Self-Immolation, In Theory and In Practice
The self-immolator does not seek merely to die, but to die horribly, in such a way that others will be compelled to take notice.
The Hedgehog’s Array: December 5, 2014
Posted on December 5, 2014
Noteworthy reads from last week.
There Goes the Neighborhood
Posted on December 4, 2014
Image: Small Kansas town at evening; Wikimedia Commons.
For Marc J. Dunkelman, the verdict is clear: “The township, in essence, is dying.”
Reflections on Sexual Assault and Its Contemporary Cultural Context
Like everyone in this community, I read the Rolling Stone story about the violent gang rape at the University of Virginia’s Phi Kappa Psi fraternity with profound sadness and indignation.
Law and Violence
Missouri’s flawed use-of-force law was in place long before the day Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown.
The Spectacle of Waste
For the second time in as many months the University of Virginia is being asked to reckon with the fact that predatory sexual violence—so prevalent in many parts of the world—is also present in its midst.