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Peg Tittle
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Mar 07 2017
Ten years later, she meets Dick, and he’s so –
You’re so – different. Not such an – Yeah. It’s like before I was so – driven. It’s like I was in a car, no, I was the car. And it was always in high gear, in screaming high gear. I had to get somewhere, I always had to get somewhere. I couldn’t sit …
Feb 22 2017
Gibbon’s Decline and Fall, Sheri Tepper
Although I read this fantastic novel years ago, I was recently reminded of it by Judith A. Little’s Feminist Philosophy and Science Fiction: utopias and dystopias. At the end of the novel, five options for human reproduction are presented: Only partners for life will be able to reproduce, and only once every decade. Parthenogenesis, with …
Feb 13 2017
The Problem with Business Ethics Courses
The problem with business ethics courses is that all too often they’re taught by business faculty. And ethics is, after all, a field of philosophy. And with all due respect to my business colleagues, philosophy faculty are far better qualified to teach ethics than business faculty. As far as I can see, business ethics when …
Feb 05 2017
Rain Without Thunder (movie) HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Rain Without Thunder (movie) HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! I just watched this! And will watch it again, stopping to think at so many points! Here’s the brief description: It’s the year 2042 and the threat is real…women are going to prison for terminating their pregnancies. An investigating reporter is determined to reveal the truth behind …
Jan 23 2017
UnMythed (excerpts) – by chris wind
and now for something a little different, a couple excerpts from UnMythed, by chris wind Macha this one I’ll tell straight: you were forced to race against a team of horses you were pregnant at the time you won then you died, giving birth. but with that last great exhalation you …
Jan 16 2017
For your convenience, a sanitary receptacle is provided in this cubicle. You are requested …
So I was in a public washroom the other day and noticed this little sign: “For your convenience, a sanitary receptacle is provided in this cubicle. You are requested to co-operate and use it for the purpose intended.” “For your convenience.” For our convenience? Given that the alternative to the requested behaviour would result in …
Jan 11 2017
Women Discover Life on Mars
Should we fund a mission to Mars? Sure. Give us a bit of time and we can make that planet uninhabitable too. That said, I thoroughly enjoyed watching MARS. Why? Because the three astronauts who walk out onto the planet’s surface at the end to discover life on Mars are all women. Not a token …
Dec 27 2016
Telling our Members of Parliament How to Dress
So I recently found this on the Parliament of Canada website: While there is no Standing Order setting down a dress code for Members participating in debate, [84] Speakers have ruled that to be recognized to speak in debate, on points of order or during Question Period, tradition and practice require all Members, male or female, …
Dec 14 2016
Christmas Elves
Generally speaking, I don’t do Christmas. At all. But when I see an ad in the classifieds for “Three female elves to work in a mall during the Christmas season”, well, I have to say something. And the first thing I have to say is, I don’t think they’re going to find any – male …
Nov 27 2016
The Sci Phi Journal!
Check out the Sci Phi Journal: a journal about science fiction and philosophy! Not just about though, there are many cool stories to read and think about…
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