The Mystery of Gender: Robina Asti and Flying Solo
Gender identity is more complicated than society likes to admit. Does it remain a valid means of classifying human beings? “I’m sorry, but I do hate this differentiation between the …
Quote for Today: Mae West
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can’t figure out what from. ―Mae West Public Domain Image via Pixabay
Quote for Today: Ray Bradbury
Oh, what strange wonderful clocks women are. They nest in Time. They make the flesh that holds fast and binds eternity. They live inside the gift, know power, accept, and …
Quote for Today: M.D. Lachlan
Men who have never had to fight love a weapon. They love to hold it in their hands, feel its balance and speculate on the damage they might do, were …
Dolls from Around the World, part two: Folk Dolls and the Female Image
From inspiring imagination to setting expectations and limits, dolls teach concepts like gender and class. What do they tell us? We can’t interpret our world without creating context, including scientific …
Images of Humanity: Storytelling and the Doll
Dolls are frequently dismissed as children’s toys. Might there be deeper significance behind them than we are willing to entertain? When I was a kid, my father traveled several times …
A Darker Shade of Blue: Andrea Gibson’s Blue Blanket
Andrea Gibson is a poet, activist and one of the most powerful poetry performers of today. Her impassioned recitation and stirring fearlessness in subject matter have garnered her a fourth place finish …
Conflict in the Warrior Archetype: Giuseppe Verdi’s Aïda
One of the most interesting aspects of the warrior archetype is the conflict between being a warrior and a soldier. This is at the center of Aïda, Giuseppe Verdi‘s opera about a tragic love …
Quote for Today: Tiffany Madison
That male military persona feeds a subconscious, passive-aggressive female desire to dominate the warrior as he is perceived an iconic example of masculinity (particularly amongst traditionally warlike cultures). The damsel …
Quote for Today: Dorothy L. Sayers
A man once asked me… how I managed in my books to write such natural conversation between men when they were by themselves. Was I, by any chance, a member …