the death of Saddam

I haven’t really been following this story, although it has obviously come across my radar the past several days because it’s all the newsdogs can talk about. So I thought I would put my two cents in, not on the specifics about Saddam Hussein, his trial, his execution, etc. – but rather on the subject [...]

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how I spent my christmas eve

My friend Matthew wrote about his christmas experience this year staying with friends in rural Honduras, and it inspired me to write about my christmas eve.
The past couple of years I haven’t felt very christmas-y for various reasons. Last year I decided not to attend christmas eve church with my parents as I had always [...]

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happy holidays

I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy holiday, and all the very best for the new year! I hope you’ll continue to join me for discussion and debate – I’ll look forward to it very much.
Happy christmas, chanukah, kwanzaa, winter solstice, and new year!

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Feminist gift ideas?

Hi everyone,
Jessica wrote to me today, asking about feminist gift ideas for a 16 year old that she used to sit for. Jessica says, “She’s sixteen now, and she has almost completed the patriarchal transformation from confident-independent-athletic-girl, to boy-crazy- appearance-obsessed-girl.”
She used to be into all kinds of athletic things, but now she’s wrapped up in [...]

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Feminism Friday – Reflections on Barbie

This is my first FF post in a long while. I’d almost begun to think I was done with FF. Then the xmas season hit, and everywhere I look I see adverts for girl toys, especially dolls, and especially Barbie. So I thought I’d write about that.
When I was small, my parents gave me [...]

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Carnival of the Feminists 29

No, I’m not referring to that strange HBO series. The 29th Carnival of the Feminists is up at Sandy D.’s If you haven’t had the pleasure before, please go over and visit. Sandy D.’s done an awesome job of compiling lots of great posts from around the feminist blogosphere relating to sexism, violence, labour, status [...]

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moral relativism/objective truth

I wandered over to KC Sheehan’s blog this morning and found this post about objective truth and the law.  It got me to thinking, since I had a recent discussion with my dad about moral relativism. So I thought I’d write a post about it.
objectivity vs. relativism is one of my favourite philosophical problems (along [...]

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email address change

Hi all,
I’ve been having problems with my email address I have been using for this site lately; it seems unable to send emails very quickly, and although I am also not the keenest at checking it regularly (sorry to Jeff and Miss Ginger and Geo), it seems a bit fishy. So, I’ve switched. My [...]

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how to avoid becoming a rapist

Hi everyone,
I got a comment today on my post On Rape. I thought it was important enough to devote a post to the question and my response. Below is the comment, from a commenter who calls himself Future Rapist. Below that is my response. I invite you to read it through, and to join me [...]

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tagged

So, I’ve been tagged by Ruxandra. I have to recommend a book in one paragraph. YIKES! Which of the thousands of books should I recommend? Fiction or non-fiction? Something about feminism? Something about philosophy? Something that I found helpful, useful? Something that made me feel something wonderful?
really, just one?
I think I’ll recommend the book I [...]

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