Center of Gravitas

I have returned to Texas after a great weekend in my homeland. Thanks to all of you who sent music or recommendations of music. I have ecl...

Like most offices today, the History Building’s computers operate on a LAN. I suppose, in theory, this allows us historians to share histor...

At the risk of inviting hate mail, I need to talk about the over-representation of “queer conservatives” in the media. I just gotta. My ne...

Now that I know I will be stuck here for at least another year, I need to think about strategies for the future. Too much work exists in th...

Over the past week, my best, last chance for getting a job that would get me out of Texas evaporated. This means, dear readers, I will be s...

Historians get cranky about the past. Don’t even try to take me to a “historical” movie. Much of your evening will be wasted listening to ...

Valentine’s Day ranks as one of my most hated holidays. Regardless of being in a relationship or not, the pressure around this day makes it...

Wow -- Writing about porn really increases one’s blog traffic. Over the past couple of days, I learned something important: We gay boys tak...

Reading through various blogs often spurs me to rethink my assumptions about topics like gender, academia, and even sex. This type of promp...

I live in the tarnished buckle of the Bible Belt. After four years here, few things about ultra-conservative Evangelical Christians surpris...

Since I am not teaching this semester, keeping a regular daily routine challenges me. I am supposed to be thinking big thoughts and research...

I like well-meaning people and appreciate people who intend to be nice to me. I really do. So I don’t want this post to come off the wrong...

Adam , a cool blog author in Dallas, recently had a post on Queer Theory that put my little gears turning for a bit. At different times, I ...

This time of year brings tons of students to my door looking for letters of recommendation for graduate school. Unlike some of my colleague...

My quest to leave Texas continues. For the past few days I interviewed at a university in the far Southeastern U.S. True, I haven’t been o...

I work for a university that conducts cloning experiments. Though one might not expect such abominations in the middle of the Bible belt, r...