Writing

Infographic perfection

Posted onTuesday 14 May 2013

I have found the perfect infographic to express my feelings on research! :)

Yay! I’ve finished the ecofeminism comprehensives essay — it’s coming in at 53 pages with cover page and bibliography included. Since the essay’s parameters were 30 to 50 pages exclusive of the cover page and biblio, all is good. Hallelujah! Now all I have to do is the tidying stuff, which is easy: make sure…

Coming down to the wire at a gallop…

Posted onThursday 25 April 2013

On schoolwork Only two and a half weeks left in the semester, and my comprehensive essay is coming together nicely — thank goodness. I’ve got the Conclusion roughed out, the Introduction mostly done, and only four book reviews out of 36 left to write. Go, me! Considering that it’s getting a little frenetic here, though,…

Spiritual Transformation & Non-Violent Feminist Practice, pt. 2

Posted onThursday 21 March 2013Wednesday 20 March 2013

Reflecting on spirituality vs. ethics, I was fascinated to realize I’d made one of the mistakes the author notes: considering non-violence as equivalent to passive resistance — as nothing more than yet another tactical tool to be used in accomplishing social justice. Instead, Fernandes refers extensively to Gandhi, noting his belief that non-violence is a…

Spiritual Transformation & Non-Violent Feminist Practice, pt. 1

Posted onWednesday 20 March 2013

This is a review of Leela Fernandes’ Transforming Feminist Practice: Non-Violence, Social Justice, & the Possibilities of a Spiritualized Feminism. The title of the book was the basis of an interesting personal challenge: as a friend put it to me, why apply women’s spirituality to feminism or issues of social justice? For that matter, why…

Reality intrudes

Posted onMonday 25 February 2013

Well, botheration. I’ve done the math, checked my reading speed, and rechecked the math… and it appears I’m going to have to fudge somewhat on the reading for this semester’s Ecofeminism Comps essay — and next semester’s work as well. That’s a pity, because I would have loved to give proper consideration to all the…

While Reading “Her Blue Body”

Posted onSaturday 16 February 2013Friday 15 February 2013

Checklist for the Day: roses chocolate card. Check. Success. Boyfriend brownie points Redeem for valuable prizes! Today only, double bonus value: Try dinner candles jewelry lingerie more Sweetly sincere silhouetted sparkles Smiling empty glittering chains All payment Money is love is sex. Reading of the inspiration: Vali Brother of demanding murdered Spring Solely bred…

Two articles: christianity & community

Posted onFriday 15 February 2013Saturday 9 March 2013

Finished a book and two articles so far; two somewhat disturbing and one very encouraging. M. Shawn Copeland’s article “Body, Representation, and Black Religious Discourse” I found disturbing for several reasons. For a single example, she has actual, chilling quotes from women, or relatives of the women, who were violently sexually abused as slaves. Like…

Delighted dissertation details!

Posted onWednesday 6 February 2013

Just got off the phone with the professor who is my Comps Supervisor (which is explained in the second paragraph here) for this semester, and I am so excited! As I’ve previously mentioned (in part 4 of the review of The End of Men) I’d been worried that my tentative dissertation subject was already obsolete….

“The End of Men: & the Rise of Women” by H. Rosin, part 4

Posted onSunday 3 February 2013Thursday 31 January 2013

Talking with male friends, the general consensus I hear seems to be that manhood is more about taking care of yourself so others do not have to do it for you, and then meeting all your other obligations as well – to family, to society, to work, and so on. What most strikes me about…