Aging at the MLA

Accuracy in Academia ^ | February 3, 2016 | Malcolm A. Kline

[Academiadotorg]

One way in which the world's largest conclave of English professors--the Modern Language Association (MLA)--lives up to its name is to leave attendees at its annual conferences with a new vocabulary that they cannot shake.

After a couple of days at one of these annual meet-ups, you find yourself uttering sentences such as, "We must ascertain whether we are witnessing a discursive binary or a recursive modality." Similarly, the MLA loves intersections.

For example, the latest MLA convention in Austin, Texas featured a panel on "The Oldest Profession: Teaching and Aging." We learned that one of the speakers, Helene Meyers of Southwestern University "works at the intersection of Jewish Studies, queer studies and aging studies."

This intersection produces some strange traffic jams. Meyers sees "contemporary homophobia as a threat to Jewish continuity." "I'm a New York Jewish feminist teaching in the heart of Texas," Meyers says. "I use technology to bridge the generation gap."

"It helps defy stereotypes of being passe`."

[Academiadotorg]

Now are aging studies studies about aging or studies that are growing old. I'm still not sure.

[Steely Tom]

"We must ascertain whether we are witnessing a discursive binary or a recursive modality."

They envy actual scholars to a degree that is actually psychotic.

[Robert A Cook PE]

For example, the latest MLA convention in Austin, Texas featured a panel on "The Oldest Profession: Teaching and Aging."; We learned that one of the speakers, Helene Meyers of Southwestern University "works at the intersection of Jewish Studies, queer studies and aging studies."

And they want an even bigger federal budget next year!

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

Wait. What?

[subterfuge]

Whatever floats your boat, idiots.

[bert]

——We must ascertain whether we are witnessing a discursive binary or a recursive modality.——

in the case of analectic discontinuity it would be neither

however if there is an element of regenerative elementics, it might be the former

To be old school and correct, however, papers should be marked with a red pencil and not red ink

[Noumenon]

My modalities will get in touch with your modalities and we can all have lunch.

[The_Media_never_lie]

William Strunk is rolling over in his grave. His memory is more valuable than 100 of these live academicians.

[The_Media_never_lie]

William Strunk’s bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Strunk,_Jr.