A crisis really brings out governance and transparency issues (see: Malaysia).
Kristof: the industrial food system is unhealthy.
WTF?? The world needs to be more safe for women.
This letter to Carolyn really resonates: abusive moms operate by trying to invalidate your senses (does "no, you're not cold" or "you're being too sensitive" sound familiar?). As Carolyn pointed out the other day, it's not your job to focus on making other people comfortable at your expense (or, rather, to avoid making them uncomfortable).
I have mixed feelings about banning bossy, but I do, as always, advocate applying the standards and terms equally to both genders--but Charles Blow makes an excellent point about Princeton Mom: that $hit is as insulting to men as it is to women. See Laurie Penny's wonderful take on the attempted reduction of women to meaninglessness, or my excerpts of that column together with other discussions of the same issue.
I have mixed feelings about banning bossy, but I do, as always, advocate applying the standards and terms equally to both genders--but Charles Blow makes an excellent point about Princeton Mom: that $hit is as insulting to men as it is to women. See Laurie Penny's wonderful take on the attempted reduction of women to meaninglessness, or my excerpts of that column together with other discussions of the same issue.
Elephants can distinguish aspects of human language.
Wow, the midwest leads in wind power.
I have to run, but tonight, I'll review "Particle Fever." In short: 'meh;' entertaining, but guilty of missing a lot of opportunities to be more educational. Also guilty of scientist-idolatry.
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