Coconut Cowboy – as always, several good bits … about a meeting of an anarchist group (p205-6): “What would the official minutes look like? … ‘Meeting not called to order …’ ‘Minutes from previous meeting shredded …’ ‘Agenda rejected’ …’ ‘All officers impeached’ ‘Group disbanded’ …” about obsessive compulsive disorder (p206): “I prefer the term …
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Oct 21 2023
Shriver on healthcare costs
from “In Defense of Death,” in Abominations, Lionel Shriver “In the United Kingdom, 40 percent of the government’s budget goes to the National Health Service …” (p222) “Alas, for many patients, we don’t extend life but drag out death …” (p225) Among the recommendations attributed to Daniel Callahan (Taming the Beloved Beast) … “Return to …
Oct 20 2023
The Frightening Cluelessness of PoliSci Students
“I was studying political science at the time, so I had never thought about social processes like misogyny and sexism.” What? What? (from https://narratively.com/i-was-an-angry-mens-rights-activist-now-im-a-fierce-feminist/)
Oct 10 2023
good bit from Graeber’s “Bullshit Jobs”
“If 1% of the population controls most of its disposable wealth, what we call ‘the market’ reflects what THEY think is useful or important, not anybody else.” “Bullshit Jobs,” David Graeber (p.xx)
Sep 30 2023
A woman was raped. A man raped a woman.
A woman was raped. A man raped a woman. He got her pregnant. She made him a father. Submit your additions via comment.
Sep 29 2023
“The Fragile Male” – interesting reading
Here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1119278/
Sep 04 2023
Inferior, Angela Saini
Just a few quotes and notes – “… the perennial problem of childcare, which lifts women out of their jobs at precisely the moment that their male colleagues are putting in more hours and being promoted” (p6)—yeah, to avoid childcare “It was also thought that merely having women around might disrupt the serious intellectual work …
Aug 25 2023
John Mulaney on Drag Queens
Some excellent lines, for example: “What is your notion of a woman based on?” “[re mean and rude drag queens] You could’ve stayed a guy if you were going to be an asshole about it.” <
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