Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 14:50:42 -0500
From: "Sandra D. Shattuck" <shattuck-AT-aamu.edu>
Subject: community/reviewing posts/deleting


Folks who subscribe to email lists know how to delete unwanted messages. I
don't think that's the concern here. When I joined this list, I was fairly
certain I'd have access to information related to my interests in postcolonial
literatures and I thought I'd read and maybe participate in some fine
exchanges. However, when I signed on, almost all the list traffic consisted of
the off-topic rants/raves of about two people. I thought perhaps it was all a
joke but still didn't know why such messages were on the postcolonial list. I
didn't unsubscribe because I kept hoping for some information -- on other
lists, I'd seen forwards from the postcolonial list; I thought surely some
information must occasionally appear. I told other colleagues and friends not
to subscribe to the postcolonial list not only because there was so little
information that I could easily forward anything worth reading, but also
because the discussion was usually off-topic, offputting, and offensive. As
the rants/raves continued, I decided the list wasn't worth it and was about to
unsubscribe when Radhika intervened. The ensuing CFP's, queries for
information, and other discussions have assured me that not only is this a
worthwile list, but that the absence of discussion and the lack of information
I first experienced had a clear cause.

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Sandra D. Shattuck, Ph.D.
Dept. of English, Foreign Languages &
   Telecommunications
Alabama A&M University : www.english.aamu.edu
shattuck-AT-aamu.edu : www.english.aamu.edu/~shattuck
http://wordweaver.typepad.com/spidergrrl

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Sandra D. Shattuck, Ph.D.                            
Dept. of English, Foreign Languages &
   Telecommunications
Alabama A&M University : www.english.aamu.edu
shattuck-AT-aamu.edu : www.english.aamu.edu/~shattuck
http://wordweaver.typepad.com/spidergrrl



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