(Originally posted in June 2005) Well, crudpuppies. I’ve been so head-down in work and thesis writing that I realize I’ve let not one but two…
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Primate “Infanticide”: Truth or social fantasy?
(Since I seem to be musing about honesty recently… a short college paper written in 1999 for a primate anthropology class. Enjoy!) A current ‘hot’…
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Now that I think about it, I realize there was a constant emphasis of the Pharaoh — a symbol of rightness and order? — triumphing…
Continue ReadingThe amazing King Tut Birthday! :) [1 of 2]
For my birthday in October, my wonderful housemate took me to see the display on King Tutankhamen at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. It…
Continue Reading“Mythologies” by Roland Barthes
(Originally written some time in 1999 for an Independent Study anthropology class on various seminal works in the field) Roland Barthes’ exploration of the mythologizing…
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I try not to write “hop on the bandwagon” postings about the current “hot” topic in the news. I like to have a bit of…
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This is an invite to the Open House being held for the Master’s program I’m in. It has been, quite frankly, life changing for me,…
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Well, after giving it the old college try, I think posting former papers from college in this format is way too much bother! If I…
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Possible Solutions It is a simple but appealing answer to say all that needs to be done to solve the problems delineated and explored above…
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In yet another essay which discusses violence against women, Kumar notes that it is the deliberately poor definition of what constitutes rape and wife-beating that…
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