Browsed by
Tag: gender

The Changing View of God’s Will – or Witches and Doctors and Priests, Oh My

The Changing View of God’s Will – or Witches and Doctors and Priests, Oh My

Comments 1 comment

“You have no power here! Begone! – before someone drops a house on you too!” Long, long ago there were healing women, women wise with the knowledge of herbs, of sound and smell and taste, of birthing and guidance and support. Their various mindsets are probably not ones that we can fully understand or inhabit today, although an undeniable hunger for their possible stories is evident in our fictions. History may be written by the winners, but speculative imagination is…

Read More Read More

Gender-based Cultural Humor

Gender-based Cultural Humor

Comments 3 comments

Always a fount of information on the gender wars, my long-suffering friend Troy has made the two offerings below. The fact that I first typed “font” is actually funnier to me. A “font” of information. Hee hee. I know that “font” can have a similiar meaning to “fount” but the latter is more precise. Besides, all I can think of is spurting bits of Arial (be kind in the comments – heh-heh). See what kind of sludge my mind enters…

Read More Read More

Last Tickle Test – Gender Identity

Last Tickle Test – Gender Identity

Comments 1 comment

I usually enjoy taking the tests at Tickle, but this is the last one I’ll do, I think. They have gotten too aggressive with the Focalex ads, requiring several pages of skipping before you can take the test. There’s even an ad when you’re done. Also, they don’t provide html to post the results. I’m always fascinated by “what counts” as a masculine or feminine “trait.” It’s so culturally driven. And I often disagree. I’m 53% masculine and 47% feminine….

Read More Read More

Reading Michael Jackson

Reading Michael Jackson

Comments 7 comments

Ok, so here’s my opinion on the Michael Jackson story, offered from no particular professional perspective, but only from my observations of him over the years and my intuitive understandings of the strange psychology of Jehovah’s Witnesses.