5/6 from the Introduction here (a #marxist work that once published #Foucault, you know, actually cited and praised in the pages of Discipline and Punish, and then invited Deleule to give a presentation in his seminar.
6/6 All this despite that we're due for another cynical round of claims about Foucault as neoliberal.
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I want to commemorate Kenneth Jacobson, who recently passed at 92.
Like many I knew Ken from @actupny, where he calmly chaired the tempestuous Treatment & Data committee during my time.
Ken's in the black jacket here; 1/
ACT UP was one of the rare American organisations where people didn't ask immediately what your "profession" was, so many were unaware that Ken was an accomplished composer, including a song that Sinatra choose for his standard book: "Golden Moment"
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There's been no obituary for Ken, but here's an oral interview from his undergrad @ColbyCollege mainejews.org/docs/Colby/Ken…
It's painful, though to me that even as late as 2010, Ken was asked (and graciously let pass by) questions like this: 3/
To be honest, my recollection is that this did not cause a moral panic, since it was widely assumed that the husband had done it, what did unnerve folks more were the earlier Alphabet Killings: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_…
as my sister fit the age group of the victims, as was the case with many of my friends, there was a lot of worry for a few years, this faded but the culture of cross-town hitch-hiking vanished, never to return.
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