Leigh M. Johnson

Why I Stood With The Students

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson Human Rights, Occupy Movement, Politics, RMWMTMBM Archive, Teaching Comments Off on Why I Stood With The Students

As I reported in my previous post, students at my college organized an event last Monday night, the Rhodes Solidarity Vigil, which was meant to demonstrate solidarity with the nonviolent student protesters at UC-Davis (and elsewhere) who were brutalized by police while peacefully exercising their right to assemble. This is why I stood with the…

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Solidarity

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson Human Rights, Occupy Movement, Politics, RMWMTMBM Archive Comments Off on Solidarity

This past Monday, November 21, students at Rhodes College organized a candlelight vigil to show their solidarity with the student protesters at UC-Davis who were assaulted by police while nonviolently protesting on November 18. Rhodes’ event was an answer to the call sent out by Occupy Colleges, the student wing of the Occupy Movement, asking…

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Beautiful Politics

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson 99%, Occupy Movement, Politics, RMWMTMBM Archive Comments Off on Beautiful Politics

Please, please take 4 minutes and 29 seconds out of your day and watch this.

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Dr. J Catches Up

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson 99%, American Values video project, Music, Occupy Movement, Philosophy, Politics, RMWMTMBM Archive Comments Off on Dr. J Catches Up

It’s been too, too long since I’ve posted here. Two whole months, in fact. [Insert standard excuse about being too busy.] My absence was particularly egregious this time, since my last posts, back in September, left a few issues hanging. (Just as an aside, it’s hard for me to believe that the last time I…

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31 Days in Seuss, Day 10: My Hometown

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson 31 Dys in Suess, Memphis, RMWMTMBM Archive Comments Off on 31 Days in Seuss, Day 10: My Hometown

My apologies for dropping the ball on the 31 Days in Seuss Challenge over the last week or so. I got busy and then had some internet issues at home. Anyway, I’m going to try to catch back up, starting where I left off. Here’s Day 10: MY HOMETOWNMy hometown sits on the Big Muddy…

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Leiter v. Alcoff, Part One: The Basics

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson Leiter/Alcoff, Philosophy, Politics, RMWMTMBM Archive, Women and Gender Issues 3 Comments

Now that things have quieted down a bit, and in response to readers who’ve been asking me to do this for a while, I’ve decided to offer a few reflections on the recent (and very public) kerfuffle between Brian Leiter and Linda Alcoff. I expect that most of you who aren’t professional philosophers don’t have…

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Leiter v. Alcoff, Part Two: The Context (or, Why This Isn’t Simply A “He Said, She Said” Story)

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson Leiter/Alcoff, Philosophy, Politics, RMWMTMBM Archive, Women and Gender Issues 8 Comments

Okay, if you haven’t read Part One of this series, you should go back and do so. Otherwise, the following won’t make much sense. If you have read Part One, and if you don’t already have a dog in this fight, you may be wondering: what exactly is the big deal here? So what, two…

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31 Days in Seuss: The Rules

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson 31 Dys in Suess, RMWMTMBM Archive 1 Comment

Some of you have already written me to ask “what in the world is 31 Days in Seuss?!” Well, it’s like the 30 Day Song Challenge that I did last month (in June), only it’s done in verse, like Dr. Seuss. Each day, I will have to answer the Seuss prompt with as much cleverness,…

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31 Days in Seuss, Day 1: My Job

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson 31 Dys in Suess, Philosophy, RMWMTMBM Archive 1 Comment

I’m beginning a new Challenge today, called 31 Days in Seuss. I’ll be taking some element of my life each day and describing it in verse like the children’s author Dr. Seuss. I have to admit that I’m not entirely confident I’m going to be able to do this for the whole month of July,…

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30 Day Song Challenge, Day 30: Your Favorite Song This Time Last Year

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson #30DaySongChallenge 2011, 30 Day Song Challenge, Music, RMWMTMBM Archive Comments Off on 30 Day Song Challenge, Day 30: Your Favorite Song This Time Last Year

Today’s the last day of the 30 Day Song Challenge, and it’s been a lot of fun for me. That’s partly because I love music so much, and spending a whole month thinking about the different whys and wherefores that brought me to the songs that I love has indeed been a “challenge,” but a…

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