We can ask: what recedes when diversity becomes a view? If diversity is a way of viewing or even picturing an institution, then it might …
A perfect spring afternoon watching butterflies
Imagine that it’s a warm spring afternoon. You sit somewhere in the middle of nature (a park, the woods, maybe the top of a hill). …
@inessita
Keep in mind that when we go to see the polar bears, nothing says “I am prepared for the frozen wilderness” like a vintage handbag …
Vanity Friday
This website is going to be the death of me. Just take this bag, for example. I.just.can’t. And you know what makes them truly terrible? …
Re: Feminist Ethics: I’m just curious – what do you think a feminist ethics would need to address? I mean, what is lacking in other ethical theories you’re interested in that would need to be addressed by a specifically ‘feminist’ ethics? I don’t mean to sound contentious here: I’m honestly just curious about your opinion on this as I don’t have an answer for it myself, and it seems like an essential question if you’re wondering why a specifically ‘feminist’ ethics doesn’t (seem to) exist.
Just to give one (of several possible) examples, I am thinking specifically of how academia has appropriated something that came to be in activist groups, …
Hi, I remember reading a really interesting post relating the “purity” of foods and linking it with racial purity, and I have a good feeling I read it on your blog. If so, could you kindly repost? Also, about “Anger, feminist ethics, action,” have you read “Shiv Sena Women: Violence and Communalism in a Bombay Slum” by Atreyee Sen? It’s about “violent women” forming gangs to protect their community. It touches upon the “women as gentler” rhetoric. I could go on and on about it, great book.
I had heard about the book, yes, but never got to actually read it. So, thanks a lot for your tip! This seems to be …
MOAR ANGER
Well not really anger but a couple more thoughts around my musings on radical anger, feminism, etc. In my quest for a framework that includes …