Greetings folks. A little bit of cross pollination going on today for this interlude. Last Saturday we were looking for female power anthems – songs that inspire and make you want to grab the world by the lapels and give it a good shake. Finding songs by dudes about taking names and kicking ass, was […]
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Dead Wild Roses: DWR Quote of the Day – On Power – Lierre Keith
“Power is not a mistake in which the powerful can be educated, it’s not a misunderstanding, and it’s not a disagreement. Justice is not won by moral argument, or exertion, or individual transformation, and it’s not won by spiritual epiphany – It’s won by taking power away from the powerful and dismantling the institutions.” – […]
Dead Wild Roses: How Not to Audit the Pentagon – William Hartung
I keep thinking about all of the rhetoric about how wasteful social spending is, and how programs for the poor are being taken advantage of, then I read something like this… then I get mad. “From spending $150 million on private villas for a handful of personnel in Afghanistan to blowing $2.7 billion on an […]
Dead Wild Roses: “Eloquence” is, essentially, Code for Values Associated with Masculinity.
-“We harbor an ideological bias against the feminine voice, rooted in positive primal associations with masculinity.” Some highlights from the JSTOR article On Men and Women’s Public Speech. “Gunn uses speeches delivered by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in their 2008 contest for the Democratic nomination to illustrate how gendered norms about speech create a […]
Dead Wild Roses: QotD: ” We live in a world where calling out sexism makes you more vulnerable than perpetuating it”
Originally posted on Anti-Porn Feminists:
As Anne Thériault suggests in Vice, Ghomeshi will most likely recover from this scandal. “Men in his position very rarely suffer any real and lasting consequences for these types of allegations — look at Roman Polanski, or Woody Allen, or Chris Brown,” she writes. “Even when there is plenty of…
Dead Wild Roses: Having a Bad Day…
When even the cute plastic duck toys are out to get you.
Filed under: Cute Tagged: Cat, Cute, Humour
Dead Wild Roses: “Why France Is Adopting A New Law That Criminalizes The Clients, Not Prostitutes”
Originally posted on Anti-Porn Feminists:
On April 6, 2016, France adopted a new law in the country’s fight against prostitution, inspired by the so-called “Nordic Model” — a model which seems to be frequently condemned, little understood and often mocked. We would, therefore, like to help clarify the ins and outs of this new law…
Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – What is Life?
Rather than referring to a one musty-tomb or another why not consider what life actually is and base our questions about existence (or not) on that basis? This video asks some great questions. What is your take on the questions it asks? Filed under: Atheism, Philosophy, Religion Tagged: The DWR Sunday Religious Disserivce, What […]
Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Writing & Reflection Post – Adolescence and Socialization
Greetings fair readership, it is time for a new foray here at DWR. A recent comment by JZ and gentle prod by RoughSeas are the inspirations for this post. The idea that JZ had was that a comparative essay looking at the differences and similarities between adolescent experiences would be an interesting read. I […]
Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Feminist Quote of the Day – The Abolition of Gender – Sheila Jeffreys
“Radical feminist theorists do not seek to make gender a bit more flexible, but to eliminate it. They are gender abolitionists, and understand gender to provide the framework and rationale for male dominance. In the radical feminist approach, masculinity is the behaviour of the male ruling class and femininity is the behaviour of the subordinate […]
Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Interlude – Malher No.1 Second Movement
I love Mahler No.1. The second movement is such an amazingly happy dance suite. I smile when listening to it. The second movement is a modified minuet and trio. Mahler replaces the minuet with a Ländler, a 3/4 dance-form that was a precursor to the Austrian waltz. This is a popular structure in Mahler’s other […]
Dead Wild Roses: #Infographic: Keeping your indoor cat happy! — Katzenworld
Hi everyone, This is another great infographic produced by the team at terrys fabrics: Many cats love to stay indoors and are never happier than when padding around the house. Yet sometimes your cat may become less content, which can be distressing both for you and your pet. When a cat isn’t 100% happy they […] […]
Dead Wild Roses: Feminist Quote of the Day – Laurie Penny
“Adolescence, for a woman, is the slow realization that you are not considered as fully human as you hoped. You are a body first, and your body is not yours alone: whether or not you are attracted to men, men and boys will believe they have a claim on your body, and the state gets […]
Dead Wild Roses: The Most Dangerous Place on Earth – Dilip Hiro on India and Pakistan
Getting stuck on the US election race? Tired of hearing about how the authoritarian left is, yet again, stifling free speech? How about some Nuclear Armageddon to cleanse the palate? Dilip Hiro takes us to South East Asia and the conflict between India and Pakistan. “Undoubtedly, for nearly two decades, the most dangerous place on […]
Dead Wild Roses: The Taxonomy of Candy
Innocuous start, but one can really see how complex a job classifying stuff can be. 🙂
Filed under: Science Tagged: Science, Taxonomy
Dead Wild Roses: Oh Tom – It Just Might Be Time – Rick’s Rant
Is the writing on the wall? Rick certainly seems to think so.
Filed under: Politics Tagged: NDP, Rick Mercer Rant
Dead Wild Roses: Meghan Murphy on Ghomeshi and the Canadian Justice System
Ms.Murphy describes the radical treatment necessary in order to make our society a livable place for women: “Without the things women are expected to provide in order to “prove” abuse — pictures of injuries, hospital records, DNA — we are already not believed. In fact, “believed” is the wrong word — we are not […]
Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – The Big Bang
It is always nice to find a well put together video, and this one titled ‘The Beginning of Everything’ does a wonderful job of laying down the fundamentals of how our universe began.
Filed under: Atheism, Science Tagged: The Big Bang, The D…
Dead Wild Roses: Rebecca Reilly-Cooper: What I believe about Sex and Gender (Part One).
Ms. Reilly-Cooper has done some fantastic foundational work describing what sex and gender is and, more importantly, how many radical feminists approach the topic. This will be a long post and a feature here at DWR as it is a resource too good not to replicate. “Sex 1. Humans, like the vast majority of species, reproduce sexually. […]
Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Natalia by Antonio Lauro
Antonio Lauro (August 3, 1917 – April 18, 1986) was a Venezuelan musician, considered to be one of the foremost South American composers for the guitar in the 20th century.Filed under: Music Tagged: Natalia by Antonio Lauro, The DWR Friday Classical…
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