In effect, those two verses were where the author wrote Truth as she knew it, and that’s why those verses shone. Unfortunately, since we’ve not…
Continue ReadingLes Guérillères (pt. 2)
Oppression & technology The previously mentioned example is not the only instance of the co-existence of both a lack of, and a distinct awareness of,…
Continue ReadingLes Guérillères (pt. 1)
(“The Warrior Women”) by Monique Wittig translated by David Le Vay (first reviewed April 2005) Wittig’s book, quite frankly, puzzles me — or perhaps it’s…
Continue ReadingTruthseeker (part 2)
I also understand the human psyche or spirit is sometimes baffling in its complexity. I have both read about, and experienced situations, where what seems…
Continue ReadingTruthseeker (part 1)
This will be a quick review, I think. I’ve just finished reading a book by C. E. Murphy titled Truthseeker. On the whole, I enjoyed…
Continue ReadingSway: the Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior (pt. 2)
There’s a fascinating chapter on the pleasure center and altruism center of the brain. The pleasure center fires up when we’re, say, gambling — greed…
Continue ReadingSway: the Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior (pt. 1)
I have a new book club! I’m very pleased; I hope it works out well. The club is reading Sway: the Irresistible Pull of Irrational…
Continue ReadingWomanChrist (8 of 8)
I emphatically do not understand this. How can a woman on the one hand lyrically proclaim not just the equality, but the apparent spiritual supremacy…
Continue ReadingWomanChrist (7 of 8)
Perhaps most dramatically for me: why does Weber wish to stay with a Church which effectively defiles her sacred nature, when she is so clearly…
Continue ReadingWomanChrist (6 of 8)
Unfortunately, I ultimately found the four archetypes offered by Weber to be somewhat limiting, in that they all seemed to define a woman in terms…
Continue Reading