Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez
Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez teaches comparative literature and gender studies with an activist bent at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, MA and blogs at Transition Times.
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Views Thursday, November 24, 2011 Thanksgiving as a Day of Atonement The founding myth of Thanksgiving is the fateful meal shared by the indigenous peoples of Massachusetts with the starving English Pilgrims. The Pilgrims “gave thanks” at that meal for the generosity of their hosts, and thus was born the tradition of a November Thanksgiving feast. To my way of thinking, Thanksgiving should actually be a day of atonement marked by fasting, in the spirit of Yom Kippur, Lent or Ramadan. Read more |
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Views Saturday, November 19, 2011 On Black Friday, a New Target: Occupy the Malls! What's so effective about the Occupy movement is how it makes creative use of public space to get its message across. For instance, the terrific techno-graffitti unleashed last night in New York, where protesters projected their message on to the Verizon Building without leaving a trace. I have a idea for continuing this strategy, but with a new target: the great American MALL. Read more |
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Views Friday, November 11, 2011 Building on the Keystone Victory – from Endless Growth to Steady States In his Op-Ed in today’s NY Times , Michael Levi, senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations, argues that the Administration only agreed to put off the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline because of “not-in-my-backyard” pressure from Nebraskans, which had little or nothing to do with the urgent issue of cutting carbon emissions in order to avert climate disaster. Read more |
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Views Monday, October 31, 2011 Never Underestimate the Value of Just Showing Up In response to “Beyond Occupy” in today’s NY Times: Dear Bill Keller, Read more |