Monthly Archives: October 2012

Thinking about Marx and Women

I’m reading a wonderful book called Caliban and the Witch, by Silvia Federici.  Its central point is a link she makes between the definition of women’s roles as domestic/private and capitalism.  It’s a point I don’t 100% ‘buy’; but she … Continue reading

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Men in Pink: American Football, From a Woman’s (Semi-Anthropological) Perspective

Although I watch a fair amount of American football—bonding with my husband, remembering my father, thinking of my brother—I do find that there are some oddities on the football field (always, but perhaps a bit more so this year).  The … Continue reading

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Obama vs. Romney, Biden vs. Ryan

This time I’m more than perplexed. I’m worried.  And I don’t understand the thinking of a large percentage of the American electorate.  Mitt Romney expresses his view of the world as a contest in which competition reigns, with inevitable winners … Continue reading

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