“The classroom, with all its limitations, remains a location of possibility.” (bell hooks, 1994) By Martha McAlister For the faculty book club this fall, we just finished reading “Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom” by bells hooks. She passed away last year, sparking us to revisit her seminal work. Though this book was written in 1994, it’s … [Read more...] about New Confluence Feature: Spotlight on Literature – Member Book Review
Arts & Leisure
Ginger Goodwin Was Murdered & Why You Should Care
Contributed by J. Hunt: If you have driven up island to the Comox Valley area, you will likely have noticed the “Ginger Goodwin Way” signs on a stretch of the Island Highway. Although you may have heard of Ginger Goodwin as a B.C. labour activist, you may not know many details about his life. Albert Goodwin, commonly known as “Ginger” for his red hair, was born in a … [Read more...] about Ginger Goodwin Was Murdered & Why You Should Care
The Union Reel: Films about Work
Norma Rae 1979 Directed by Martin Ritt It will surprise no one who knows me that the protagonist of Norma Rae was one of my heroes when I was seventeen. It was 1979, and popular culture had developed an earthy, working-class aesthetic. Punk rock had reached its peak. TV shows like Taxi and Alice were cheerfully gritty. Films about poor people, like Mean Streets, Dog Day … [Read more...] about The Union Reel: Films about Work
The Union Reel: Films about Work
Kelly Pitman Nomadland 2020 Directed by Chloé Zhao Even at their most earnest, Hollywood films often tend toward artifice rather than authenticity. Then comes a film like Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, a fictional drama, inspired by a nonfiction book, about a woman who takes to the road after her husband dies and the 2008 recession takes her house, the … [Read more...] about The Union Reel: Films about Work
