Eric J WeinerOther People’s Children: The Struggle for Moral Clarity at the BorderNelson Mandela said, “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” Echoing his…9 min read·Apr 28, 2021----
Eric J WeinerSequestered Spaces, Public Places: Identity Politics, The Neoliberal University, And The Crisis Of…An intransigent form of identity politics in combination with neoliberal ideology has left the modern university, if not in ruins, then…17 min read·Apr 19, 2021----
Eric J WeinerIn Pursuit of Radical PleasureCaring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. — Audre Lorde11 min read·Apr 19, 2021----
Eric J WeinerLearning to LazeFrom Saint Pélagie Prison in 1883, Paul Lafargue wrote The Right to Be Lazy, an anti-capitalist polemic that challenged the hegemony of…7 min read·Apr 19, 2021----
Eric J WeinerThe Things We Schlep: A Short Cultural Study Of Type 1 DiabetesThe word “schlep” comes from the Yiddish “schlepn,” which means to drag or haul. You don’t have to be Jewish to be a schlepper, although…20 min read·Apr 19, 2021----
Eric J WeinerWhat’s Love Got To Do With It?Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word “love” here not merely in the…10 min read·Apr 19, 2021----
Eric J WeinerThe Responsibility of Intellectuals who TeachThere are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. ― Soren Kierkegaard18 min read·Apr 19, 2021----
Eric J WeinerSole Craft and Soul CraftQuarantined, sheltered, holed-up, bunkered, hiding, homebound, trapped–whatever you want to call it–I am, probably (hopefully) like you…8 min read·Apr 19, 2021----
Eric J WeinerThe MisEducation of White FolksWhat does it mean to be white in America in 2020? As Boots Riley points out to Dick Doolittle in the opening exchange to the song The Coup…14 min read·Apr 19, 2021----