* I found a great essay on tenured radical’s blog about a trans* professor being denied tenure. you can read about the case and the radical’s thoughts on it here. I especially like the radical’s final comment.

* as a lover of both reading and free press/speech it’s good to see reports of banned books being allowed back into Tunisia and Egypt. Here’s an article from The Guardian.

* i found this blog post to be very interesting. The poem on the page speaks so much truth, and the video is both beautiful and insightful.

What’s caught your eye this week? What are you reading?