Of necessity during my doctoral studies, I’ve learned to be glib with conceptually complex, multi-syllabic terms. It is a personal quirk, however, that I only…
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So it was a dear friend’s birthday over the weekend, and I wanted to try making something tasty just for him at this week’s Monday…
Continue ReadingSocieties without God: immoral hell or egalitarian health? pt. 5
So, a quick concluding bit, since I wrote part 4 yesterday while struggling with my brain overheating, in the last hour before the blog was…
Continue ReadingSocieties without God: immoral hell or egalitarian health? pt. 4
Okay, so now we know who doesn’t fit into Scandinavian society: those (usually) men who are heavily invested in patriarchal hierarchies. However, we also know…
Continue ReadingSocieties without God: immoral hell or egalitarian health? pt. 3
What Is Patriarchy? In yesterday’s post I stated that the growing lack of interest in organized, patriarchal religion in Scandinavia is not some simple, casual…
Continue ReadingSocieties without God: immoral hell or egalitarian health? pt. 2
Zuckerman writes a fascinating book with a great deal of startling information in it, and I greatly enjoyed reading it. However, after pondering the book…
Continue ReadingSocieties without God: immoral hell or egalitarian health? pt. 1
(all the numbers in brackets within this posting are citations which reference the stated page numbers within the book Society Without God by Phil Zuckerman)…
Continue ReadingLazy post-travel posting ;)
Got home safe & sound, much to my relief — I really prefer my own nice little futon. Wanted a really simple crockpot recipe for…
Continue ReadingDaughter of Auntie of St. Louis
One pick-up truck. Four people. One steep flight of basement stairs. Forty six comics long boxes. Ow. That, of course, does not count the boxes…
Continue ReadingTwo fascinating examples of women’s resistance to oppression
An excellent historical example of increasing patriarchal domination of women, and their ensuing resistance, is feminist historian and professor Ulrike Strasser’s “Bones of Contention: Catholic…
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