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Peg Tittle
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Mar 28 2017
Men against Abortion
Is that why men are against abortion? Because women are, might be, killing men? Male fetuses? If the fetus was known to be female, they wouldn’t have a problem with it?
Mar 18 2017
I am Eve – by chris wind
the first piece in Thus Saith Eve… I am Eve the bad girl, the evil woman. I stand accused, and sentenced. Without a trial. For life. Because of my single action, millions of individuals have been born with ‘original sin’, have been guilty even before they acted, doomed before they started. I alone have …
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, …
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