Crossing Borders by the Editor If there’s one thing this month’s EAP proves, it’s that crossing borders is the necessary step on the road to wisdom. As Mike Madrid points out (Social Outcast Top 10) , if you’re going to stay on your side of the border, or keep other people on theirs, you’re missing out on...well, on the … [Read more...] about Crossing Borders: An Editorial
Editorials.
The Emancipatory Way
The Emancipatory Way by the Editor “Organizational communication scholar Dennis Mumby has theorized that resistance exists on a continuum ranging from emancipatory to hegemonic. Emancipatory resistance tends to examine and describe the oppression in a society and attempts to draw attention to that oppression. It is this kind of … [Read more...] about The Emancipatory Way
Starting the Conversation
Starting the Conversation by the Editor An EAP dream (and why shouldn’t an online cooperative magazine dream?) is that all the generations will come together to exchange information and -- maybe most important -- questions. What this means. Why things are the way they are. What can be done about that. Looking around, it looks like … [Read more...] about Starting the Conversation
WRITING HAPPENS
WRITING HAPPENS by the Editor When on trial in the Soviet Union for ‘parasitism’, the poet Joseph Brodsky (according to fellow poet Michael Davidson) was asked by his accusers on whose authority he wrote poetry. He considered the question seriously for a moment and then replied, “I suppose -- God’s.” … [Read more...] about WRITING HAPPENS
What Kind of Community Wouldn’t Be Just Another Box?
What kind of Community Wouldn't Be Just Another Box? by the Editor This issue started out being about Community. Mike Madrid wanted to write about the comic book community. Mat Capper complained that the community at large ignored atheists. So I sent out a general kind of call to all the writers... What I got back from them surprised me. Because the theme that … [Read more...] about What Kind of Community Wouldn’t Be Just Another Box?