Because we all deserve a shot at armchairing.
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I ran into this video when I was doing a bit of research into the question of women in philosophy. There are many brilliant women doing philosophy in all kinds of fields; the ratio of men to women is still higher than most of the humanities, I suspect.
Tags: Aristotle, Ethics, Martha Nussbaum, Philosophy
If you plan on reading this blog at all, you’ll quickly discover my Erik Satie obsession. His 3 Gymnopédies are quite possibly my favorite piano pieces. Now it is my favorite acoustic guitar song:
Tags: erik satie, music
This isn’t that far from the truth. The govt. is trying to banish smokers from the face of the earth, and I’ll be damned if I haven’t seen smokers threatened with everything up to “it’s gay”. I’m not a smoker myself, but I defend everyone’s write to kill themselves with whatever disgusting habit they see fit. Yeah, you might end up in a wheelchair on some oxygen tank, but statistically your probably going to die anyway. It isn’t the length of life but the quality of it; if smoking does it for you and you’ve thought through the health/financial considerations, then by God light it up. Even if it makes you a fag.