On the subject of “Allies and friends”
This post by clownyprincess where she articulately disarms the arguments of supposed allies regarding sex work (and the original post she wrote as well), pretty …
Privilege and empathy
via Association for Psychological Science, Upper-Class People Have Trouble Recognizing Others’ Emotions: Upper-class people have more educational opportunities, greater financial security, and better job prospects …
Translation
Because I got a note from thesociologist about the previous Spanish post, here goes a (rough) translation, first of the Anonymous question, followed by my …
Soy de Argentina y me siento un poco ofendida por lo que has dicho de mi país, no somos programas de chimentos, eso es solo un entretenimiento de la tarde que cada uno elije ver o no ver, y he visto programas hasta peores en otras partes del mundo. Se que la vida en el primer mundo es de mejor calidad que la de Argentina, y que uno prefiera vivir mucho mas lejos en comparación. Nosotros todavía somos un país en vías de desarrollo y nos falta mucho. Pero no puedo dejar de leer lo que has escrito y sentir un poco de tristeza al ver todos los Argentinos (no estoy segura si sos Argentina) que se van, y notar cierto resentimiento o rechazo por su país, me hace valorar y amar mas a Argentina, ya que yo vivo acá y conozco la lucha de cada día.
This will be in Spanish because the person who wrote left me no contact details to answer so here it goes. Mira, soy tanto o …
Sickness and mood
One of the downsides of being sick is that I have no patience for fools. Particularly of the internet variety. Today I found out I …
Whatever happened to the Chatroulette hype?
It seems it was just yesterday that I would come across several articles per day on the chatroulette phenomenon. Half would be about how revolutionary …