Saturday, November 30, 2013

I Feel Bitchy, O So Bitchy: Part Two of The Posts about Women's Intrasex Aggression: The Review Article

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This is the second post in the series about how one particular idea became widely publicized when other studies about aggression do not see...
Thursday, November 28, 2013

When is Gender Segregation Acceptable in British Universities? Answer: When an External Speaker Asks For It.

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The voice of the British Universities, Universities UK , has produced an information guide (pdf) about external speakers at universities. ...

For Thanksgiving

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A US festival.  I give thanks to all of you.  Here's a fun video about a street musician who plays while his dog sings.  My dogs used ...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Bessie Smith

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Nobody knows you when you are down and out
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

A Question, in the Context Of My Ten-Year Blogoversary

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This question has to do with the value of my research-related posts.  Are they read?  They are a lot of work.  A. Lot. Of. Work.  And if ...

I Feel Bitchy, Oh So Bitchy! Part One Of Posts About Research Into Women's Intrasex Aggression

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What you need to do now is to listen to this song from the West Side Story!  Just replace every "pretty" with "bitchy."...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Miller vs. McKenna. Who Owns The Baby? Do Women Own Their Bodies?

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This particular child custody feud is well worth feminist analysis.  Here are the basic facts (which ignore Miller's behavior, however)...

Nuts! Or On What to Eat.

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When  I saw the story about the new study on nuts I knew that the "miracle food" of 2013 had been found.  The miracle foods vary ...

My National Dress

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I own this one ( picture from here ) It is one of the many national dresses Finnish designers created in the last hundred years.  It...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

Why Are American Physicians Paid So Much?

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This was the topic of Matt Yglesias last week, with rather strong words about the idea that the US physicians have a pretty strong cartel ...
Friday, November 22, 2013

The Grandma Rapper

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This is a 76-year old Finnish rapper*.  She raps about calling your grandma or visiting her because your grandma made your dad or mum and s...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

I Need Chocolate. On The Internet and Social Media

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In the last few days I have drowned in information overload.  The Twitter is the worst culprit in that, because most every tweet is on a di...

Let Us Celebrate Achievements, For A Change

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Contents of first three links:  Essentialist and religious arguments about women's most suitable roles. Sometimes this "work...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

ALEC on the Affordable Care Act. Or The Guy Behind The Curtain.

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The UK Guardian reports on how Republican "model bills" are created, this time applied to the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Wit...

Vagina News

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First :  The voters in Albuquerque , New Mexico: defeated a proposal on Tuesday that would have outlawed most late-term abortions in N...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Mystery humans spiced up ancients’ rampant sex lives

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That is the title of a Nature post about a story which is really about the sub-headline below that above one: Genome analysis suggests...