The Antisocial Socialist

Just finished: Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education, edited by Susan Cahan and Zoya Kocur. This was an incredibly useful resource that I'm absolutely going to use this in my class. It seemed a bit dated but also distressing how dated it wasn't in terms of issues of racism, homophobia, and anti-immigrant sentiment. I think only academic standards have changed, in that they've become much less rigorous. These days, it's all about hitting curriculum expectations rather than open-ended discussion. Most of the lesson plans involve getting the students to discuss things, which in my experience they're mostly unwilling to do.

Black Stars Above #2 and 3, Lonnie Nadler and Jenna Cha. I was intrigued enough by the first issue to check out the next two, and it continues to be amazing. Our heroine, Eulalie, continues her journey through the wilderness—absolutely lost—to a remote northern town to deliver a mysterious package. I was surprised that we found out what was in the package (spoiler, highlight to read) it's baby Cthulhu obviously(/spoiler) in the early pages of the second issue. Anyway, it's chilling, with the horror coming from humans as much as it does from the cosmic horror elements.

Current reading: Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch. I'm only a chapter into this but it's an intriguing linguistic analysis of how online communication has changed language. I'm into it so far. It's another seven-day hold because I haven't learned my lesson, so wish me luck.