Okay, I'm a half-generation too old to have been first awakened to the overlaps between trans rights and feminism by Julia Serrano (Davina Anne Gabriel what happened to you?) but holy crap is she an awesome writer. I saw her at the trans-health conference, however, talking about sexualization, and I have two serious concerns with her latest ( Read more... )

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I've mentioned this before, but I despise the sanctimony of invoking Pastor Martin Niemoller's famous quote about the nazis. You know the one; it begins "First they came for the..." There's plenty of controversy about the original words; Niemoller himself didn't remember saying it. Wikipedia lists a semi-authenticated original German form:

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A friend who is a philosopher/historian of science wrote to remind me that one of my assertions in the last post is considered somewhat controversial, at least in the field of science studies. There is an argument about whether, as I claim, religion creates or proceeds from rituals- in science terms, whether abstract science depends on ( Read more... )

I've suddenly started working seven days a week, which has cut into my thinking time somewhat, and I've been absent from this blog now for longer than I care to think about. I'm also frustrated by an as-yet-unfinished post on Oomoto and the concept of "mazeways"- the techniques people use to accomplish their goals which, while delineated by culture ( Read more... )

I did a google search for "wakarusa war" and "arizona immigration," together. No hits (well, that's not true, Wakarusa, IN is talking about the same things as the rest of the internet.) I also tried "bleeding kansas" which got me this unexplored and decontextualized comment but I'm not particularly concerned. The Wakarusa War is often seen by ( Read more... )

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Several people, on reading my entry on authenticity had the same two questions. First, why did I choose "authenticity" as a word, and second, what should we do ( Read more... )

When I lived in Ohio, I did a lot of work with a 1955 Gravely walk-behind tractor.


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