Innovations in Treating Diabetes

BME 50A Cell and Molecular Engineering

BME 60B Engineering Analysis/Design: Data Analysis

BME 111 Design of Biomaterials

BME 150 Biotransport Phenomena

CHC/LAT 64 Introduction to Race and Ethnicity in Political Science

CHC/LAT 148 Racial and Ethnic Relations in the United States

CHC/LAT 166 Chicano Movement

CHEM 1A General Chemistry

CHEM 1C General Chemistry

CHEM 1LC General Chemistry Laboratory

CHEM 1LD General Chemistry Laboratory

CHEM 51A Organic Chemistry

CHEM 51B Organic Chemistry

CHEM 51LB Organic Chemistry Laboratory

CHEM 51LD Organic Chemistry Laboratory

CLASSIC 45A Classical Mythology: The Gods

COGS 14P Scientific Python for Research

COM LIT 10 Madness and Culture: Representations of 'Mental-Health" in Global Culture

COM LIT 102W Science Fiction

COMPSCI 133 Advanced Computer Networks

COMPSCI 171 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

CRM/LAW C7 Introduction to Criminology, Law and Society

CRM/LAW C10 Fundamentals of Criminology, Law and Society

CRM/LAW C108 Criminological Theory

CRM/LAW C142 White-Collar Crime

CRM/LAW C168 Extreme Pu

A while back I got asked what I would do to fix things in the world post-MOASS, and this is my answer.

Note: this is not utopia building or a deep dive, this is very much triage for months 0-6. (And I am skipping so many things I want to see worked on here because of that.) But I also think it could do a lot of good fairly fast, and hopefully will help you with ideas for making your own plans.

Backing up: Hi! I’m a former non-profit staff person with experience in habitat restoration projects and my Masters is in Public Administration. If you look at my profile you’ll find posts I’ve been writing supporting things to do post-MOASS, from starting a non-profit, how to do non-profit DD, and how to make change now and post-MOASS and more. This is my last planned post in advance of MOASS. When the MOASS hits I expect to be back, likely in a supporting role for DD, but for right now honestly I’m trying to wrap up my recovery so I can help out more later, and recovery takes a lot out of you. (And thanks to all of you who’ve sent supportive messages, it’s been really great when I’ve had bad health days!)

Back to the post!

First though, for all efforts I would recommend following a three prong strategy:

• Immediate/short term triage. The bandaid on the dam. Supporting already in progress humanitarian efforts, whether through donating directly to non-profits, folks in need, or a combination. It may still take a while to get resources to people, but it’s the fastest part of the strategy.
• Research & development. This is both in terms of doing science R&D but also local knowledge like surveying homeless folks to know what they need, doing local research on UBI supports, all the stuff that has been likely started but will need more local research before moving to implementation. Because there are a lot of great humanitarian ideas, but we’ll need current stakeholder information before moving to implementation. With science R&D it's simpler in execution, like money to cancer research and clean energy testing, but we also need to know where to focus and where to do thi

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

I suspect we're going to find out that this was all a misunderstanding. That the aliens were either passing by our planet or seeking refuge or some other benign purpose, and that either their hostility was due to individual action or because the "aliens" we saw were actually like wild animals, acting without intelligence much like the invasive ecology we see all over the place. The "Invasion" was of the same kind that people refer to when they describe migrants or refugees seeking to travel to richer countries for safety. I suspect we will find out that they were nuked just as they were trying to somehow make contact with humans.

Why do I think this? Thematic connection. Of the main characters, one is a (let's face it) racist soldier deployed to Afghanistan and treating all the people there as dirt until he meets one who can speak his language. And another set of main characters are muslim immigrants who have to deal with prejudice and racism from the whites in addition to their own internal family issues. Yet another main character is a queer woman living in conservative, homophobic Japan. Caspar and the bully even have a moment of understanding eachother, bridging a gap made by circumstamce and miscommunication and prejudice.

That seems to be the theme here: prejudice and lack of communication. The problems we see on screen are emotional, human, irrational and based in miscommunication. The aliens are more like set-dressing and I predict the narrative will use this cosmic event that's unfolding to parallel the way its human characters

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

Heard they've been doing some shady business.