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PantheaCon Gender Conflict
This is a response to Yeshe Rabbit's post about the conflict between trans gender and cis gender women at PantheaCon this year. This isn't the first time the issue has come up at PantheaCon. The Wild Hunt has more background.
Disclaimer: I'm cis-gendered and I wasn't at PantheaCon this year. Having said that, I'm afraid that this blog post sounds ( Read more... ) -
London Riots
Gordon White said:
"Whatever happens to the world happens to London. Terrorism, banking crises, racism, class battles, wealth, food trends, art, immigration concerns."
Look at British stamps. Notice anything? Anything missing? It doesn't say "United Kingdom." There's not even a little "GB" in the corner. The reason is that the British were first with ( Read more... ) -
Incidents: How to be effective in high-stress situations
I liked Duff McDuffy's entry called How to Remain Equanimous in a Difficult Situation. It is based on physiology -- how our bodies react when we feel stressed. No woo-woo, just science and experience.
Based on my own experience, I would add two things.
1. In step 1, when you relax your facial muscles, make sure you also close your mouth. Closing your ( Read more... ) -
Religion News Service and Paganism
This conversation started with a quote of the Religion News Service on the Wild Hunt. The subject was the Unitarian Universalist Association and an article by Daniel Burke about the denomination. The headline asked "Can a creedless religion make it another 50 years?". Despite the provocative headline, the article was billed as a news story. (In ( Read more... ) -
Not Hemming my Bedroom Curtains
This was originally a reply to a blog post entitled Self-Respect: Come to Your Success by Pagan mystic and teacher Thorn Coyle.
For me the biggest obstacles to coming to my success are old commitments and convictions that I've outgrown. Take my bedroom curtains for example.
My current level of success means I have less time and more money but I ( Read more... ) -
Twitter Etiquette for Repeating Links
If you want to tweet a link to your own, original content more than once, you can do it like this ( Read more... )
