“Judith Butler’s theories of queer phenomenology don’t stick in my head like other things might. Like dirty jokes about camels.”

“I would have to have a lot of chocolate around to get myself to read John Stuart Mill.”

[Once again with the food and the reading... hmmm.]

“Hey, there’s nothing like eating chocolate cookies and reading Fanny Hill.”

(Hmmm, I’m noticing a recurring food + reading theme at my job: the abovementioned chocolate and Fanny Hill, Foucault and popcorn, burnt cheese and queer theory. No wonder I enjoy working here.)

“I can’t believe I have to read queer theory in this smell.”

[For clarification, the smell in question was the result of the first of two, tragic burning-toaster-oven incidents.]

The first in an occasional series:

“Popcorn and Foucault go well together.”