I have written about Donald Trump, the buffoon campaigning for the Republican nominee as President of the United States, on multiple occasions. I have written about how he is uses nativist fears of the Other to scapegoat immigrants for societal ills they did not create. I’ve written about Trump’s breathtaking hypocrisy and lies. I’ve mentioned… Read more Fear and Far Right Populism
Today is a very important day in the United Kingdom. It is Ron Weasley’s birthday. Also, it is St. David’s Day. St David’s Day is a BIG deal in Wales … as it should be considering 1) St David was Welsh and 2) he is the patron saint of Wales and 3) honoring him… Read more Happy St David’s Day to the Welsh and Welsh of Heart
Today is a very important day in the United Kingdom. It is Ron Weasley’s birthday. Also, it is St. David’s Day. St David’s Day is a BIG deal in Wales … as it should be considering 1) St David was Welsh and 2) he is the patron saint of Wales and 3) honoring him… Read more Happy St David’s Day to the Welsh and Welsh of Heart
The recently released results of a metadata analysis found that organic meat and dairy products do indeed have some nutritional differences when compared to conventional beef and milk. The organic meat and dairy has significantly more Omega-3 fatty acids (yay!) and significantly less iodine (boo!) than ‘regular’ meat and milk. As usual, the benefits of… Read more Food for Thought
Back when the earth was still cooling and I was in grad school, I took a class on anthropological theory. Now, I am a semi-postmodern girl, in that I think the truth is highly subjective and relative … but I do think some things are provable data. The graduate school I was attending was, at… Read more From Whence Science
Today, I had planned on discussing the birth and death of Elizabeth of York. Alas, I feel as though I must discuss Beyoncé’s performance at the 2016 Super Bowl before it and its civil rights message loses cultural focus. First, a celebration of one’s heritage and ancestry only seems to be problematic in America when… Read more Beyoncé and Entertainment as a Site of Resistance
Death is hard on the deceased’s loved ones, and even in these days of advanced medicine the end of life is often astoundingly abrupt. One day you are hale, the next day you are ill, and the day after that you are being laid to rest. My grandmother passed away Saturday. She was 92 years… Read more Memento Mori
Iconic musical superstar David Bowie has passed away from cancer at the age of 69. His birthday was January 8th, 1947 and I am convinced he held onto life until 2016 because he wanted “69” to show up on every obituary. His overt sexuality and wry sense of humor would both be satisfied by that,… Read more David Bowie: Amazing and Transgressively Gender Fluid
On this day in 1941 the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in a surprise attack that would rip through the American psyche in a way unequaled until the terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001. The next day my paternal grandfather, Henry Cornelius, signed up the US Navy and served in World War II. He wanted, he said, “a… Read more Pearl Harbor Day and My Grandfather
I have Asperger’s syndrome. I like things that make sense. You know, if A = B, and C = B, then A is equivalent to C because they both equal B. People’s opinions, especially their sociopolitical opinions, do not follow this at all, and it drives me bananas because I cannot grasp how they cannot… Read more Illogical Perceptions and Reactions