Planned Obsolescence

If You Can’t Say Anything Nice

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
January 25, 2013 – 12:01

Folks, we need to have a conversation. About Twitter. And generosity. And public shaming. ... read more »

More on That Word

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
December 13, 2012 – 09:37

This is in part an apology for having ranted and run yesterday; between the little project I’m trying to get launched in the next couple of weeks and a meeting that took up ... read more »

“Neoliberal”

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
December 12, 2012 – 10:45

I have come to despise the term “neoliberal,” to the extent that I’d really like to see it stricken from academic vocabularies everywhere. ... read more »

Feeling My Way Through

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
December 10, 2012 – 09:53

I find myself at one of those moments at which everything is great and yet nothing seems to be working exactly right. ... read more »

Moving On

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
November 28, 2012 – 09:32

I somewhat inadvertently made a big announcement via Twitter last night, and in so doing, as my friend Julie pointed out, sorta buried the lede. ... read more »

Outward and Visible Signs

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
November 13, 2012 – 08:40

I have an idea I’m backing into writing about this morning as I stand on the subway platform, a thing that I’m thinking about as “A Theory of the Information ... read more »

Warming Up

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
November 09, 2012 – 10:34

What happened? ... read more »

Out of the Habit

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
October 09, 2012 – 08:26

I find myself lately pretty continually dismayed by the frequency with which I have to acknowledge that I’ve lost my good habits. ... read more »

Advice on Academic Blogging, Tweeting, Whatever

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
October 01, 2012 – 09:36

Over the weekend, something hashtagged as ... read more »

Slow. Down.

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
September 26, 2012 – 07:51

I’m having one of those seasons already – one minute, it’s Labor Day, and the next, it’s almost October, and it’s not entirely clear what’s happened in the meantime. ... read more »