There have been incredibly mixed reviews concerning the movie Sucker Punch. I can kind of understand why people hated it — I have one friend…
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Having a very good month so far! Excellent news on the home front, which eliminated a major source of stress, which meant I focused enough…
Continue ReadingThe Eternity Artifact
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…
Continue ReadingNew 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…
Continue ReadingAgain: things that make me laugh…
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…
Continue ReadingThoughts on thought
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…
Continue ReadingA Short History of Myth, part 4
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…
Continue ReadingA Short History of Myth, part 3
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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