Human Shaped Culture
I can't help but wonder if we've got the story wrong. What if we're not mis-shapen? What if our culture is? How does that change the way we address our dissatisfaction?
Race, Rape, and Rights: Sacred Cows in Hip Hop
Requiring a woman to adopt an "understanding" attitude in order to approach a text saturated with male aggression is to perpetuate male aggression. For it forces her, as a first step, to submit by placing "him" first. In the case of a discourse about rape, this is violence against her.
Star Trek Ethics
The Prime Directive. It was the unbreakable rule. God, I loved it when Picard would break the rules. A few years ago I realized that Star Trek (TNG) had shaped my ethical make up more than my parents, teachers, the bible, Kant, Hobbes, the list goes on.
