Wandering SF: The Mission

Wandering SF: The Mission

  I recently saw the trailer for Woody Allen’s new movie Blue Jasmine starring Cate Blanchett.  There was an exterior shot of a cafe on the block I live on in the Mission neighborhood of San Francisco.  I pass that cafe almost everyday and I never...
Are immigrants better at putting deconstruction to work?

Are immigrants better at putting deconstruction to work?

Are immigrants better at putting deconstruction to work? As an immigrant myself, I think I understand Jacques Derrida because he was also an immigrant. The immigrant experience—mine, to be sure—is one of becoming decentered and of finding one self in a foreign...
J=o=u=i=s=s=a=n=c=e Knows Best

J=o=u=i=s=s=a=n=c=e Knows Best

J=o=u=i=s=s=a=n=c=e Knows Best PS: I misread “you” instead of the “I” you have. How does this change the tone of the text? How does this change the idiomatic expression itself: “I break for strangers” or “I will rock you like a...