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Ode to Cups
One of life’s pleasures is the daily process of choosing a cup from which to enjoy my morning coffee. I am now at my mother’s house in Portland, Oregon. She shares this enjoyment and is surely a prime source thereof: … Continue reading
A Bit of Americana: Estate Sales
I’d been to estate sales from time to time (those sales designed to empty the homes of the recently deceased, often organized by professional dealers), but I’d never been involved in one for a member of my own family. An … Continue reading
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Tagged commercial, death, distribution, family, inheritance
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Working with One Hand Tied Behind Your Back
We have all heard, perhaps, the Chinese notion that ‘women hold up half the sky’; but I had not heard the analogy comparing current development practice with ‘working with one hand tied behind your back’. Andy White, of the Rights … Continue reading
One Woman’s ‘Relationship’ with Football
Returning from a busy and demanding week long meeting in Washington, DC, discussing heavy subjects like gender norms and agency, I was ready for a relaxing evening when I got home. My husband had greeted me by having the garage … Continue reading
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Tagged 49ers, breast cancer, Bulldogs, David Pierce, Ducks, Eagles, Giants, Jets, Seahawks, Sooners
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Life’s Small Pleasures on a Sunday Morning
Having just emerged from a week of a strange blue funk, I’m noticing life’s small pleasures, which have been drifting by unobserved, unappreciated, above my head. A flu shot, itchy allergy-ridden eyes, and new glasses that didn’t quite fit right … Continue reading
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Tagged bead, cat, coffee, delight, flower, letter, stationery
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On my Late Discovery of the ‘Charter of the Forest’
The Magna Carta Manifesto,* a book written by Peter Linebaugh, has spurred all sorts of thoughts. Primary among those is simply my learning that a companion volume to the Magna Carta itself exists. The Magna Carta is a central and … Continue reading
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A Brief Comment on ‘Systematic Reviews’
There is a movement afoot to encourage a more systematic and replicable form of literature review within science. On the one hand, I do recognize and approve the notion that we need to be broad in our reviews and not … Continue reading
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Tagged anthropology, discipline, internet, literature, subjectivity
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Gendered Implications of my own Values
After writing about my values a few days ago, it occurred to me—brought back to my professional interest in gender—that my [very American] values did not seem to be particularly ‘gendered’. They would be, it seemed to me, equally pertinent … Continue reading
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Tagged courage, gender, hegemonic masculinity, norms, pride, strength, violence
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Central Elements of my Personal Values as Captured in Sayings and Quotations
‘To thine own self be true and it follows, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.’ [from Shakespeare’s Hamlet] This quotation came to my mind early this morning, far too early in fact … Continue reading
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‘Summertime and the Livin’ is Easy’
The music of our youth stays with us, bringing back memories and feelings from earlier eras. Driving home from a Sunday breakfast outing with my husband this morning, I heard the rhythmic beat of 1960s music blaring from an excellent-quality … Continue reading