Monthly Archives: February 2012

The Road to Hell is paved with Nalgene bottles.

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

I went to an environmental film festival last weekend, as part of a class I’m taking for my masters’ degree. And while I’m a born-and-bred liberal and have my own ideas about the environment, there were a lot of things about … Continue reading →

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Girls, girls, girls.

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

So after the little tempest-in-a-teapot that my last blog set off, I realized, thanks mostly to Tony C.’s comment, that it is important to expand a little on my initial assertion that women are the only people who have expectations for … Continue reading →

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All the single ladies

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

Like a lot of women my age, I have a lot of gorgeous, amazing, intelligent single female friends who continually struggle with dating. I see it all the time, and it’s abundantly portrayed in the media: women are waiting for … Continue reading →

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Born this way?

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

I have a problem with this assessment of the reasons behind conservatism/liberalism. The author here asserts that there are hard-wired, genetic reasons that cause “threat-averse” people to be more conservative-minded, and an “exploratory” nature can be cited for liberal ideologies. … Continue reading →

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