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O Fontes Vitii et Periuri, I finished reading Plautus’s extant complete plays and in the process constructed this database of the better Plautine insults. Enjoy! And let me know if I missed any!
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There have been a number of incidents of racism and sexism that have made headlines in classics, but one of the persistent offenders seems to be the Paideia institute:
https://classicssocialjustice.wordpress.com/2019/10/17/statements-on-the-paideia-institute/
I have personally got a couple of independent confirmations of their disrespect for women and minorities from women though some back channels. If you search “sportula Paideia” in the latin facebook groups and on twitter more will come up.
In response to these incidents and in the context of incidents of racism at major classics conferences many folks are boycotting the Paideia conference in Feb in NY and planning an alternative conference at the same time nearby. I think this has a real chance to be an inclusive alternative, so I hope that folks here will consider coming and even better offer to give presentations. If you go to the link ourvoicesinclassics.com you can suggest presentation ideas or nominate someone to present. I am going to present on how and why I not only teach by speaking Latin but also ask my students to speak as well and how that opens the language up to a wider audience.
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