Mesopotamia

- The Treatise of Medical Diagnosis and prognosis has about 3,000 entries on 40 tablets with a list of ailments, some of which are identifiable today. 
- Framework for diagnosis: They believed in omen based diagnosis. They'd take some sacrificial animal, kill it, take it's liver (the seat of life according to them) throw it in the air, ( Read more... )

Most of y'all know that I'm graduating in May. Many of y'all also know that I have no idea what career I want to pursue once I get out. I've been seriously considering joining Americorp. My first choice would be peace corps, but I don't think I'd ever be able to forgive myself if something happened to my grandmother and I was stuck out of country.

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I hope everyone had a nice first night of Channukah and got a chance to enjoy the solstice!

As late as 1912,  pink used to be considered masculine while blue was feminine. "Something borrowed something blue ( Read more... )

"Adolescent Masculinity, homophobia, and violence" by Kimmel and Mahler ( Read more... )

I have an exam this Tuesday, which means I'm once again going to be typing up interesting little facts that I read in the scary/huge pile of articles that I have to read/study/memorize/attempt osmosis on ( Read more... )

If you saw me in the back of a police car, what would you think I was there for?

Answer me, then post this in your own journal (or, you know, don’t) to see how many different crimes you get accused of committing.

Warning - When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple.
By Jenny Joseph.
When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple
with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
and satin slippers, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired
and gobble up ( Read more... )

Onto yet another interesting article written by George F. Gilder titled "Suicide of the Sexes."

Here's a dude who believes in structuralist theory...that the family is the main thing that society is based on. He believes that women actually hold the majority of social power, their power being of the realm of sex and sexuality. The way he makes it ( Read more... )