Texas has somewhat of a bad reputation in the rest of the country. For example, I told some of the folks I know that I’d…
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Lazy musings on power
Friday the 13th has always been a lucky day for me, oddly enough. I got my first horse on Friday the 13th, and 13 was…
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Woohooo! I have not only scored a drop-in campsite at the Grand Canyon, but I have also showered and laundered! No worries, I shall modestly…
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Writing this on the night of the 8th, from a wonderful little hole-in-the-wall pizza & brews place called Hot Mama’s! I’m muddy, exhausted, starving, and…
Continue ReadingCatching up to the end of the year… sort of
I’ve been effectively running at a frantic pace for the past three or four months, in order to keep up with all the things happening…
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“A free race cannot be born of slave mothers.” –Margaret Sanger My thesis was written on the Central Asian nomads of the late Bronze and…
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Update: Same-sex marriage was legalized in the U.S. state of New York on June 24, 2011 by the New York State Legislature and Governor Andrew…
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I was recently asked the following question: “Why is it important for feminists to study and comprehend women-centered cultures?” While I thought it a good…
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My school emphasizes various forms of psychology, and this weekend there’s a small conference on transpersonal psychology. Sitting in the student lounge at school, I…
Continue ReadingA Short History of Myth, part 4
Source material that is simply bad To be fair to Armstrong, I would assume much of her previously mentioned double standards arose from her source…
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