Category Archives: Feminism

Things that make me proud

June 21, 2009 – 10:48 am

Jim Belshaw wrote a post listing 5 things that make him proud, and has tagged SL and I to do the same. I’m not going to write a list, mainly because I’m terrible at lists. I struggle with memes.
The main thing in life that makes me proud is family: my children, my husband, my sister, [...]

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‘These are the days of miracle and wonder’

June 14, 2009 – 8:03 pm

A few thoughts occasioned by our fighting over abortion and law, abortion and terror, abortion and Christianity, abortion and rights. They are scattered thoughts, alas. These debates do not bring out the best in us.
As I wrote it I was listening to War of the Worlds. Go figure.
1. When my parents married, my father refused [...]

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MONDAY FUNNIES: Selective Termination

June 2, 2009 – 5:57 am

A prominent US abortion doctor has been shot dead at a church in the city of Wichita, Kansas.
Dr George Tiller, one of the few US doctors who performed late-term abortions, had been vilified by anti-abortionists in the US. The gunman fled in a car, but officials say a suspect is now in custody. US Attorney [...]

By DeusExMacintosh | Also posted in Funnies, Human/Civil rights, Personal liberty, Politics, Pregnancy, Religion, Society, Terrorism | Tagged , , , | Comments (160)

Predictably enough…

May 31, 2009 – 3:55 pm

President Obama has appointed Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court to replace David Souter. Predictably enough, elements in the Republican Party have questioned her appointment. The criticisms are not of her gender and ethnicity per se, but of certain comments she made at a talk in 2001 about the gender and ethnicity of judges:
Newt [...]

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Some melancholy cliometrics

May 17, 2009 – 3:07 am

Often, the historian does not have what he wants, but what he gets. Consider the ancient world. The Roman Empire was a large affair, a huge, literate, rationally administered, urbanized fact, extending over at least six centuries. From it their survive 10 million words in Latin, and 100 million in Greek. Of these, 90% are [...]

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Judging potential judges

May 13, 2009 – 2:10 pm

Justice Souter of the US Supreme Court is about to retire, and President Obama must appoint a successor. As soon as Souter J announced his retiremet, the speculation started:
President Barack Obama pledged Friday to name a Supreme Court justice who combines “empathy and understanding” with an impeccable legal background to succeed liberal David Souter, whose [...]

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Blue

April 12, 2009 – 5:48 pm

This Garfield cartoon pretty much sums it up for me right now (it’s always been one of my favourites).
I’ve said before, “Sometimes I feel like I’m juggling multiple balls and if I don’t watch out, I’ll drop them all.” I think I’ve reached the point where I’ve dropped the balls. I had a plan this [...]

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Disappointing Dora

March 16, 2009 – 9:44 pm

Before you have kids, if you are anything like me, you have this idea that you won’t let them get sucked into consuming various television shows, junk food, brand names and etc. Then reality hits as your 2 year old points at an ad in the supermarket carpark and says, “Dere’s Wiggles, Mummy!” Children are [...]

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‘Do not go there, you may burn’

February 27, 2009 – 6:38 am

In light of recent discussions of what it is to be clever and different, here’s one video clip that — for mine — properly captures what it is to swim upstream as a girl. The lyrics are gender neutral (albeit cleverly done). The clip, however, is focussed on a single young women (although it also [...]

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Your starter for 10

February 25, 2009 – 9:08 am

University Challenge, it’s fair to say, is knitted into British culture in all sorts of odd and interesting ways. The only other parallels I can think of for cultural influence and longevity are shows like Blue Peter and Dr Who. The headline for this post, for example, is instantly recognizable to pretty much anyone over here. [...]

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