Pauvre Mama

I have told you quite a bit about my life with Mama et Papa. Now I shall share a little bit about Mama.

She earned a Ph.D. [Mass Communication with a minor in African Studies] from the University of Wisconsin-Madison & had previously attended the University of Michigan [M.A.] and Duke [B.A.].

Thus one might assume she is well read, knowledgable across the social sciences and humanities. You'd think her mind was occupied with the weighty issues of class, race/ethnicity, gender & sexual orientation in a global society & the relationship of mass communication to those variables. Some of her favorite authors might be Raymond Williams, E.P. Thompson, Roland Barthes, Eric Hobsbawm, etc. Her heros, one might justifyably assume, would include Herb Schiller, Hanno Hardt, & Bob McChesney.

How wrong would be your assumptions.

See the picture above for her 2 favorites: Jerry Seinfeld [the comic who does those meaningless routines such as-- "have you ever noticed that when you're getting ready to move all you can think about is boxes?...] and Superman [a cartoon, albeit one pledged to defend our free & democratic way of life-- and he can fly!]. And here they appear together for their interview on The Today Show.

Pauvre Mama. [does this strike any of my loyal readers--as I must admit it does me-- as slightly pathetic?] But at least her preferences are related to mass communication.

Now, for an example of how I occupy my time, see the book review below.