I'm indebted to Nathan Origer for drawing my attention to a fascinating event at the University of Maryland:
Subject : Provost’s
Conversation: “Re-presenting Disability: Million Dollar Baby, Tropic
Thunder and Anti-National Sexual Positions”
When : Monday, October 06, 2008 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Where : Stamp Student Union : Charles Carroll Room
Event Type(s) : Lecture
A Conversation with Robert McRuer,
Professor of English, George Washington University
This talk examines a few of the films that have sustained intense criticism from disability activists and theorists over the past few years. Reading these films within a queer theoretical perspective and through the cultural logic of neoliberalism, McRuer affirms and extends the immeasurable value of an increasingly global — and at times daringly anti-national — disability movement.
Lunch will be served.
This event is co-sponsored by the President’s Commission on Disability Issues.
I confess that I have no idea what relevance the "cultural logic of neoliberalism" has in terms of its relationship with Million Dollar Baby (not a movie obviously in thrall to the Washington Consensus?). Nor, shamefully, do I have any idea what might constitute an "anti-national sexual position". (Then again, even Google isn't much help here). Perhaps readers can enlighten me?
I'm glad lunch was served, however.

The public purse provides for so many sucklers.
Posted by: dearieme | October 22, 2008 at 11:20 AM
the anti-national sexual position is the opposite of the national sexual position - didn't you know that? And I thought you were Mr.Smarty Pants Scotsman...sheesh.
actually, I doubt it means anything - it's just an excuse to talk about sex and maybe take in a few minutes of some light porn material - all under the sanctioned purview of scholarship. And all before lunch.
Posted by: njb | October 22, 2008 at 11:06 PM