I’m feeling much more nervous, these days, about climate change. I guess i sorta thought things were a little bit further off, but lately i’m seeing all sorts of articles saying that shit is way fucked up right now, even more fucked than you thought it was. Greenland and the arctic ice [...]
Just dropping a couple links i’ve been reading over the past few days:
A Speakout on Male Sexual Violence
Women’s Space / The Margins
Just a quick article about unexploded cluster munitions in Lebanon. Israel fired thousands of rockets into Lebanon containing cluster munitions. almost 40% of these little cluster bombs fail to explode upon impact, in effect becoming landmines. They do not discriminate between civilians and soldiers, adults and children.
article: When rockets and phosphorous cluster, [...]
After my recent posting of some anti-porn articles, people asked me some questions. One, in particular, said something like “if you don’t like porn, then why aren’t you also campaigning against rock music and violent video games”, perhaps to make the analogy to the religious right in their various other silly campaigns. [...]
I just got this message while i was on irc on the “freenode” network:
14:18 -christel- [Global Notice] On the 12th September Rob Levin,
known to many as Freenode’s lilo, was hit by a car
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I thought i’d drop a couple of links here for people to chew on.
The High Cost of Manliness, by Robert Jensen
Pornography as a cause of rape, by Diana E.H. Russell, PhD. (and before you start ranting, you should read her commentary on the meaning of “cause”, and the section on “the role of pornography [...]
The first week is over, and so far i’m happy with my reintegration into school life. I’ve decided that the two hours after my last class each day will be devoted to study time and homework, and that i’ll spend an hour each evening, unless i’ve got something else planned. I think once [...]
Had my first day back at SFU yesterday. I love it. I had my chinese class yesterday, where i discovered to my great delight that there are only 6 of us in the class! Every time the instructor wants to do something interactive, she does it with each and every one of [...]