So NOW What? On Power and Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Celebrity
A little over year ago, when I first heard about Louis CK’s abuse of power, I was going to write a post suggesting he might actually be the guy able…
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On Aronofsky and Climate Change
An article that mixes philosophy, film, and climate change – three of my favourite topics of discussion! Nolan Gear writes about Aronofky’s film mother! “What could it mean for this…
On Anxiety
I just finished John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down, which I read because he claimed it was his way of trying to put words around what it’s like to…
On Betsy DeVos in Ontario
Betsy DeVos is coming to talk to the Minister of Education, apparently to learn about our schools. Let’s hope the meeting just goes in that direction. When she was first…
Action is the One Miracle-Working Faculty of Man
This piece by Wen Stephenson is a beautifully written comparison between Hannah Arendt’s Nazi analysis and the pivotal issues of our time. I’m also afraid, not so much about what…
Out of the Wreckage Teaser
Monbiot’s new book looks to be most similar to his Manifesto, which came out just over a decade ago. I love when he gets all revolutionary and inspirational. Here’s an…
On Antifa Methods
It’s not just Tina Fey who’s getting lambasted for promoting this position, “I really want to say, to encourage all good sane Americans, to treat these rallies this weekend like…
On Memes and Theft
The Guardian has an article about memes, this one in particular, and I love their choice of cover photo: Because it’s not remotely important relative to everything else going on,…
On Freud and Einstein’s Correspondence
Lately many people are talking of the rise and fall of Freud’s psychotherapy and his philosophies. Some write him off completely because many of his psychoanalytical claims have been discounted…
On the Absurdist Victory: All is Well
A while back I wrote about a video comparing Stoicism and Existentialism. The video also touched on different psychology principles developed from each philosophy. Stoicism is easily seen in CBT…
On Fascist Movements and Free Speech
Some people are upset because Ryerson cancelled a panel discussion featuring Faith Goldy, of Rebel Media, who openly expresses the belief that Muslims are a problem in our country. A…
Inconceivable! His Dinner with Chomsky
Wallace Shawn sat down for a chat with Noam Chomsky, and here’s what they talked about – slightly abridged and loosely quoted (for clarification purposes) with links. It’s a great…
On Slippery Arguments and Women at Google
You can read most of the infamous Google memo here, and for the record, I don’t think opening up this discussion should be a fireable offence, but I’m just concerned…
On Community, Again
I just read local author Paul Born’s Deepening Community. In places, it’s very close to what I’ve written about in terms of ensuring that we’re kind to one another at…
Prevention as an Ounce of Cure
Here’s an update on what I’ve learned about lymphedema after an ALND. It’s way less scary now that I know how to manage it, but it’s still a drag. It…
On Having the Lowest Graduation Rates
This recent article in my local paper tells us that our region is lowest in the province for graduation rates. ON FIFTH YEAR RATES They worry that “Students who did…
The Plight of the Millennials
Further explanation here. First, a bit about statistical norms and the normal distribution. In social sciences, for something to be considered a statistically significant characteristic of a group, it just…
On Comparing Existentialism and Stoicism
This summer, I went on one camping trip with a book on Stoicism, then another camping trip with a book on Existentialism, and I was intrigued by the many similarities.…
Arendt on Revolution and the Necessity of Eradicating Poverty
Hannah Arendt’s essay, “Thoughts on Poverty, Misery, and the Great Revolutions of History,” written in the 1960s, was apparently just recently published for the first time. It continues to be…
Chest Tattoo with a Side of Lymphedema
As a means of healing and prettying up my mastectomy scars, I looked forward to a chest tattoo. I envisioned never wearing a bathing suit top again! After my mastectomy,…