LJ Idol week 30 (3/6): appropriation

As a sociologist, I'm constantly discussing cultural appropriation with my students, especially in light of feather earrings, moccasins, and "gypsy" skirts. I want my students to think more deeply about the historical background of these fashion trends, what these items might have meant to the cultures they came ( Read more... )

LJ idol week 23: the weak force

Sometimes we need something, even if we don't understand why we need it; we just know we do. And sometimes these things that we don't understand are delightful in their abstruseness.

The earth needs the sun. So do we. Even those of you who don't have seasonal affective disorder (SAD), which basically means melancholia ( Read more... )