You may have heard about the recent "Richard Dawkins doesn't get it" kerfuffle*. I wasn't going to write anything about it, but I think it's interesting that a certain piece of context is getting dropped from the story.

This is how it was described on Bad Astronomy in a post titled Richard Dawkins and Male Privilege:Here’s what happened, boiled ( Read more... )

I just came across The Bitches' Guide to Etiquette on Tumblr and, one page in to its archive, have fallen completely in love with it.

From the article "Furniture Takes a Manly Turn" in the Gazette of Upper-Class Urban White People's Lives New York Times:Rough-looking furniture that carries a whiff of shop class, handmade by guys who have their own power saws - and know how to use them - is design’s new tack. Art is a many-gendered thing, but right now it is emphasizing the ( Read more... )

I'm in the market for some new shoes and would like to find a pair of what seem to be referred to as "minimal" or sometimes "barefoot" shoes - a thin, flexible, uncushioned sole and a non-confining upper are the two most important characteristics at the moment.

Why minimal shoes? Partly because of things I've read, like the New York Magazine ( Read more... )