Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10, No. 3, was dedicated to the Countess Anne Margarete von Browne, and written in 1798. This makes it contemporary with his three string trios of opus 9, the violin sonatas of opus 12 and the violin romance that
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Dead Wild Roses: Femininity – Susan Brownmiller – Quote of the Day
Susan Brownmiller has a remarkable talent for framing slippery sociological concepts. This quote is from the introduction to her book “Femininity” and it lucidly describes the nature of the viscous catch-22 women experience for the crime of being born female. “Femininity always demands more. It must constantly reassures its
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Smarter in 60 Seconds? – Schrödinger’s Cat
Never say we don’t care about your intellectual development here at DWR: See, you’re more knowledgeable already. You’re welcome. 🙂 Filed under: Science Tagged: Quantum Mechanics, Schrödinger’s Cat, Science
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Rapetastic Catholic Misogyny
Christianity and its various sects harm women. In the early 1960′s, in response to the call of many millions of Catholic women, especially in the US, who wanted to limit the size of their families through the use of contraception, a papal commission was set up to look at
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Gun Problem?
Filed under: Humour Tagged: Getting things done, gun control
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – “Word Crimes”
Wow, talk about turning something bad into something good. 🙂 I love this song. Thank you Weird AL. 🙂 Filed under: Music Tagged: Parody better than Original, Weird Al, Word Crimes
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: John Pilger on Ukraine Situation
The US is doing it again. “In February, the US mounted one of its “colour” coups against the elected government in Ukraine, exploiting genuine protests against corruption in Kiev. Obama’s national security adviser Victoria Nuland personally selected the leader of an “interim government”. She nicknamed him “Yats”. Vice President Joe
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Edmonton School Board Boots Christian Misogynists and their Abstinence Only Platform
Because Magic, taught as fact, in the curriculum is AWESOME! Further breaking news: The Edmonton Public School Board will also remove Soylent Green Recipe Book from the Foods curriculum. How does feculence like this happen in my school system? “An Edmonton teen and her mother have filed a complaint with the Human
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Who Owns the Bodies of Women?
A little push-back at the more toxic prescriptions of our society. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Female Autonomy, Feminism
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Secure Housing Unit Psychosis – A Window into the World of Torture
Have you ever wondered about some of the shared traits of humanity? One could prosaically think of Love, Compassion and Happiness and one would be correct. If the similarities ended there, I wouldn’t be writing, nor would you be reading about the prevalence of torture across the globe. “The
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Service Addendum – What would Jesus do?
Helpful Advice. 🙂 Filed under: Humour, Religion Tagged: Humour, The DWR Sunday Disservice
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – The Atrocities of Christian History: The Malleus Maleficarum
Christianity has never been good for women. Historically speaking though it takes a new invention coupled with the preexisting corrosive doctrine of religious misogyny to achieve that next tier of gynocidal malevolence. “Accusations of witchcraft and demonic sex began to occur more frequently in the fifteenth century. They were
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Palestine, Rockets and Reprisals
No one should have to live in fear. Death by airstrike, death by rocket. Same result. I cannot even imagine having to deal with every day life in Gaza, especially if I had children. “I am used to the bombings, but my children are worried. So I have to keep
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Ombra Mai Fu – Handel
Next on the list of pieces that I’m learning. Super extra challenging aria because of the recitative in the beginning. But, as they say, nothing worth doing is ever easy. “Ombra mai fu” is the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by George Frideric Handel. In the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: USA Pro-life All The… Wait A Minute.
Ah, tell me more, O noble warriors of life. Filed under: Education Tagged: ‘Merka, DWR PSA, Forced Birth Advocate Fail, Pro-Life Hypocrisy
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Distracted Driving – New Drivers
A survey of Ontario high school students reveals more than one-third of all licensed drivers in Grades 10 to 12 admit to having texted while driving. That percentage increases to 46 per cent of licensed students in Grade 12. Approximately 108,000 adolescent drivers surveyed said they have texted while driving at least once in the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: England Loses in World Cup – So Do English Women
[Police fear rise in domestic violence during World Cup] Filed under: Education, Feminism Tagged: DWR PSA, England, Violence against Women, World Cup
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: On My Relationship with Religion…
Filed under: Humour Tagged: Angel, Humour, Religion
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – The Big Bang, Were You There?
If I didn’t see it happen, it did not happen. Dark Matter2525 takes on a argumentative tact adopted by some creationists in their crusade to bring civilization back the happy-fun times of the Middle Ages. Filed under: Religion Tagged: DarkMatter2525, The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice, Were You There?
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Colon-izing the Corridors of the EPA
I’m having trouble prefacing this article, as it is just that weird. I’m thinking we can categorize it under ‘People do wacky things’ for the moment. “Environmental Protection Agency workers have done some odd things recently. Contractors built secret man caves in an EPA warehouse, an employee pretended
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