Here there be dragons… and plot spoilers! Proceed at your own risk. :) I’m struggling through getting final papers written, and my brain needed a…
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New arting! Calla lily & rose
Got another tambourine completed — this one’s just a little 6 incher. The theme seemed perfect for spring though: a calla lily on the silhouette…
Continue ReadingRelease… the Corgis of DOOM!
Had a lovely day today! Started in a panic due to realizing I had but two weeks left until end of semester, which means I…
Continue ReadingWhy study Women’s Spirituality?
I was recently asked the following question: “Why is it important for feminists to study and comprehend women-centered cultures?” While I thought it a good…
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Walking through a parking lot today with one of my housemates, we spotted a car with a really big sticker on the back window: “Team…
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My school emphasizes various forms of psychology, and this weekend there’s a small conference on transpersonal psychology. Sitting in the student lounge at school, I…
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Source material that is simply bad To be fair to Armstrong, I would assume much of her previously mentioned double standards arose from her source…
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This darkly pessimistic view on goddesses is most exemplified in Armstrong’s version of the myths of Inanna. I’ve had the pleasure of reading some rather…
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Blatant and inaccurate double standards As I’ve previously noted, I was not happy with how the second chapter was progressing. To my increasing dismay, things…
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The first book by Karen Armstrong which I read was A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It was absolutely…
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