Never underestimate the powah of the Kitteh!… 🙂 Filed under: Humour, Science Tagged: Humour, Kitteh, meme, Science
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Dead Wild Roses: Women as Background Decoration, part 2. – Anita Sarkeesian
Patriarchy pissing in the punchbowl for hundreds of years continues to make things crappy, even in the land of video games. Filed under: Feminism, Gaming Tagged: Anita Sarkeesian, Feminist Frequency, Patriarchy, Women as Background Decoration
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Friday Musical Interlude – The Souljazz Orchestra
I have our local University Radio station CJSR to thank for turning me onto this Canadian band called the Souljazz Orchestra. The songs I’ve heard so far all make me want to chair dance and/or wiggle embarrassingly in my car. Filed under: Housekeeping Tagged: Kingdom Come, SoulJazz Orchestra, The
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Racism – Jon Stewart
Racism is not going away. Discrimination is not going away. Ignoring this problem does not make it better. If you see racism in your friends or family, call them on it if it is safe to do so, the change must start with you. Filed under: Racism Tagged:
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Back to School Experience in One Picture.
’nuff said. 🙂 Filed under: Humour Tagged: back to school, doh!, meme
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: What Men Are Really Saying – Sidewalk Harassment.
I suggest stop being like these guys and try a new fanciful tact – treating women with the respect and the dignity that you as a dude get by default. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Feminism, Harassment, Male Privilege
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Time Management for Teachers
Need more learning and less stress in the classroom? What you do behind the scenes can make or break your work day. :> Being a fan of organization strategies, this video makes me happy on several levels. Enjoy. Filed under: Education Tagged: Helpful Hints, Organization, Teaching, The School Year is
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Brace yourself…
Filed under: Education Tagged: Brace yourself, Ned Stark, School
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Humans Need Not Apply
I’ll treasure my special snowflake status as a special needs teacher until the teaching profession succumbs to the efficient robo-teachers of the future. :> I’m guessing that behavioural robot teachers will air-deploy Valium and whatever else is required to maintain the learning environment. Filed under: Technology and Computers Tagged:
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: No Skin Thick Enough – Harassment in the Gaming Industry
Seems like we have a bit of feminist theme going on here this week – quelle suprise! Harassment and how women and men are taught to exist in society. If we can edumacate a few dudes about the toxic patriarchal soup we all swim in the world will be
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Street Harassment – Because the Lived Experience of Being Female in Public is Different
Part of the reason why feminist analysis is such a valuable tool is that FA deconstructs and identifies the constructed norms of society and rightly points out how craptacular said norms are for women. So, dudes, a glimpse into the faux-egalitarian society you’ve created and learn the implied lesson of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: All Hail the Mugs of Heteronormativity!
Talk about unintended veracity. Fascinating don’t you think? Consider the neat way this dovetails into how relationships in our society are structured and the expectations placed upon those who are male and those who are female. Pro-tip: The deformed cup or one that isn’t complete without the other is
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – God and Jeffery – The Prequel
DarkMatter2525 has produced many videos that highlight the shortcomings of religion, in this video we see how things started with, of all things, a sociological thought experiment. I’m not sure how many people would pass this particular test as stated, but more power to them. Filed under: Religion
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Peaceable World.
I do love me some infographics. Go to Vision of Humanity to see all the stats and the overall peace rankings for countries of the world. Care to guess to see if yours is on the list? I’ve got the top 10 most peaceful countries and the bottom 10 of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Against Unions.
Me too! Err… Filed under: Humour Tagged: Humour, Unions
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Middle East Backgrounder – Mission Accomplished…
The chickens of western colonialism are coming home to roost. Excerpt from “The Guns of August” – by Matthew Stevenson via Counterpunch “Doubts about the sincerity of Americans in Iraq probably began when President Ronald Reagan dispatched his former national security advisor Robert C. “Bud” McFarlane to Tehran in
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Noam Chomsky on The Nightmare in Gaza
The following article reproduced in its entirety from Altnet.org. Noam Chomsky explores the history of repression and violence that stand as precursors to the current conflict. August 7, 2014 | Amid all the horrors unfolding in the latest Israeli offensive in Gaza, Israel’s goal is simple: quiet-for-quiet,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Why is there Something, Rather than Nothing?
The desperate need to feel like a special snowflake with an afterlife easily sums up many Theistic arguments. This video goes a little deeper and compares the common endpoints when discussing the problem of why is there something rather than nothing. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Atheism, Religion, Something rather
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Kashmir
A great cover of Kashmir, one of my most favourite modern pieces. Filed under: Music Tagged: Heart, Kashmir, Led Zepplin, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Palestine – “Mowing the Lawn”…
Some results of the latest Israeli raid : * Destroyed tunnels, most often used to smuggle into Gaza household items that Israel, in violation of international law, prevents from being imported. * Massacred nearly 2,000 people, including hundreds of children as young as newborns; injured thousands more. *
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