Tag Archives: Oscar Wilde

You had me at “the empowerment of human beings as language-using creatures”

Posted on January 5, 2016 by quicklytothepanopticon

I’ve just started reading Danielle Allen’s Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality. I saw Allen speak at Loyola University Maryland’s “Democracy and the Humanities Symposium” last September. Her presentation “On Participatory Readiness: Why … Continue reading →

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“He speaks like a drunken man”

Posted on July 25, 2012 by quicklytothepanopticon

The title of this entry comes from Oscar Wilde’s Salome. It is a line spoken by Herodias directed at Iokanaan, or John the Baptist. It is an important line, for it captures the hysteric, maddening quality of utterance in the … Continue reading →

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Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth

Posted on July 2, 2012 by quicklytothepanopticon

I am an amateur gardener, and by amateur I mean novice. And by novice I mean newbie, and by newbie I mean, well, you get the point. I’ve recently begun working at the Temple Terrace Community Garden and it has … Continue reading →

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