- May 3, 2022Ten years after starting my Ph.D. program, six years after I started thinking, reading, and writing, I have finished my…
- March 25, 2020CW: COVID-19, medical PTSD, ableism. I am writing this now because I am approaching the limits of my capacity for…
- February 4, 2019It's the anniversary of Sri Lanka's independence from British rule, thus also the kairotic moment prompting me to finally collect…
- April 2, 2015After writing that last post on biohacking, I've been thinking more about the body as a (media) system, or a…
- August 16, 2014Within hours of receiving the breaking news alert that Robin Williams had committed suicide, I commented to my sister that…
- May 1, 2014If I am always thinking about dismantling our binding webs of signification. Do we begin here, in the moment of…
- July 9, 2012I offer this disclaimer: I acknowledge that I have a reputation for being a bit of a purist, and mildly…
- June 21, 2012I've recently been obsessing over the 1997 film Event Horizon, a sci-fi/horror flick described by its director as "The Shining in…
- May 31, 2011For 5-6 years, I’ve taught Jeffrey Cohen’s “Monster Culture” in my classroom in an essay progression focusing on horror film.…
- June 16, 2010"As I got to know my adjunct colleagues better, I began to see these largely invisible, voiceless laborers as a…