EdgeWiseCrumbling Thoughts and Powdered MemoriesUneasy about Condoleezza Rice and Bad Women- March 27, 2004 I feel pretty uneasy about prominent women who are excoriated in the media, even when they're obvious criminals. I wonder whether special hatred is reserved for uppity women, and how much a woman's healthy disregard for societies' place for women can explain how some women unhealthily reject other behavioral restraints, such as ethical ones. Morals are a luxury that the poor and the oppressed can rarely afford. I don't mean that poor people doing wrong is in any way right, just that survival...http://edgewise.pycs.net/weblog/2004/03/27.html#P144 What To Do About Same Sex Marriage- March 17, 2004 Ok, now that I've solved all Feminist problems :), what's to be done about ending persecution of homosexuals In the context of the current Same Sex Marriage debate, I personally think we need to air more of the of true life stories of those really hurt by not having Same Sex Marriage. Honestly, that last link is something you really need to read. Very touching. You won't be able to look at the issue the same, regardless of your current position. However, I'm pretty ignorant about Gay Rights...http://www.pycs.net/system/trackback.py?u=0000225&p=P116 Activist Feminist Life Choices- March 17, 2004 Thanks to the good advice from my sister and Echidne I think I've made some progress on ways to integrate Feminism into my life. I'd still be very interested in hearing reactions, suggestions, or refinements. My earlier difficulty in discerning how to integrate Feminism into my life was that I was comparing it to Enivronmentalism. In Environmentalism, you're just dealing with things and places. If you pick up litter, the place looks cleaner. You can make a positive contribution with...http://edgewise.pycs.net/weblog/2004/03/17.html#P142 Genetics and Neuroscience of Morality- March 11, 2004 Great article on how we're wired up. Many of the worlds great conflicts may be rooted in such neuronal differences, Greene says, which may explain why the conflicts seem so intractable. "We have people who are talking past each other, thinking the other people are either incredibly dumb or willfully blind to what's right in front of them," Greene says. "It's not just that people disagree, its that they have a hard time imagining how anyone could disagree on this point that seems so obvious."...http://www.carlzimmer.com/articles/2004/articles_2004_Morality.html Feminist Lifestyle Questions- March 11, 2004 How can someone live a really proactive Feminist lifestyle Are there regular or daily feel-good Feminist activities equivalent to other issues (recycling, socially responsible consumerism, vegetarianism, living in a racially diverse neighborhood, etc.) I don't necessarily need to daily succeed in ending the gender pay equity gap, for instance, but I do need to feel like I am structuring my life to combat it, without being in a hiring position. For many Feminist issues, I am dumbfounded at how..http://edgewise.pycs.net/weblog/2004/03/11.html#P140 Gene that makes us human- March 10, 2004 Tantalizing bit about the fifteen mutations a single gene has undergone to give us humans such large brains.http://www.discover.com/web-exclusives/gene-made-us-human0304/ Truth is Funnier Than I Am- March 10, 2004 A joke feels like a warm little chestnut you can pull out of your pocket, pass around, and warm your hands with, or use to distract attacking weasels. (Warning: do not feed chestnuts to wolverines. It gives them terrible gas.) When one of my jokes comes true, I miss it like the former owner of a pet that had only occasionally defecated upon me. At the same time, it means reality is a joke. Sighing and laughing simultaneously sounds like an asthmatic with a tracheotomy, so I ward off undue...http://www.liquidgeneration.com/rumormill/nokia_stungun.html Is Civil Disobedience Coercive Part II- March 10, 2004 Jeff has been highly patient with my delinquent response. The current discussion (now bifurcated) is pretty interesting, but this week is probably not the best for timely, succinct, and thoughtful responses from me. I'm currently just leaving work and still a bit sick. We both agree that the Civil Rights era made dramatic progress and that direct action played an important role. More interestingly, what happens to the power of direct action when it is used to support regressive beliefs When the.http://edgewise.pycs.net/weblog/2004/03/06.html#P134 Urgency of Progressive Action Part II- March 9, 2004 Jeff Hodges replies to my last post on the urgency of progressive action. Interestingly, he suggests that the more attention an issue gets, the greater an individual's effectiveness in pursuing the issue. This is roughly like the old politician saw about not getting too far ahead of your constituency. There may be truth to this, as group action, rather than the action of a lone individual, is required for most significant change. However, I suspect that broad awareness of an issue is not the...http://edgewise.pycs.net/weblog/2004/03/06.html#P135 |