Really beautiful saris. Will it be stupid if I buy a sari and wear it at home? They are so lovely. . .
This is usually a very insightful blogger but his post comparing protests in Moscow and #OWS is supremely stupid. People, please, make a huge effort not to blabber about the realities of other countries if you are too lazy to do the tiniest bit of research about them. Comparing the kids who are paid and manipulated into supporting the ruling party in Russia with American hedge fund managers is a bit of idiocy of scary proportions.
“Learning disorder psychosprawl.”
Was Pablo Neruda another Pinochet victim?
Very short but absolutely hilarious. “There should be something like Netflix for books!”
It is very comforting to know (in a weird kind of way) that my students are not the only ones who write this badly. The only difference between me and the academic who quoted the essay is that I give a zero for this kind of writing.
A really weird person finds reasons to hate. . . Mother Teresa, of all people: “Mother Teresa’s was NO ONE’S mother. This supposedly celibate nun’s name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, an Albanian native who lived most of her life without speaking to her own family and proselytizing her religion under the disguise of charity. There is absolutely nothing normal or “saintly” about this.” Not a mother and an Albanian to boot? She must have been a total monster.
The reasons to boycott Chick-Fil-A (apart from how horrible and unhealthy the food is).
A great post on some of the reasons to dislike Ron Paul, the hypocrite. Remember, people, Ron Paul is not a Libertarian. He is a fundamentalist religious fanatic.
A great post on the hysteria that surrounds the Plan B contraceptives. A hysteria, may I remind you, that President Obama encourages as much as possible.
“This rampant diagnostic labeling puts an end to all other human considerations and concerns. This labeling does far more than imposing a pseudo-medical diagnosis on you, it defines you as a person. “I’m bipolar.” Not “I’m full of life” or “I have trouble managing all these marvelous passions” or “I need to find a way to direct my creative energies” or “I’ll have to find the courage and make the effort to make my dreams come true in the real world.” No, never mind about all of that, “I’m bipolar.” Your diagnosis becomes your personal final solution to your most vital challenges in life. Patients ask me, “Should I join a bipolar support group?” If I were flippant, which I never am with patients, I could respond, “Only if you want support in believing you’re bipolar and need to take psychiatric drugs.” ” The rest of the article on the horrifying encroachment of psychiatry into our lives is also absolutely brilliant. I need to read this man’s book.
A very enlightening post about boys who engage in prostitution. Why is it that whenever they hear the word “prostitution” most people immediately think only and exclusively about female prostitutes and male clients? I know the answer. Do you?
Manuel Noriega returns to Panama.
This is a very long story but I’m linking to it because it offers an extremely important lesson: even if life sends you the perfect partner and a beautiful romantic relationship, you will destroy it utterly and completely if you make no efforts to solve your own psychological issues. Our romantic partners cannot be expected to serve as our punching bags, therapists or nurses. In this powerful post, you can see a painstaking description of a person who doesn’t even move half an inch in the direction of solving her issues and dumps them on her partner instead with predictable results.
Virgin Mary gets a pregnancy test – a hilarious ad campaign.
A recipe of hot chocolate from India.
Canada finally steps in to defend the rights of women: “Muslim women who wear the niqab and other face-covering garments will now have to lift or remove their veils while they take the oath of Canadian citizenship in front of a room full of people. “This is not simply a practical measure. It is a matter of deep principle that goes to the heart of our identity and our values of openness and equality,” Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Monday as he announced the changes in Montreal.” Yes! Today, I’m proud to be Canadian.
Do you want to see my city in Ukraine? Here are some pics.
Is a protester really the person of the year? A very insightful post by a blogger I just discovered.
Suppressed histories of conflicts in South Asia.
I love Echidne but this is a major fail on her part: “Are you familiar with the Good Men Project? I wasn’t until one particular post on the website got some publicity. Its title is “Being A Dude Is A Good Thing.” That made my hair crawl a bit because its obvious corollary would be “Being A Non-Dude Is Not A Good Thing.“” Huh? I say to myself “Oh, it’s good to be me” on a regular basis. This in no way implies that it’s bad to be everybody else. Since when only one good way of being is possible? Since when believing that it rocks to be a Hispanist implies that it must necessarily suck to be a doctor, a chef, or a construction worker? The article Echidne criticizes is complete an utter garbage (see my recent post). But the important points she is making would make a greater impact if her own post didn’t start with this bit of silliness.
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