(A review written in August 2005 of a book suggested by the Philosopher’s Café group I used to attend. This review, while not that enthralling,…
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Mansplaining nonviolence, part 2
I found myself somewhat disturbed when the older white male speaker confidently asserted that Gandhi was the first person to really codify nonviolence. Had the…
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I will be marching in the San Jose Women’s March on the 21st of January, mostly because traveling to Washington to march is financially currently…
Continue ReadingMy first rally: recalling Judge Persky
I went to the “Rally to Recall Judge Persky” at the San Jose Hall of Justice on September 2nd. It was the first rally I’d…
Continue ReadingThe Magicians by Lev Grossman, pt. 2
Okay, finished the book; ready to give a few more thoughts on it. Some notes: Same trigger warnings as before (i.e: rape, able-ism, & thoughtless…
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Trigger warnings for rape, able-ism, & thoughtless misogyny. My bookclub read this book this last month. It has a nifty (and for nerds, self-aggrandizing)…
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Now, admittedly I was just taking quick glances at small photos on google, and the author does state up front that these are just the…
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When I read the title — Intellectual Shamans: Management Academics Making A Difference by Sandra Waddock — I really, really wanted to like this book,…
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We have a covered patio on one side of our house which is accessed by a sliding glass door. I use it most often to…
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I’m starting to become somewhat unhappy with a current trend I’m seeing on-line: increasingly indignant or strident calls for women to “step up” and start…
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