Why not swear? Possibly, merely as a discipline. If you can control your tongue, you can control your speech. If you can control your speech, you can control yourself. If you can control yourself, you can control the present moment. If you can control the present moment, you can control the future. If you canContinue reading “Why not swear?”
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Why words like “mansplaining” only make things worse
I have to question the value and effects of terms such as “mansplaining”, that reduce the moral and cognitive value of someone’s words, actions, and motivations to merely a function of their class belonging. Such terms were developed as a type of intellectual weapon, in principle to address a perceived power imbalance. Unfortunately, they doContinue reading “Why words like “mansplaining” only make things worse”
On misogyny and child marriage
That was a great article bringing attention to the work of that doctor. It sounds like she did a lot of great at work helping women. And this is purely a comment about what’s most helpful in diagnosing and fixing problems. I’m not sure it’s enough to label child marriage as misogyny. The cause ofContinue reading “On misogyny and child marriage”
Making Nobody Happy 