I went to the “Rally to Recall Judge Persky” at the San Jose Hall of Justice on September 2nd. It was the first rally I’d…
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Intellectual Shamans (part 2)
Now, admittedly I was just taking quick glances at small photos on google, and the author does state up front that these are just the…
Continue ReadingIntellectual Shamans (part 1)
When I read the title — Intellectual Shamans: Management Academics Making A Difference by Sandra Waddock — I really, really wanted to like this book,…
Continue ReadingDiss blues in a cheerful key!
Woo! Just finished my first interview for my dissertation research — and it went swimmingly, I think! Feeling much relief here, as well as some…
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I’m starting to become somewhat unhappy with a current trend I’m seeing on-line: increasingly indignant or strident calls for women to “step up” and start…
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I’ve had some fascinating discussions recently with a few friends about things like privilege and trigger warnings and such. I’m writing my thoughts down because…
Continue ReadingMoar diss bluuuuz! (e.g.: cultural ritual change)
Up to this point in my life, when I wrote papers for school I could usually hold the whole thing in my head as a…
Continue ReadingScarcity mindsets
Most of the time in my life I don’t have to deal directly with the social effects of living in a culture based on a…
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I’m reading my email & letting my brain wander idly in a train-of-consciousness writing… and it occurs to me that the question one of my…
Continue ReadingHoliday joy and greetings to all! :)
It’s three days after Solstice and Christmas Eve and well after Hannukah… and I have a ton of things to be thankful for. First and…
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