Travis Mushett is an activist, writer of fiction and non-fiction, student of social movments, and PhD candidate in communications at the Columbia University School of Journalism.
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- The Coming of Blunderbuss Magazine and the Future of Curriculum Veto
- Ancient Aliens, Scientism, and the Need for Myth: What the Paranormal Edutainment Complex Tells Us About Scientific Imperialism
- More than Rednexploitation: In Which Honey Boo Boo Asserts Her Subjectivity
- Hiatus Over: New Post About Burning Man and Education on Formative Justice
- (Temporarily) Hanging Up My Spurs (Sort Of)
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The Coming of Blunderbuss Magazine and the Future of Curriculum Veto
If you’re even a semi-regular visitor to Curriculum Veto, you have likely noticed that it’s been awhile since I’ve updated this blog, and longer still since I’ve kept up a regular weeklyish clip of fresh content. There is a reason … Continue reading
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Tagged navel gazing, Outside Work, Kevin TS Tang, Blunderbuss Magazine, Alex Howe
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Ancient Aliens, Scientism, and the Need for Myth: What the Paranormal Edutainment Complex Tells Us About Scientific Imperialism
Giorgio Tsoukalos, star of the History Channel’s “Ancient Aliens,” father of an internet meme, and owner of a great head of hair. ******** “As we know from ancient Egyptian history, [UFOs] are manifestations of psychic changes which always appear at … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Aliens, John Hogue, myth, Philip Kitcher, Scientism
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More than Rednexploitation: In Which Honey Boo Boo Asserts Her Subjectivity
Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson. Like 2.8 million other Americans, I tuned into Wednesday night’s season finale of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. Ever since I discovered the show in August, I’ve enjoyed being party to the couponing, farting, pig-chasing … Continue reading
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Tagged Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, Honey Boo Boo, Joshua Gamson, television, TLC
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Hiatus Over: New Post About Burning Man and Education on Formative Justice
The playa at sunrise. Black Rock City, NV. Photo by Kevin Tang. Hi all. My blogging hiatus is officially over. The latest draft of my novel is finished, I have returned from my trip West, and I’m in the swing … Continue reading
(Temporarily) Hanging Up My Spurs (Sort Of)
If you are among the handful that follow Curriculum Veto with any consistency, you may have noticed that it’s been a couple weeks since my last post. There is a reason for this. I am currently wrapping up work on … Continue reading
A Sunday Collage XII
Every other time I go out to eat with a group, be it family, friends, or acquaintances of whatever age, conversation routinely plunges into a discussion of when it is appropriate to pull out a phone. People boast about their … Continue reading
Life, Death, and Moral Contemplation in the Arena: The Hunger Games and the Ambiguity of Violence
Katniss Everdeen, as portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in the film adaptation of The Hunger Games. Pic from Adventures in Poor Taste. As I’ve mentioned before, my grad program’s lack of summer funding has pressed me into service at the CV Starr East … Continue reading
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Tagged Harry Potter, literature, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, violence, war, YA fiction
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A Sunday Collage XI
Jean Baudrillard once suggested an important correction to classical Marxism: exchange value is not, as Marx had it, a distortion of a commodity’s underlying use value; use value, instead, is a fiction created by exchange value. In the same way, … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Albert Camus, Andrew O'Hehir, collage, jean baudrillard, Mark Adams, n+1, OWS, Scott Timberg, Teju Cole
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In Which the New Yorker Gives Linda Hirshman Space to Feign Knowledge of OWS (and Promote Her Book)
Pic from the New Yorker. I don’t know Linda Hirshman, and by the looks of this post on the New Yorker’s News Desk blog, she certainly doesn’t know anything about me, my friends, or the movement I belong to. The difference … Continue reading
