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Category Archives: Feminism
Unintended consequences of political correctness
Colbert I. King – Why Obama Stands With His Church – washingtonpost.com This history comes to mind as I listen to conservative commentators, chief among them MSNBC’s Pat Buchanan, brand as "racist" the slogan adopted by Trinity United Church of … Continue reading
Primogeniture: Negotiating the internal ‘logic’ of social change
BBC – Radio 4 Woman’s Hour -Male Primogeniture Jenni discusses the law of primogeniture with Liberal Democrat MP Lynne Featherstone, who has asked the Equality and Human Rights Commission to investigate the legality of this centuries old practice, and to … Continue reading
Paradox of the evolutionary metaphor in language death
When Languages Die: Science and Sentiment : In his book When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World’s Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge K. David Harrison illustrates the individual face of language loss, as well as its global … Continue reading
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Girl Wars, Boy Wars
The Girl Wars : Terrible Mother on Offsprung.com It seems like half the interactions between women can be classified as Girl Wars. Do we ever get out of this? And why the hell are girls so vicious to each other? … Continue reading
Negotiating image projections: Who has the power?
New Statesman – Who is the real Hillary? she is certainly the most extraordinarily self-disciplined politician I have ever watched in action. But then she has to be, because she must balance the projection of images of supposedly masculine US … Continue reading
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Mis-entrenchment of codified blendings
The Newshoggers: Jeri Thompson – asset or albatross? [Part Two] However, thanks to a commenter at my place, I see by common definition “trophy wife” is indeed considered to be an insult. All I can say is that I didn’t … Continue reading
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Evidencing negotiated frames: The Pelosi debate
Nancy Pelosi, Respectfully Maintaining Her Own Image – washingtonpost.com There are few images more discomforting than public figures thrust into foreign cultures and required to wear the host’s traditional attire. Almost without exception the visitors tend to look smaller and … Continue reading
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Sex and race on and beneath the surface of discourse
Why I had to quit the John Edwards campaign | Salon News Even before Donohue stepped in, various right-wing bloggers were obsessed with my gender and sexuality. As I noted at the time of my resignation, the majority of the … Continue reading
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What ‘Hillary’ should have said: Indeterminacy of metaphor integration
The Politico But it wasn’t revealing because she was suggesting her husband is “evil and bad.” It was revealing because — asked about dealing with evil men like Osama bin Laden — her mind seemed to go to her domestic … Continue reading
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Logic and conceptual frames
Amazon Online Reader : Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage p. 82 The sexual double standard was so completely accepted by Romans that the educator Quintilian used the notion of a sexual single standard … Continue reading
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