The transgender “issue” has come increasingly to the forefront of social consciousness in many parts of the world, and I’m baffled at the desperate attempts of some to feel threatened by trans people. My experience of transgenderism (as of so many things) is unusual. I lived five years of my childhood in Bangkok. My dad… Continue reading Gender, sex, and all that jazz
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It’s Time
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The Unsubtle Sexism of Advertising to Mothers
Advertising to mothers is a trend that goes back, I suspect, to the dawn of advertising. It’s first-class manipulation, tapping into our deepest biology: the parental urge to put our kids’ needs first, to always want what’s best for them. “Choosy mothers choose…” etc. It’s also deeply sexist and dehumanizing. Constantly addressing women as “mothers”… Continue reading The Unsubtle Sexism of Advertising to Mothers
Mimma Meets an Atheist
I have never been much of a housekeeper, nor cared to be. I grew up in times and places where many people (not just wealthy ones) had live-in servants. My parents both had jobs, and someone else was paid to take care of cleaning, cooking, gardening, etc. When we lived in the US during my… Continue reading Mimma Meets an Atheist
American Freedoms
For those who frame the gun control debate as a matter of your personal freedoms, let’s look at that argument from another angle: When I was young, in the 1960s and 70s, I did not have a choice about breathing cigarette smoke. I never smoked myself, but many people around me did (including my parents),… Continue reading American Freedoms