December 2011
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The World's Weirdest Volcanic Crater
smithsonianmag:
At the heart of the Danokil Desert in Ethiopia lies one of the most bizarre landscapes on Earth.
Photo by Flickr user pbOOg.
h/t Brain Pickings
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Nerds and Male Privilege | Paging Dr. NerdLove →
The idea of privilege, in this case, can be applied to any dominant culture or social group. I see parallels here with others and othering of different ethnicities, for instance. This is a very well written essay, I must say. It should be part of the intro to any gender studies course. It’s amusing, but it’s also very, very serious. Here’s an excerpt from page 2.
Male...
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I Am (a poem, written c. 1845, by John Clare)
For reasons I’m not at this moment willing to speculate on, my curatorial work has more than once touched up on issues of mental health and illness. In my recent travels, I followed a tangent and discovered the poet John Clare. I had never read his works before, which is shameful, really, because his works are right up my alley. He was not taught in my undergraduate English courses, not...
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Queen Bathurst: That poverty project? →
This is a fascinating experiment. I think I will try to do something similar … but not until we’ve moved into our new home. So, let’s say February or March. I’ll come back to this.
queenbathurst:
A few months ago I wrote a story about Sean Krausert and a poverty project he’s doing.
Him => http://www.thatpovertyproject.com/
The story => http://bit.ly/vr7RSl
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Organon: To all those men who don't think the rape... →
oforganon:
I get it—you’re a decent guy. I can even believe it. You’ve never raped anybody. You would NEVER rape anybody. You’re upset that all these feminists are trying to accuse you of doing something, or connect you to doing something, that, as far as you’re concerned, you’ve never done and would never…