free speech

The Squeeze by thebitterlemonJune 1, 2017

The power of words(?).

A little more than a month ago, I was teaching my blogging class at UT. It was the first class of the semester, and it was going just as planned. After class, I sent the students a copy of the Power Point presentation I used. Less than an hour later, one of my students replied […]

Light Pulp by thebitterlemonMay 13, 2016May 11, 2016

Oops: Is ‘bro’ offensive?

Last week, I wrote two different posts mentioning a podcast I’ve been listening to. And in one of the posts, I referred to the hosts as bros. This term, “bro” was not taken very well by said hosts, who called me out on Twitter, saying it was a “patently ridiculous” way of describing him. Wait, […]