lioness van peltCMatMC, episode 2: the clone of the attackA specter is haunting Middlebury. The specter of the return of our arch-nemesis, and “free speech poster boy,” Charles Murray.Oct 3, 2017Oct 3, 2017
lioness van peltface-to-fascist conversationsI spent last weekend in Berkeley, California. My trip corresponded with the planned (and then failed) “Free Speech Week,” the brain child…Oct 3, 2017Oct 3, 2017
lioness van peltThe banalities of modern protest: bandanas, bull horns, & business cardsFree Speech. Berkeley put itself on the political map in the mid-1960s, when the Free Speech Movement, led by Mario Savio, demanded that…Oct 3, 2017Oct 3, 2017
lioness van peltfree speech in a college community and a community collegeAfter months of silence, the fall semester brings with it the perfect opportunity to open old wounds and to nudge a couple of sleeping…Sep 15, 2017Sep 15, 2017
lioness van peltinsecurity clearance[[a quick return to writing after a hiatus brought on by fatigue and frustration. There is more to come, probably, as the floodgates get…May 5, 2017May 5, 2017
lioness van peltin defense of disruptionTalk of resistance is everywhere these days — in casual conversations with the newly politicized, in the literature of long-time activist…Apr 19, 20171Apr 19, 20171
lioness van peltthe unbearable whiteness of panels“When is speech violence?” Such was the intriguing question posed in the title for the event hosted last night at UVM on the topic of…Apr 12, 2017Apr 12, 2017
lioness van peltall that’s solidarity melts into hot airA specter is haunting Middlebury College, the specter of inclusivity…Apr 8, 2017Apr 8, 2017
lioness van peltgodwin’s flawGodwin’s Flaw: As discussion over CM (and other “respectable racists”) grows longer, the probability that a free speecher will make a…Apr 6, 2017Apr 6, 2017
lioness van peltthe truth is stanger, then frictionTwo weeks ago, I co-wrote an essay on CMatMC with two MC alums (Maya and Becky). It was originally written as a response to some of the bad…Apr 5, 20171Apr 5, 20171
