Jan 08
Jane Smith’s Translation Dictionary of Everyday Lies, Insults, Manipulations, and Clueless Comments
NOW AVAILABLE and FREE TO SITE VISITORS (just send a request, specifying your preference of epub or pdf)
Jane Smith is a character In my novel A Philosopher, a Psychologist, and an Extraterrestrial Walk into a Chocolate Bar (blurb below). And she started …
Dec 10
https://news.stanford.edu/press-releases/2018/10/17/virtual-reality-eople-empathetic/
“[In the VR experience] ‘Becoming Homeless,’ a narrator guides participants through several interactive VR scenarios that would happen if they lost their jobs. In one scene, the participant has to look around an apartment to select items to sell in order to pay the rent. In another scene, the participant finds shelter on a …
Dec 05
Berdahl found that women with relatively masculine personalities (e.g., assertive, dominant, and independent), compared to women who meet feminine ideals, experience the most sexual harassment. That is to say, “sexual harassment is primarily targeted at women who violate gender roles.”
Good to know.
Nov 22
I don’t know what I was thinking. No, that’s not true. I do know what I was thinking. I was thinking I could be a gentler person, free of all that macho shit. I thought I could indulge my feminine side without shame (and yes, perhaps with praise). I thought I could finally be the …
Nov 15
So I recently read a book written by a grassroots activist advocating government reform. It wasn’t excellent, but it did have a few good insights, and, frankly, I’m happy to see any books by activists and any books advocating government reform. That said, the book really grabbed my attention when I read the lengthy acknowledgements …
Oct 14
Where will you draw the line?
I know I’m going to sound like a prude, but fuck it. I’m not. (And evidence for that claim falls into the ‘too much information’ category.) So, I’m going to ask:
If men want you to wear shoes with high heels and it becomes fashionable to publicly sexualize yourself …
Aug 04
Brilliantly done!
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/apologies-women-need-to-make-sorry-its-true
Aug 01
A must-read.
https://www.theonion.com/study-finds-american-women-delaying-motherhood-because-1847112786
