August 21, 2016Because it's called "research," I constantly feel the oppressive shadow of the Ivory Tower: Western, masculine, rational and orderly, demanding…
August 3, 2016I've wanted to say for weeks now that there was a day, while teaching, that I lost my legs, and…
May 21, 2016I co-facilitated a short writing workshop at C&W 2016 on body modification, deep embodiment pedagogy, and collaborative writing. There wasn't…
January 28, 2016For a half-hour, my left hand, the one with the magnet implant in it, becomes the hand that commands the…
November 15, 2015Written for and performed at Affect Theory Conference: Worldings, Tensions, Futures, "The Author is in Pain" is my first foray…
October 6, 2015As I belatedly discovered, "The meaning of a machete" was included among other "Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction of 2014" in Best…
June 5, 2015Yesterday I struck my magnet while opening my fridge door and felt it shift like an intruder in my flesh.…
May 21, 2015Access copy of my talk below. Teaching Tattoos: A Body(mod)-Focused Approach to the Composition Classroom Vyshali Manivannan, Rutgers University School…
April 8, 2015In any city, in any country, in any university in which you have been enrolled, go into any classroom and…
April 2, 2015After writing that last post on biohacking, I've been thinking more about the body as a (media) system, or a…