Prepping

School's back and I'm back to prepping for lectures: tomorrow a broad-brushstrokes history of critical theory, Thursday a discussion of right-wing appropriations of the classics and a preliminary discussion of patriarchy (including the problems with trying to get at the complexities and dynamisms of sexism, heterosexism, and cissexism through a meta-narrative about "patriarchy"). I'm usually a complete basket case of first-day jitters but for whatever reason I seem to be taking this new term in stride for a change. This was a weird break, lots of thick blank mourning time passed these last few weeks. I'm not really completely sure what state I'm in, even, to be honest. Teaching seems a decent way to spend the next few months. Lots better than paying attention to Nazi Republicans howling at the moon or infantile Democrats indulging in their idiotic primary antics.