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2 Peter 2:1 �But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.�
Peter (Strong�s 4074) a (piece of) rock; Petrus, an apostle.
heresies (Strong�s 139) a choice, i.e. a party disunion; heresy; sect; (from Strong�s 138) to take for oneself, I.e. to prefer, choose.
We are starting the second book of Peter, which means rock. Jesus used Petra or Peter in English to build His church or foundation upon the future generations. The church, not some specific building or name, but the many membered body of Christ, all of us that believe on Him. On the Word of God Who is:
Revelation 19:13 �And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and His name is called The Word of God.�
At this time there were many false prophets, meaning teachers for when we are teaching God�s Word we are prophesying as God�s Word comes true. So way back at this time of this writing of Peter, approximately 60 A.D. so right after Jesus walked this earth, so many false teachers were out there. Satan�s attack again as he does not want God�s Word to go forward so we do not have the tools to fight this spiritual that has been going on since the beginning of this flesh age, which happened way back in the Garden of Eden. That is when we learned God put enmity, or that war, between His people and that synagogue of Satan, or sons of Cain, the Kenites as in Genesis 3:15. The word �heresies� meaning disunion or sects or denominations, as we know there are so many different types of denominations of Christian churches, or division, in the world today. Again, Satan trying to divide and destroy the people who are truly trying to hear God�s Word, as the people would rather hear men�s traditions that have been brought down over the years, or what their church leaders have to say then hearing God�s Word. There is so much especially today in God�s Word that happens right in front of us in this final generation of the fig tree here the subject the return of Christ and the end of this world age, or Messianic period both future and present:
Matthew 24:1 �And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and His disciples came to Him for to shew Him the buildings of the temple.�
Matthew 24:2 �And Jesus said unto them, �See ye not all these things? Verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.�
Matthew 24:3 �And as He sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, �Tell us, when shall these things be and what shall be the sign of Thy coming and of the end of the world?�
world (Strong�s 165) properly an age; by extension perpetuity (also past); by implication the world; specifically (Jewish) A Messianic period (present or future).
So here and also in Mark 13 and Luke 21, the same topic the second advent and end of this world, Jesus states not one stone will be left standing as antichrist, or Satan who comes instead of Christ first, will sit in God�s throne and claim to be God as in II Thessalonians 2:3-4. So then going on here as we see are in the last generation which became into being when the good seeds, the house of Judah or the Jews and the bad figs, the sons of Cain, or Kenites went back to land of Judea and created Israel in May 1948 here:
Jeremiah 24:1 �The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.�
Jeremiah 24:2 �One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.�
Jeremiah 24:3 �Then said the LORD unto me, �What seest thou, Jeremiah?� And I said, �Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.�
Jeremiah 24:4 �Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,�
Jeremiah 24:5 �Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; �Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.�
Jeremiah 24:6 �For I will set Mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.�
naughty (Strong�s 7451) evil, adversity, affliction, calamity, evil, vexed ,wicked.
The Lord commands Jeremiah to see the two baskets of figs set down right in Jerusalem. One basket very good and the other basket so evil you cannot eat them. They are the sons of Cain, or Kenites, they are so naughty, which means very evil and wicked as their father, Satan, is the wicked one. God does not created a murderer, as Satan is the father of the first murderer Cain, who planted him in the Garden of Eden in order to destroy Jesus Who did come through Eve, the woman�s Seed of Genesis 3:15. Jesus here tells us who they are:
Matthew 13:24 �Another parable put He forth unto them, saying, �The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:�
Matthew 13:25 �But while men slept his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.�
Matthew 13:26 �But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.�
Matthew 13:27 �So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, �Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it tares?��
Matthew 13:28 �He said unto them, �An enemy hath done this.� The servants said unto him, �Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?��
Matthew 13:29 �But he said, �Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.�
Matthew 13:30 �Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, �Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.���
Matthew 13:36 �Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and His disciples came unto Him, saying, �Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.�
Matthew 13:37 �He answered and said unto them, �He That soweth the good seed is the Son of man;�
Matthew 13:38 �The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;�
Matthew 13:39 �The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.�
Matthew 13:40 �As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.�
Matthew 13:41 �The Son of man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;�
Matthew 13:42 �And shall cast them into a furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.�
Matthew 13:43 �Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.�
Jesus teaches to the public this parable of the tares. Then HE explains it in private to His disciples and to us that can hear and understand His Word with understanding. The Son of man, the Lord planted the good seed, meaning the children. Then the wicked one, Satan, or the devil, all the same one, but just his different names, his seed, or children, are the tares, which are the false grain, or tare or �darnel� which looks exactly as wheat in nature. However, when it is ripe for harvest has to plucked out individually as it appears exactly as wheat, but if you eat it is poison and bitter. So that�s whey Jesus states at the end of the Lord�s Day, or the next thousand years after Jesus sets up His kingdom on earth after Satan appears for the five month period of Revelation 9:5 and 9:10 on earth. That is when the harvest will be right before the eternity, and the angels will harvest all children, as so many of the Kenites or sons of Cain are so mixed in with the people of God. So then let�s now as we know the time when the good seed and bad seed, both the house of Judah or Jews and the sons of Cain, or Kenites, so they would be the children created in the Garden of Eden, as remember Adam and Eve covered themselves with fig leaves in Genesis 3:7 over their private parts covering up the sin Satan deceived them into doing and children both Cain and Abel were produced. We then that marked that generation and now today we are living in that final generation as back to Matthew 24, remember subject is the second advent and end of this world age, we see:
Matthew 24:32 �Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:�
Matthew 24:33 �So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know it is near, even at the doors.�
Matthew 24:34 �Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.�
Matthew 24:35 �Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.�
Matthew 24:36 �But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but My Father only.�
Jesus says to learn this parable, or know it with understanding. So when the Jews and the sons of Cain, or Kenites created Israel in May 1948 that began this final generation. Then when that generation got some age on it, or leaves and harvest, or summer time was very close, we are to watch all the events Jesus has listed in Matthew 24 for His return. Then Jesus states that both the heaven and earth, the earth�s flesh age will pass away, but the Word of God is eternal and will never end. Only The Lord God Almighty, Jehovah, knows when this exact time will happen for the Lord to return to earth to take His wife, the elect or those who fought and withstood Satan in the first earth age, of Revelation 19:7-8 and also those with free will, His Bride, as God knows all people�s minds and intentions when those that should have all the information from His Word locked and loaded in their minds so they can stand up for Him. Only God knows this, however, we have a very big clue in Revelation 11:7-8 after the two witnesses� state their testimony of God�s Word and Satan has them killed in Jerusalem as Satan and his angels are commanded not to touch those with the seal of God, or knowing God�s Word with understanding, in Revelation 9:4, breaking this commandment. God then in Revelation 11:11 after three and one half days, just as the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, their dead bodies will rise in the arena in Jerusalem. So then we can deduct using the Word of God that after three and one half days when those two witnesses are killed by Satan and his angels, their bodies will raise and the Lord then returns after Satan has his short kingdom on earth here:
Revelation 11:13 �And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.�
Revelation 11:14 �The second woe is past; and behold, the third woe cometh quickly.�
Revelation 11:15 �And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, �The kingdom of this world are become the kingdoms of our LORD, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.�
At this time at the second tribulation, as remember Satan comes at the first tribulation on earth where there is also a great earthquake and the sun and moon appear dark when Satan comes as he is an archangel and very bright as in Revelation 6:12 at the sixth seal of Revelation as his number is six, six and six in Revelation 13:18. This means Satan comes at the sixth trumpet, vial and seal of Revelation right before Jesus Who comes at the seventh trumpet we see here. So right before Jesus comes those seven thousand men, the fallen angels kicked down to earth with Satan in Revelation 12:7-9 die instantly. Their roles of helping Satan deceive this world are complete. Then the second woe and third woes happen to earth, as remember Jesus pours out the wrath of the Lord God Almighty as He is very upset! His children, the majority of this final generation living on earth today have not read the Word of God with understanding and will be worshipping Satan! That�s what Jesus was sweating tears of blood and asking God to remove that wrath from Him when praying to Heavenly Father at the mount of Olives right before His crucifixion! Not the fact that He were to be crucified for His very name is the Word of God and that is His choice and His willing love for us all to bear all of our sins as here:
Luke 22:39 �And He came out, and went, as He was wont, to the mount of Olives; and His disciples followed Him.�
Luke 22:40 �And when He was at the place, He said unto them, �Pray that ye enter not into temptation.�
Luke 22:41 �And He was withdrawn from them about a stone�s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,�
Luke 22:42 �Saying, �Father, if Thou be willing, remove this cup from Me: nevertheless not My will, but Thine, be done.�
Luke 22:43 �And there appeared an angel unto Him from heaven, strengthening Him.�
Luke 22:44 �And being in an agony He prayed more earnestly: and His sweat was as it were great drops of blood, falling down to the ground.�
Luke 22:45 �And when He rose up from prayer, and was come to His disciples, He found them sleeping for sorrow,�
Luke 22:46 �And said unto them, �Why sleep ye? Rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.�
Luke 22:47 �And while He yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss Him.�
agony (Strong�s 74) a struggle (properly the state), i.e. anguish; (from Strong�s 73) properly a place of assembly (as if led), i.e. a contest (held there); an effort or anxiety, conflict, contention, fight, race.
Jesus is saying to them to pray and be focused on God so they are not brought down to things of this world. So then Jesus is here praying to the Lord and His sweat as the blood drops on the ground. Then Jesus goes to the disciples and says to them why are they sleeping for they are supposed to be watching for the enemy. Then right away the enemy comes in, just as it was foretold to us in The Word of God that Jesus had told in Luke 22:21 that Judas who was eating that last Passover supper with them would betray Him and he did. So we can rely on the Word of God, not men�s words, or the traditions of religion and church doctrines. Then let�s go back to 2 Peter here:
2 Peter 2:2 �And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.�
2 Peter 2:3 �And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.�
pernicious ways (Strong�s 684) ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal), destruction, die, perdition.
feigned (Strong�s 4112) molded, i.e. artificial or (figurative) fictitious, (false) feigned; �plastos� in the Greek.; (from Strong�s 4111) to mold, i.e. shape or fabricate.
There will be many in this final generation who will be deceived by Satan. As we read in II Thessalonians 2:3-4 the subject the return of Christ and how we gather back to Him, two things happen. The great apostasy, or going away from one�s religious beliefs, and the son of perdition, meaning the son in God�s Word, Satan in Revelation 19:10, who is sentenced to be fully destroyed or perish, will sit in God�s seat saying he is God at the mount of Olives in Jerusalem. So then it�s no wonder that many are setting up this to come forth or happen. Many churches today which are not founded on God�s Word and religions are setting up their congregations either out of ignorance for they have not read with understanding and cannot understand, or could care less as they are making a great profit out of their religion or church business. They are making merchandise out of the people ripping them off, selling them men�s ideas and the fact they are �saved� by being a member of their church or their religion and that�s all that is necessary. Never teaching them the very truth of God�s Word as that is what we need sealed or locked and loaded in our minds so we are not deceived by Satan, as he uses scripture, or the Word of God, to destroy, rob and steal from many their very souls when he appears before Jesus. So then their feigned words, are �plastos� in the Greek or plastic in English! Their damnation slumbers not, meaning Satan and those fallen angels, their evils spirits come down to earth just as we have the Holy Spirit of The Lord for us. So hear God�s Word and don�t be deceived for they are working 24/7 to kill, rob and destroy, and especially those that are bringing forth God�s Word, planting seeds of His Word! Be on guard, and at peace in the Word and prepared as God is our only rest in this flesh world that Satan has control over. They are artificial, molded and fictitious by their church doctrines and men�s ideas, not based on what the Lord God Almighty Jehovah has stated in His Word!
Revelation 6:1 �And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, �Come and see.�
Revelation 6:2 �And I saw, and behold, a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.�
Revelation (Strong�s 602 disclosure; appearing, coming, lighten, manifestation, be revealed, revelation; (from Strong�s 601) to take off the cover, i.e. disclose, reveal; (from Strong�s 575) off, away, separation, departure, cessation, completion reversal), and (from Strong�s 2525) to place down (permanently), i.e. to designate, constitute, convoy, appoint.
bow (Strong�s 5115) a bow (apparently as the simplest fabric); (from the base of Strong�s 5088) to produce (from seeds, as a mother, a plant, the earth) bear, be born, be delivered, be in travail.
So here in Revelation, which means to take off the cover and to reveal, the Word of God. Jesus did this for us to see this specific book especially for this final generation. Not at those churches and false teachers that preach �God�s Word or the Book of Revelation you don�t need as you will be flying away�! This is a lie that robs you of the very truth that is necessary to get to that finish line, when the Lord comes right after Satan appears in this flesh world. Then The Lamb, Jesus, is telling us to see His Word and what He is opening up for us to know with understanding so we are not deceived by Satan. There is a white horse, but not the white horse of Jesus, but that of the rider who has a bow, meaning a cheap, simple fabric imitation of the glorious throne of God, and a crown, appearing as Jesus as in Revelation 13:11 looking exactly like any photo, painting or image of Jesus, but speaking the lies of the dragon as it is Satan, not Jesus. Then Satan comes to destroy and to conquer for he knows he has very little time, he comes as in Revelation 8:1 right in the space of half an hour, or right in the middle of that hour of temptation, when he, son of perdition, or antichrist, meaning instead of Christ, Satan, comes right before Jesus. The world will go for it for they have read God�s Word with understanding. God has a very beautiful throne as here as the rainbow:
Revelation 4:3 �And He That sat was took upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.�
rainbow (Strong�s 2463) a rainbow (�iris�); (perhaps from Strong�s 2046) to utter, i.e. speak or say, call, say, speak of , tell; (probably from a fuller form of Strong�s 4483) to utter, i.e. speak or say, command, make, say or speak of.
That rainbow, meaning to speak or to say, as God�s Word! That is the throne of God, brilliant and beautiful, full of the very truth that we need in order to get right down to that final harvest at the very end. So stick to His Word and be grounded on that Rock Who is Christ and understand and be successful! Then going on here:
2 Peter 2:4 �For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;�
Then we are told if God didn�t spare those fallen angels, but sentenced them to perish, at Jesus�s return, we just read in Revelation 11:13, then we see here what this means:
Matthew 24:37 �But as the days of Noe were so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.�
Matthew 24:38 �For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,�
Matthew 24:39 �And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be,�
So as in Revelation 12:7-9, right before the Lord returns it will be just like right before the flood of Noah�s time. The fallen angels taking the daughters of man, or Adam, and taking them as wives, eating and drinking with them. Then when the ark came they all perished, to include the giants, or the hybrids the fallen angels produced with flesh women. Our flesh bodies can be sustained by manna or angels� food as here:
Psalms 78:23 �Though He had commanded the clouds from above, And opened the doors of heaven,�
Psalms 78:24 �And had rained down manna upon them to eat, And had given them of the corn of heaven.�
Psalms 78:25 �Man did eat angels� food: He sent them meat to the full.�
The children of Israel survived on the manna, or angels food, and so we then can conclude that an angelic body can be sustained the same way. Remember God made man in His Image and of the angels as here:
Genesis 1:26 �And God said, �Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.�
Genesis 6:1 �And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,�
Genesis 6:2 �That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.�
Genesis 6:3 �And the LORD said, �My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.�
Genesis 6:4 �There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.�
men (Strong�s 120) ruddy, i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.); (from Strong�s 119) to show blood (in the face), i.e. flush or turn rosy, be (dyed, made) red (ruddy).
giants (Strong�s 5303) properly a feller, i.e. a bully or tyrant; giant.
mighty (Strong�s 1368) powerful; by implication warrior, tyrant champion, giant; (same as Strong�s 1397) properly a valiant man or warrior; a person, mighty; (from Strong�s 1396) to be strong; by implication to prevail, act insolently or disrespectful, be stronger or valiant.
old (Strong�s 5769) concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; time out of mind (past or future), i.e. practically eternity; always; (from Strong�s 5956) to veil from sight, i.e. conceal, blind, secret thing.
renown (Strong�s 8034) an appellation or name by a specific geographical location, as a mark or memorial of individuality; honor, authority, character, famous name, renown; (perhaps from Strong�s 7760 through idea of definite and conspicuous position) to put, place, tread down.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers are about to experience the most trying two game stretch of this young season.
On Friday the Cavaliers must travel to Staples Center to take on former coach Mike Brown. But before that, the Cavaliers (4-5) must first take on the Phoenix Suns (4-5) on Thursday night.
Typically, Thursday night NBA action belongs to TNT. In the past, a Thursday night Cavs-Suns game would definitely be on TNT. Not this year. In fact, this is the first Thursday night game of the season for Cleveland, and their last Thursday night game until April 26 against the Chicago Bulls (also not on TNT, duh).
This isn't the same Phoenix Suns we used to know, though. The run and gun, 7SOL, no defense days of the Suns. The Suns instead are focused on building on defense and with half court offensive sets. Indeed, the Suns are 22nd in the NBA in Pace. They're 16th in ppg and 12th in offensive efficiency. The biggest surprise is their defense, though. They are 14th in defensive efficiency and 8th in opponents' ppg.
Head coach Alvin Gentry is finally seeing his focus on defense paying dividends for this franchise and for the first time, they have the players to buy into it. For the Suns, they will feature a starting lineup of Steve Nash, Jared Dudley, Grant Hill, Channing Frye, and Marcin Gortat with bench contributions from Markieff Moris, Hakim Warrick, Shannon Brown, and Robin Lopez. But the newest name to join the Suns bench is former Ohio State great Michael Redd. Redd is expected to make his debut against the Cavaliers, the team which once tried to get him to play the Robin role to LeBron James.
Marcin Gortat is having an all around great year for the Suns and is really blossoming into the type of player many felt he could be back when we used to watch him come off the bench for Orlando. Steve Nash is still a great player, and the Suns are getting great contributions from Warrick and rookie Morris. The Kansas standout, one half of the dynamic twin duo (twin brother Marcus is on the Rockets' D-League team), Morris has made an immediate impact in the NBA. Morris is 2nd among NBA rookies in PER (right behind Kyrie Irving…they both trail the Sixers' Nikola Vucevic). He's 5th overall in the NBA in 3pt shooting at 54.5%.
The Cavaliers will likely continue to use a starting lineup of Kyrie Irving, Anthony Parker, Omri Casspi, Antawn Jamison, and Anderson Varejao. The 2nd unit will be Ramon Sessions, Daniel Gibson, Alonzo Gee, Tristan Thompson, and Semih Erden.
There's no question the Cavaliers have sputtered a bit on this road trip. But they hung in there for a while against Portland, arguably the team in the West playing the best basketball, and they gave Utah a game in Salt Lake City the other night. Last year the Cavaliers were losing by 20-30 points on these road trips. This team is a much improved team that continues to find ways to improve even while losing.
If you recall my pre-season discussions about this team, I focused on improving in the margins more than improving in the W-L record. We are already seeing that happen. The Cavaliers are showing more focus, more effort, and better skill than we saw most of last season.
The Cavaliers are nearing the end of their road trip, and it would be nice to get 1 win in the last 3 games. 2 wins would be great. The game at Charlotte on Monday coming off a 2 day break is very winnable. The game tonight is somewhat winnable. Of course how well the Cavaliers shoot the 3 will be something to watch, but I want to see some improvement in interior defense from this team.
Early in the season we focused a lot on Kyrie Irving's defensive struggles. I've been quite pleased with how well he and Andy have improved in communication skills. Beyond that, Kyrie has improved his defensive footwork immensely and is showing more of a knack for knowing when to go through the pick and when to slide under the screen. I'm not near as worried about Kyrie's defense as I was early in the year. But Steve Nash is incredible if you give him even an inch. That's a matchup to watch.
But more importantly is how the Cavaliers are going to defend Gortat in the post. After watching Al Jefferson abuse the Cavalier interior defense, you know Gortat is going to try to replicate his success. Hopefully the Cavaliers can adapt on interior defense as well as they have on backcourt defense.

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text: Archives > Writers < Prior Page Page 4 of 17 Next Page > I don't want to die like Mozart By Chelsea BoesPosted April 16, 2015Essay | Dr. Hake posed over his Norton Anthology of Literature in the September sun. It was one of those days he took our tiny college class outdoors, where ravens flew… [http://worldmag.com/2015/04/i_don_t_want_to_die_like_mozart] Finding comfort in a bowl of ice cream By Chelsea BoesPosted April 9, 2015Marriage | I'll never forget the time my mother came to visit me in college, stayed for a few days, then decided to leave because she missed my father too much. [http://worldmag.com/2015/04/finding_comfort_in_a_bowl_of_ice_cream] A eulogy for Jack By Chelsea BoesPosted April 2, 2015Essay | My mother swears that our border collie Jack prays before he eats his dog food. Indeed, he shuffles over to his bowl, lies down like a Roman at the feast, [http://worldmag.com/2015/04/a_eulogy_for_jack] Cherishing the miracle of marriage By Chelsea BoesPosted March 26, 2015Faith & Inspiration | During my wedding reception, a small boy approached me just as I was about to cut the cake. All evening he had been ogling the cake topper, a tiny Lego man… [http://worldmag.com/2015/03/cherishing_the_miracle_of_marriage] Facing an anxious new season By Chelsea BoesPosted March 19, 2015Faith & Inspiration | I spend my workday at a window overlooking our landlord's four cows. The cows lead simple lives—simplified, I suppose, by their unsophisticated destinies. [http://worldmag.com/2015/03/facing_an_anxious_new_season] Protect me from the praise I receive By Chelsea BoesPosted March 12, 2015Faith & Inspiration | During our weekend stay at an extravagant Austin, Texas, hotel, my husband and I felt like masqueraders in the den of the wealthy. Jonathan had come for… [http://worldmag.com/2015/03/protect_me_from_the_praise_i_receive] 'Give people the gift of allowing them to give' By Chelsea BoesPosted March 5, 2015Faith & Inspiration | The 5 a.m. Baltimore chill cut right through our coats last Thursday, the morning my husband and I flew to Texas for the very first time. We boarded… [http://worldmag.com/2015/03/give_people_the_gift_of_allowing_them_to_give] The nerd test By Chelsea BoesPosted Feb. 26, 2015Books | Are you a nerd? If you feel unsure, here's a handy diagnostic: Do you work with and enjoy machines more than the average Joe? If you had written the… [http://worldmag.com/2015/02/the_nerd_test] Gentleness is the best companion By Chelsea BoesPosted Feb. 19, 2015Essay | Back in January, someone at a holiday party told me my New Year's resolutions were just a theologically poor substitute for the practice of Lent. Because I… [http://worldmag.com/2015/02/gentleness_is_the_best_companion] Staying young while growing older By Chelsea BoesPosted Feb. 12, 2015Essay | This year for Christmas my mother gave me my first ever Lego set, which she picked up at the discount grocery. The little doll inside, a beach-blonde with a… [http://worldmag.com/2015/02/staying_young_while_growing_older] 'Can't change it back to the way it was' By Chelsea BoesPosted Feb. 5, 2015Books | Paula Danziger seems like the kind of person you'd call by her first name. That's why I began my letter to this children's book author, famed for her… [http://worldmag.com/2015/02/can_t_change_it_back_to_the_way_it_was] Completing instead of competing By Chelsea BoesPosted Jan. 29, 2015Marriage | "We could write a story. It wouldn't be that hard." With those words, our storybook began. Jonathan and I were sitting in the cushiony blueness of the… [http://worldmag.com/2015/01/completing_instead_of_competing] < Prior Page Page 4 of 17 Next Page >


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So it's been a busy couple of months in the Clutterbuck-Cook household!
Hanna and I got married, all legal and everything, two weeks ago at one of our favorite neighborhood cafes. The morning ceremony was followed by a tasty breakfast of brioche and lattes which in turn was followed by the two brides going home and promptly falling into a deep, zombie-like trance for the rest of the day! Even low-key weddings take a surprising amount of energy to coordinate and execute.
In addition to getting married, I've also accepted an unexpected promotion from Assistant Reference Librarian to Reference Librarian — complete with minions! — at my place of work. Even though I've worked at the Massachusetts Historical Society for five years (as of October 12th, in fact!), this is a new position with new responsibilities that will keep me busy for the next six months to a year as I get my feet under me (thankfully I've got a crack team working with me, so I can't complain!).
And I've decided to renew my dedication to being an historian and writer as well as a librarian, a decision that means making some difficult decisions about where to spend my non-work research and writing time. I want to keep reading and reviewing books, I have a couple of history projects underway, and along with a group of internet friends have organized a writing group to keep morale high.
All of these things mean less time for blogging, and as I'd already started to feel over-extended in terms of {blog posts I wanted to write x time it takes to actually write them \ available hours in which to focus on writing per week} it seems like a good time to rethink and consolidate my writing/blogging commitments.
Suffice to say, I've decided that as my two-year anniversary at Harpyness rolls around at the end of this year, I'll be bowing out from this space. It's been a great couple of years writing here, engaged in conversation with y'all, and I wish you well wherever you may go from here.]]>
Back in July, I unexpectedly scored an advance review copy of Hanna Rosin's The End of Men; and the Rise of Women (Riverhead Books, 2012) through LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program. It arrived last week and I had every intention of saving it for vacation … but instead read it over the course of two afternoons. In part because it's a pretty breezy read once you've got the gist — and mostly because I was so irritated by it, I found it hard to put down.*
In the event you've been in a media blackout since July 2010, Rosin originally wrote an article for The Atlantic under the same sensationalist title (a title which she apologizes for as the book dedication; perhaps that's when you should rethink your marketing strategy?). Said article was one of a rash of journalism-lite pieces proclaiming the 2008 recession a "he-cession" and suggesting that as male unemployment rose it was women who stood to gain in both economic opportunity and political and social power. "The End of Men" painted a bleak picture of a future "matriarchy" in which high-powered, controlling women run the world while their college dropout loser husbands hang out with soiled toddlers ignoring the responsibilities of grown-up life. The End of Men is essentially a book-length elaboration on this apocalyptic vision of an upturned gender binary that — rather than creating space for more egalitarian, gender-independent relationships — merely reverses the stark hierarchy of the most aggressive patriarchal society.
More articulate and knowledgeable bloggers than I have refuted Rosin's sketchy use of data and anecdote to paint this hysterical vision of what 21st-century hetero relationships may look like, and how the changing global economy might contribute to their reshaping. I'm not going to mimic more comprehensive efforts elsewhere. What I want to talk about instead is how crippling Rosin's framework of oppositional, binary gender is to her observation and analysis, how profoundly it shapes her interpretation of what she sees in the world. Because this, more than anything, got under my skin and made me feel kinda sleazy for even paying The End of Men the time of day.
But I am giving it the time of day because — as Jill points out in her meditation on Naomi Wolf's latest venture into the world of publishing — however frustrating and discrediting I find Rosin's framework, it continues to be a compelling one for many people across the political spectrum. Rosin continues to be a respected left-of-center talking head on issues of children and education, on feminism, on parenting, on sexuality, on gender. And yet she is writing from a perspective drenched in the gender binary, seeing a world in which men stand in one corner, women in the other, locked in a zero-sum competition for power, prestige, and material resources.
And it's important to ask how truthful this interpretation of the world is, how useful it might be in helping us move forward, and what Rosin's framework causes her to overlook and leave out (in the event this post is tl;dr for some of you, my answers to these three questions are: not very, not hardly, and some pretty crucial things about humanity — for example, uh, that same-sex couples exist and don't fit into her tidy framework of hetero couples in perpetual struggle for dominance).
Rosin waffles in the text over whether gender difference is borne of nature, nurture, or a combination of both — but in the end this doesn't much matter to her thesis. Whether innate or learned, the women and men who populate Rosin's world are the tired stereotypes of gender complementarity — with, if we're lucky, a feminist twist. Women are barrelling ahead learning how to combine "feminine" and "masculine" traits and take over the world, while men (unwilling or unable to adapt, it's unclear throughout the text which theory Rosin favors) are left unmoored and impoverished. In Rosinland (seriously: is she living in the same country I am?), the men are universally intellectually closed, emotionally stunted beings who shuffle through life under the thumb of high-powered wives and girlfriends who organize and circumscribe their lives — and then ditch the dudes when their economic success leads them to greener sexual pastures. Or, if they had the poor judgment to get married before economic disparity set in, the couple falls into a routine of wifely overfunctioning and/or spousal abuse by a resentful husband.**
Here's the thing. Because Rosin is determined to make this a story about gender — and specifically, how men are losing at life while (because?) women are winning — she utterly fails to approach her research with awareness of how her beliefs about gender color her interpretation. Not only does she fail to deliver an account "unincumbered by assumption or ideology" (as the flap copy would have us believe), she doesn't even fess up to the assumptions and/or ideologies that shape her narrative. We all bring bias and belief to our project of making meaning, and thus it is irresponsible for anyone to approach such a nexus of cultural-laden ideas (gender, power, marriage, work) and not acknowledge the particular lens through which they approach their research.
Gender is, as many a feminist pointed out, a valid category for analysis. The gender we're assigned at birth, and how the world around us responds to that gender, is absolutely part of what shapes our lives. The fact that Rosin can write a whole book using the lens of gender is a victory for feminist theorists, activists, and scholars the world over. My frustration with Rosin's argument isn't that she chooses to focus on gender — it's that she seems to understand gender to be the category of analysis. Like feminists who act as if the sisterhood is the ur-category trumping race, class, sexual orientation, nationality, time, space, and possibly black holes, Rosin hop-skip-jumps from anecdote to anecdote attributing every marital friction, educational or economic woe, asshole behavior or informant viewpoint back to … gender.
The strange beings who populate The End of Men appear to have no inner life or motivation beyond fulfilling (or overcoming) the fact of their gender. Religious beliefs or social justice values? A sense of how, as an individual, the person wants to shape a meaningful life? What sort of parent they want to be, where their creative passion lies, none of this matters. The only value any being in Rosinland seems to possess is monetary, and whether their monetary fortunes go up or down seems to be a question of how skillfully they perform gender. The women who populate Rosinland are a breed of Amazonian high-achievers whose interest in people with penes seems wholly dependent on their material utility (and possibly their genetic matter and/or ability to provide fucks on a somewhat regular basis). She actually invokes Charlotte Perkins Gilman's embarrassingly racist Herland as a literary example of the world she believes we're charging toward.
And cites it as a victory for the feminist agenda. Once again, I failed to get that memo.
Because Rosin thinks women only want men for their economic assets*** she is obviously puzzled by the couples she encounters where women are (for example) pursuing advanced degrees while their partners are content with a quieter life. In Rosinland, deliberately picking a low-key job in order to have time to go fishing with your buddies, play video games, or (gasp!) be a stay-at-home dad are sneer-worthy life choices.
Excuse me for living, but men are hardly the only ones to value friendships and leisure time, fandoms and family over a high-paying career that might bring in over $100k per year but demand eighty hours per week in return. I kept waiting for The End of Men to take me on a tour of hetero relationships that have found equitable footing (I know a number of them!), where the partners actually, you know, care about one another as people rather than monitoring their significant other for how well they're fulfilling a prescribed social role. Yet in Rosinland these relationships do not exist.
I'd argue that, in part, they don't exist because Rosin completely failed to talk about queer people. At all. Not a single lesbian, gay man, bisexual, transgender, genderqueer, poly, or kinky individual appeared in the pages of her book. In Rosinland, the only option is heterosexuality — it has to be or her theory of gender relations would fall apart.
Yet even if she'd been up-front about focusing on heterosexual relationships and how economic factors shape the family decisions and interpersonal dynamics of straight people, I could have pointed her to at least half a dozen straight couples I know where the interpersonal dynamics are hardly over-determined by the size of each individual's paycheck. Newsflash: there are other reasons people enter and remain in relationships.
Hands-down the creepiest aspect of The End of Men was the way in which Rosin ha so completely accepted the neoliberal assumption that the worth of a human being begins and ends with their worth as worker.
Ultimately, The End of Men is a book that uses a lot of paper and ink to say very little that is original or useful. It regurgitates tired stereotypes about (straight) women and men, invites us to fear women's rising professional success and greater social autonomy, and is confusingly vague about how we have landed in this dreadful gendered mess. Rosin insists that men aren't incapable of putting on their grown-up pants and succeeding in this new "feminized" economic landscape — except that her references to evolutionary psychology and discredited "brain difference" studies undercut this assertion. And while she pays lip service to gender policing and social expectations that penalize men and women for gender non-conforming behavior, she is worryingly blithe about structural constraints on individual autonomy. For example, in a chapter on female executives, she argues that these women have succeeded because they "will themselves to ignore [sexism] so they can get their work done" (197).
In Rosinland, the only real obstacle to women's success is their own self-doubt.
I would argue that The End of Men is actually a book that revolves around Rosin's fear of women's equality — or at least her belief that as women make social and economic gains it is their responsibility to ease the terrible shock their hard-won equality is causing the men. The women of Rosinland are judged harshly — the text repeatedly uses words like "overbearing," "domineering," "matriarchy" — for taking on assertive, leadership roles in both the workplace and in their personal lives. Yet we are also held responsible for cajoling, bullying, manipulating, requiring, or otherwise hauling reluctant men into the new "matriarchal" world order. In a penultimate chapter on the rising economic power of Korean women^, for example, Rosin relates an anecdote about a woman who spent two decades pushing her husband to help her with household chores and now that he's finally "taken the hint" she's set to work on her son.
While I obviously have no problem with women expecting equality in the domestic sphere — regardless of the sex of their partner! — what I think is fascinating-yet-troubling about the way Rosin shapes her anecdotes is that it is always the woman who lays down the law for her man to follow. While simultaneously bending over backwards to make adaptation seem palatable to men who (because of their caveman brains?) are lost in a woman's world, disconsolate and suffering. At times, Rosin even seems to be suggesting that in order to encourage men to become more gender-independent (less wedded to outmoded notions of masculinity) we have to create special male-specific pathways for them to get there — i.e. gender-segregated educational opportunities. Surely if the future we want is one in which both women and men can thrive as people, the very last thing we would want is to suggest by the very shape of our educational system that women and men were fundamentally different beings?
In my estimation, The End of Men ends up using the supposed explanatory power of gender to account for seismic changes in the global economy that need to be grappled with in a much less reductive way. It is not enough to argue that the prevalence of women in the workplace equals the success of women (much less the success of feminism) if the reason women outnumber men in our economy is that they tend to hold jobs in the service and retail industries — jobs that rarely pay a living way, are thin on benefits, and usually exact harsh penalties for workplace organizing. It's not the triumph of feminism that labor women, as a class, used to perform for free (childcare, eldercare, housework) is now outsourced to others who, in turn, must outsource their own care-giving responsibilities.
The story Rosin ought to be telling is a story about the erosion of workers rights, about the increasing identification of citizen and self with the wage-work we perform, about the poisonous effect this has on our interpersonal relations, about the way neoliberal capitalism fails to account for the care we provide to one another that can't be reduced to work-for-hire. Yet her beliefs about gender cause her to look no deeper than a tired old tale of male vs. female.
I can only hope that her work will inspire others to do better.
*Andi Zeisler recently commented that Katie Roiphe's anti-fans can't stop obsessively reading everything she publishes; I have had a similar relationship with Rosin since reading God's Harvard (2007).
**Except in Rosinland women are the greater physical threat — based on a handful of sensationalist accounts of female aggression a la Mean Girls meets Monster. This is such a troubling misuse of anecdata I can't even.
***She totally buys into the sexual economy theory of hetero relationships, even citing Mark Regnerus' Premarital Sex in America to support her argument.
^Her handling of race gives me the no feeling on a number of levels, but her chapter on the "gold misses" of Korea is especially troubling in the way it uncritically recapitulates stereotypes about Asian women and the cultures of Asia. Also note that African-Americans appear most explicitly in the chapter on the increase in female violence and in references to "matriarchal" society.
Cross-posted at the feminist librarian.]]>
Every time a progressive justifies abortion, one of those horrid 'lamenting the preborn killed by pinko commie scum' websites gets another set of animated sparkling angel wings and a dreadful midi.
Private medical procedures do not require justification. As soon as you act like they do, you open up a line of conversation that is better left closed; you're creating an opening where there wasn't one before, and it's one that directly harms the people who need access to abortion services. As soon as you start talking about why people have abortions, you set up a tiered world of ethically justified abortions versus others. You tell patients getting abortions after rapes, for example, that they will be supported and no one blames them for making a private medical decision, while leaving patients getting abortions for 'bad' or 'selfish' reasons with the impression that you are judging them.
Abortions don't come in kinds or flavours, unless you want to talk about specific differences between individual procedures related to the stage of the pregnancy and the best procedure for the patient's needs. There is no such thing as an ethically justified root canal versus an ethically ambiguous root canal. There's just a procedure deemed medically neccessary after examination and discussion between doctor and patient, and a decision made on the basis of all available information.
You can talk openly about having a root canal. And you don't need to justify it. 'I just wasn't ready to have a cavity.' 'It was causing an infection that could have killed me.'
Read the whole thing here.]]>
Perhaps I hold people to impossible ideals,
I tell them, something is wrong with your
personality, (you're a drinker, you're
too dependent, or I think you have
a mother/son fixation). This is usually
followed by passionate lovemaking,
one good long and very well meaning
embrace, and then I'm out the door.
In daylight, I'll tip my sunglasses forward,
buy a cup of tea and think of the good
I've done for the world, how satisfying
it feels to give a man something to contemplate.
The heart is a whittled twig. No, that is not
the right image, so I drop the heart in a pile
of wood and light that massive text on fire.
I walk the streets of Brooklyn looking
at this storefront and that, buy a pair of shoes
I can't afford, pumps from London, pointed
at the tip and heartbreakingly high, hear
my new heels clicking, crushing the legs
of my shadow. The woman who wears
these shoes will be a warrior, will not think
about how wrong she is, how her calculations
look like the face of a clock with hands
ticking with each terrorizing minute.
She will for an instant feel so much
for the man, she left him lying in his bed
softly weeping. He whispers something
to himself like bitch, witch, cold hearted
______, but he'll think back to the day
at the promenade when there was no one there
but the two of them, the entire city falling away
into a thin film of yellow and then black,
and how she squeezed his hand, kissed him
on his wrist which bore a beautifully healed
scar, he will love her between instances
of cursing her name. She will have long
fallen asleep in her own bed, a thin nude
with shoes like stilts, shoes squeezing
the blood out of her feet, and in her sleep
she rises above a disappearing city, her head
touching a remote heaven, though below her,
closer to the ground, she feels an ache at the bottom.
Ms. Brown routinely described herself as a feminist, but whether her work helped or hindered the cause of women's liberation has been publicly debated for decades. It will doubtless be debated long after her death. What is safe to say is that she was a Janus-headed figure in women's history, simultaneously progressive and retrogressive in her approach to women's social roles.
While I admire many things about Helen Gurley Brown's publishing career and her seemingly boundless sociability and energy, there is no doubt in my mind whether she helped or hindered the cause of women's liberation. Her message—and that of Cosmopolitan—has always been very clear.
I wrote this post on Helen Gurley Brown in 2009, not long after I founded the Pursuit of Harpyness with four other like-minded feminists. There are many, many, many glowingly positive tributes to Gurley Brown running all over the internet today. This isn't one of them.
This weekend, sarah.of.a.lesser.god sent me a link to an article about the of the first biography of Helen Gurley Brown, founding editor of Cosmopolitan magazine. As you might know, Cosmo is a favorite anti-feminist punching bag of the Harpies; its writing is painfully stupid and it promotes all kinds of Bad Thinking about body image, sex, women's roles and gender relations. The fact that Cosmo's readership skews very young –high school and college age women–makes their pandering of Bad Ideas that much more pernicious.
We have not yet weighed in, however, on Helen Gurley Brown herself, and Sarah was deliberately waving a red flag to the feminist bull with that link, as I absolutely despise HGB and she knows it (that is, sarah.of.a.lesser.god knows it. HGB is likely still unaware, but if y'all want to forward this post to her, feel free.)
The author of the biography, Jennifer Scanlon, is a professor of Gender and Women's Studies at Bowdoin College and she thinks there's a place in women's history, and even feminism, for Helen Gurley Brown:
"Many second wave feminists wrote her off as no more than the female equivalent of Hugh Hefner," notes Scanlon, who is an expert in consumer culture. "I'm arguing that she was an early practitioner of the second wave who also laid the groundwork for what people are considering feminism today—the so-called third wave, lipstick-friendly feminism you see typified in Sex and the City.
I'm not buying that HGB was part of the feminist movement at all. Not for a moment. And I don't think Professor Scanlon really is, either. You'll notice that she takes great pains to specify "what people are considering feminism today." Not actual feminism, mind you, since that Sex and the City lipstick "feminism" has about as much in common with 1960s second-wave feminism as the "krab" in my California roll has in common with the real crustacean.
Scanlon found an untapped wealth of information on Brown at the Smith College Archives, which houses her papers, along with many other notable women of the 20th century, including Smith alum Gloria Steinem.
Gloria, honey, I'm sorry. Hopefully they keep them in a bio-hazard bag far, far away from yours.
Professor Scanlon is entitled to her opinion, of course, but I, for one, am perfectly ready to declare Helen Gurley Brown an Traitor to Womanity. Yes, she made money and founded a media empire, but she did it on the backs of other women, women who were desperately searching for independence and empowerment and who deserved much, much better than HGB's shitty, retro, destructive, anti-woman vision of society.
Consider the following:
"Brown was famous for advising women on how to leverage the social-financial contract between the sexes. "She had some interesting schemes," says Scanlon. "One was, if you go out with a man who is from out of town, get him to pay for your taxi ride home. Have him give you the cab money, let the taxi take you one block, then jump out and take a bus.""She felt that women should never pay for dates," adds Scanlon. "She was aware that men were the ones who earned the money and felt they should be willing to spend it; she maintained that women should reciprocate as they saw fit."
The word "reciprocate" in that context kinda gives me the dry heaves. In the 1960s, women were just starting to earn their own way in the world. And yet, here's HGB, saying women should still be soaking men for as much cash as we can get. Not "pay for your own bus ride" or "split the check" or "let him pay for dinner but make it clear he has no right to expect sex." Nope, in her world, men have the money, and us clever gals use our feminine wiles to get a piece. Gender equality FAIL.
Ever seen an issue of Cosmo with its ridiculous photoshopped covers? Ever read its gazillion articles about crackpot diets and rapid weight-loss tips? Then you know what I'm talking about. For that we can thank the editorial sensibility of HGB, the woman who once famously said that she loved having diarrhea because it took off a couple pounds and who told the New York Times: "Letting your body get sloppy is inexcusable." In that same article she reports that her ideal weight is 95 lbs, so we can safely assume that we're all "sloppy" by HGB's standards.
From Time: "Writing in the Wall Street Journal last week, Brown fondly recalled working at a Los Angeles radio station during the late 1940s and early '50s. Her male co-workers, wrote Brown, played a "dandy game called 'Scuttle' . . . they would select a secretary, chase her down the halls . . . catch her and take her panties off. Nothing wicked ever happened."
According to the author, everyone enjoyed the pursuit and "no scuttler was ever reported to the front office. Au contraire, the girls wore their prettiest panties to work . . . Alas, I was never scuttled." Brown professed shock that modern girls would disagree with her notions of what constitutes a playful professional pastime.
Jesus Motherfucking Christ in a handbag. What is wrong with this woman? "Nothing wicked?" That shit is illegal. I ran this magazine clip by my buddy Anonymous Prosecutor, who wrote back "In New York State we call that "forcible touching", a misdemeanor, but if the woman is panty-less, and the forcible touching continues, it's felonious sexual assault. At any rate, I can't believe she thinks that's okay."
Also from the Times: Mrs. Brown is secure enough to recommend in "The Late Show" that older women take a fresh look at their friends' husbands as potential lovers. "Husbands are a source of supply. I never feel guilt about the wife, if she can't keep him at home."
Ah yes. Men can't be expected to exercise simple self control. They're entitled to sex and it's the wife's job to provide them with it. If she's not, feel free to swoop right in there, even if she's your best friend. Don't feel guilty! That man deserves sex–because he's a man!–and you're actually helping by providing it.
"Spread semen over your face, [it's] probably full of protein as sperm can eventually become babies. Makes a fine mask—and he'll be pleased."
Or you could use a fucking moisturizer. I kinda suspect from this that HGB might have a secret sideline in bukkake films. I actually ran this "beauty tip" by my current not-boyfriend to see if it would, in fact, "please" him to help me apply a jizz-mask instead of my usual Neutrogena one. He looked horrified and stammered: "You mean you'd just leave it on there? Gross!"
I could go on. No, really, I could! Google has so much of Helen Gurley Brown's subversively anti-woman bullshit in its caches that if I wanted to mine it all, we could be here for days, that is, if we didn't spontaneously combust from righteous womanly outrage. Suffice it to say that while I'm not above picking up Cosmo to pass the time at the salon, I absolutely draw the line at lauding Helen Gurley Brown as a participant in the women's movement.
Yes, she's got something to do with feminism, alright, but only in the sense that Budweiser has something to do with Alcoholics Anonymous.]]>
Do you like beards? I like beards. But I know plenty of women who don't. Most adult men I know don't have beards. Which is weird, when you think about it. Because beards are a biological signal. A signal that says, "I am a sexually mature male, ready for mating. I have excellent genes and will impregnate you with fine children. Mate with me ladies." They are the human equivalent of peacocks' tails.
I know we shouldn't get exercised about subheadings, which are generally not written by the author (and certainly not by the scientists). But, I give you: "Tightening one's belt in a recession is usually considered prudent, but women may be advised to do the opposite after a study found that in tough times stressed men turn to larger ladies for comfort." Oh no, we thought we were supposed to be thin, but now we might have made ourselves too thin for boys to like us! Let us cry hopelessly into our pillows ladies.
Seriously. Go enjoy the whole thing!]]>
In the lightweight round, Katie Taylor of Ireland won, bringing home Ireland's first gold medal since 1996. Taylor is incredibly popular in her homeland and reaction in her hometown of Bray was explosive. The most exciting response—even if you don't speak Irish— was the teary and breathless call by Raidio na Gaeltachta's commentator Seán Bán Breathnach, who proudly sings praises comparing Taylor to historic and modern Irish heroines like Grace O'Malley, Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Maud Gonne, and Mary Robinson. (If any Harpies are Irish speakers, I'd love to know what else he was saying).]]>
Beau Sia is a Chinese-American performance poet. In her history of the New York poetry slam movement, author Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz wrote:
Beau Sia took Maggie Estep's pop culture reference-heavy work to the next level, bouncing across the stage, frenzied and electrified. His work was confrontational, hilarious and unapologetic. Sia was a firebrand who seemed determined to smash the prevailing stereotypes of Asian-America, the ones that painted Asian-Americans as being meek, passive and voiceless.
Ms. Gabriella finally speaks her mind
First I don't like so much that "flying squirrel"
thing. They are rodents, you know, like rats;
they carry diseases and even though
I know y'all find them cute, me, I prefer
"queen", "woman", or just "amazing".
And, second, all y'all well-thinking folks
who don't like the way some of those
tv commentators been dogging me
or expressing their doubts,
talking about how I can fall apart
so easily and all of that;
or making it look like I done
stole something from somebody,
please don't worry about me,
cause trust me, I can't hear them
while I am doing my thing. Mostly,
all I hear is a lot of noise and me
calculating every move in my head.
Third, I know some of y'all really wanted
Jordyn to win since she was
world champion and all, and even
if she lost at the trials, and all,
and to be honest I wanted it, too,
cause I like Jordyn—who wouldn't?
But here's the problem, I came
to beat her, really–I came to beat
everyone of these nice amazing
girls up in here, and more, and my mama
came all this way to see me win,
so just let me have this, 'k?
And last thing: some of you'all need
to know how hard it is to go everyday
with your head on straight, everyday
concentrating about each move, each leap,
each hand position, the way the body
has to obey my imagination, I have to stay
hydrated, have to keep my blood sugar up,
and every night I go to sleep trying to hear
myself think, trying to push back the pain
in my bones, trying to keep it together.
I know, its been a while since
and the perm is slipping away,
and I could do one ponytail instead
of two, or take some time to look
all pretty like Madam C. J. Walker
would want. But I have to tell you,
all y'all Hair Police, just be glad
I remembered to brush my teeth
and wash my behind each morning, 'cause
the fact is that this little lady had a few
golden things on her mind all week.
the day the races begin
One hallelujah
Two Mek dem come now
Three but we talawa
You might imagine that with the world
staring at this island, calculating
the genius of its runners, the whole
world scrutinizing; the great powers
flush with wealth, with arrogance
with the need to dominate, that
perhaps because of all this pressure,
these twelve, these nimble
youths from a spot of earth so tiny,
so basic—you might imagine
that fear, or worse, the resignation
to inadequacy, might overtake them,
shake them, break them into tremors.
But these are the unruly first off
the slave ship folks, the maroons
commanding mountains and hills
subduing an empire of violence.
These are the people of Garvey,
Bogle, Bookman, Nanny, Manley, Marley;
a people who never got the memo
to think themselves too small
to breathe expansively in this world,
a people defying scale, who expect glory
as if it was promised them.
So you might imagine fear might
haunt them while they wait. Fear,
okay, perhaps enough to make
the heart leap as it must; but unbelief
or doubt? Never, not this crew,
not this crowd of fluent bodies, music
in their bones and skins, who move
with the bearing of contained explosions.
One hallelujah
Two Mek dem come now
Three but we talawa
The New York Times on Wojdan Shaherkani, the first female Saudi Olympian.
The Washington Post on Kayla Harrison, who overcame years of sexual assault by her first coach to win gold in judo.
The Guardian on women's boxing, the first year this "bastion of masculinity" has been a medal sport at the Olympics (Did you know that until 1998, the British Boxing Board of Control denied women boxers licenses on the grounds that PMS makes us too unstable? Yeah, fuck those guys.)
And for a delightful interlude of hetero objectification, thanks to Jill at Feministe for linking to 33 Things To Love About Men's Water Polo.]]>


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The Miracle of Sunflower Seeds
By Jenn (TinyChoices.com) | October 26, 2011
I spent some time today in a garden and was awed and humbled: After 39 years on this planet, I finally learned where sunflower seeds come from.
Now, some of you are picking yourselves up off the floor after a severe fit of laughter, while others may be thinking, "well, wait a minute… where do sunflower seeds come from?" Obviously, I knew they come from sunflowers. But I never thought about it further than that, and if I did I might have wondered just exactly where in the sunflower those lovely black and white seeds are stored.
For those of you who also don't know: there's no shame in that! Many of us were raised in cities, and though we might have grown tomatoes on our fire escapes or tried to plant a windowsill garden, such a thing as a big and unruly sunflower blasting forth from the soil was something we only saw in photos or on an annual trip to get ears of corn from a farmstand upstate. And though we might have eaten bags of the seeds throughout Junior High, how many of us have ever eaten fresh ones? (leave a comment below if you have, I'm curious!)
So, yes, I was awed because it's like one of the secrets of the Universe was revealed to me, and I'm suddenly realizing how many things I eat or use with absolutely no idea where they've come from or how they're grown or made. For example, where do sesame seeds come from? what exactly is blue-green algae? how do laser printers work? Can we eat acorns as we eat other tree nuts? What is baking soda? What does the spleen do? What's the difference between mold and mildew? These things which are around us all the time– how much do we know about any of it, really? In fact, here's a good one: how does the internet work?
If you're still wondering about the sunflower seeds, here's the secret: what we call a "sunflower" is actually the "flower head," with hundreds of "florets" in the center– the soft, fuzzy middle part. Those florets are what mature into seeds! So when we see a beautiful bursting sunflower, the seeds are being formed underneath that thick protective center bit. When the flower dies and dries out, those florets drop away and the sunflower seeds are revealed. Looks like this– check out the seeds tucked in their neat rows:
It's just brought home to me how little I know about my environment, even though I care so much about helping to protect it. And it's inspiring me to look– really look– at my surroundings and seeing what else I can learn about these things I take for granted and which sustain me.
Any recent astonishing bits of new knowledge in your life lately? And, did you know how sunflower seeds grew?
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I grew sunflowers next to my front door every year growing up. When the deer or birds didn't get to them first, fresh ones are the best! :)
I grew sunflowers this year and learned something new at the same time:
I KNOW. When I saw that insanely beautiful pattern, my head nearly exploded. It's so trippy I can't really talk about it yet. :)
Alyssa, I'm going to have to actually eat a few– I thought they had to be roasted first. Oh my gosh, I'm learning so much this week!
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Prince William may be taken by Kate Middleton, but the great example set by this delightful couple provides terrific lessons in how to find your own charming prince. Here are some essential signs that he's your princely partner:
- You establish a foundation of friendship on which to build a life together.
- The things he does, says and gives show his thoughtfulness.
- He's there for you in tough times.
- He plays, and fights, fair.
- He has a sense of balance in his life.
- He tells you what he admires, appreciates and loves about you.
- He takes and gives space when it's needed.
William and Kate were friends for over a year before they became romantically involved. They found that they had many things in common, and enjoyed each other's sense of humor and company. Many people don't take the time to truly know a potential partner before becoming physically intimate. The feel-good hormone oxytocin kicks in and clouds the ability to judge whether or not the other person is a good match in non-physical ways, which becomes vitally important once those burning fires turn to smoke and ash.
William gave Kate his mother Diana's stunning sapphire engagement ring so that she would be a presence in their life together. The beautiful and heartfelt sentiment in that gift was not lost on his fiancée. Kate found this incredibly touching and romantic, as would any woman. It is the thought and feeling behind any gesture that says far more than the showiness or price tag.
Kate has already been the subject of extreme public scrutiny, which she was completely unprepared for. William clearly feels very protective of her. He is, and will continue to be, her support system. For the rest of us, this would probably be more about having someone comfort and support us during our own or a family member's illness. Whatever the tough times look like, a partner's support, or lack thereof, is an litmus test for a relationship.
The couple went through a very public parting of the ways in 2007. Much to their credit, neither of them had a negative word to say about the other. Conflicts are an inevitable part of relationships. Research shows that the ones who know how to have a clean, fair fight are the ones who will not only survive, but thrive. No yelling, no name-calling, no dredging up the past!
William has interests beyond living the life of a wealthy prince. He has focused on his role in the military. He and his brother Harry have continued with the charity work that their mother was famous for. At the same time, William obviously knows how to enjoy himself, in spite of the pressures of his position as heir to the throne of England. He works and plays with equal gusto.
When asked how Kate will stand up to comparisons to Princess Diana, William stated that Kate will make her own path, not compare herself to Diana. He was clear, "She'll do really well." For her part, Kate is spirited, athletic and hardworking, which has won her William's respect and love. Like any modern man, he wants a life partner, not a pampered princess.
William and Kate met at the University of St. Andrews when they were both very young. After some years, they needed to take a break to learn more about themselves as they became adults. Although the break was painful, both say that they learned a lot and grew as people from it. It is a mark of maturity to know that people occasionally need a break from relationships. Whether that is an evening apart, a long weekend with friends, or a longer separation, the ability to negotiate space without recrimination can turn out to be a couple's saving grace.
Of course, finding your own prince charming is one thing, and keeping him is quite another. If you want a man with all of the above and more qualities, then you need to give as much as you get. Women who are happy, generous, kind and caring are going to attract kindred princely spirits. (Of course, it helps tremendously to look great in skimpy lingerie.) Kate Middleton did, and so can you!


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The Food-Truck Revolution Rolls On — Here's Where
Grub Street was excited for Fashion Week for lots of reasons, but one of the best parts was supposed to be stalking the L.A.-launched Heartschallenger-sweets truck. So we were disappointed to learn that instead of doling out Japanese candies (or, more likely, mix tapes) to models, the rosy-pink hip-mobile is currently being boxed up for shipment to Europe. No matter. In addition to learning that the artist-musician couple who owns the brand plan to return in May (in a season-long deal with the Parks Department!), there are plenty of other trucks in this town to satisfy our food-on-wheels fancy. Here's our rundown of the best. —Alexandra Vallis
Grub Street was excited for Fashion Week for lots of reasons, but one of the best parts was supposed to be stalking the L.A.-launched Heartschallenger-sweets truck. So we were disappointed to learn that instead of doling out Japanese candies (or, more likely, mix tapes) to models, the rosy-pink hip-mobile is currently being boxed up for shipment to Europe. No matter. In addition to learning that the artist-musician couple who owns the brand plan to return in May (in a season-long deal with the Parks Department!), there are plenty of other trucks in this town to satisfy our food-on-wheels fancy. Here's our rundown of the best. —Alexandra Vallis
|Critical Reception
|Dessert Truck
|E. 8th St., at University Pl.
|Former Le Cirque pastry chef makes his name by hawking haute bread pudding and chocolate soufflés on the street.
|"There's no more fitting way to end a restaurant binge in this green, no-frills gourmet era than with a furtive late-night visit." [Adam Platt]
|El Rey Del Taco
|30th Ave., at 33rd St.
|Tacos, tortas, and burritos with lots of filling options for dinner and late-night noshing.
|"The burrito was very nice but the torta because of the delicious pork rocked my world!" [Joey in Astoria]
|Endless Summer Taco Truck
|N. 7th St., at Bedford Ave., Williamsburg
|Rockers who decided to start serving Mexican food to meet hipster chicks, probably while stoned.
|"Will this be the first taco truck to have groupies? It all hinges on their horchata recipe." [Daniel Maurer]
|Green Pirate Juice Truck
|Brings the community together over expensive fresh-juice drinks.
|"I had a cantaloupe and coconut crush that was just as refreshing, and much healthier, than a vanilla-and-chocolate twist with sprinkles.…The Green Pirate also uses only vegetable-based bio-diesel in its truck." [Mouthing Off/Food and Wine]
|Returning in May
|Travels to top cities, including New York and London, to see concerts by looking cool and selling Japanese candy and toys.
|Mister Softee meets his match.… The powder-pink trucks are stocked with ice cream and global treats served up by Leyla Safai, an L.A.-based artist, and her musician beau, Ben Pollock." [NYT]
|Ice Cream Man
|Special events
|To give FREE ice cream to the WORLD!
|"Who doesn't love the ice cream man?" [Gothamist]
|Jiannetto's Pizza Truck
47th St., nr. Park Avenue (917-287-7241)
|Grandma slices from midtown's original pizza truck.
|"They aren't going to win any pizza taste-offs, but the square Sicilian (read: no cheese) slices are still pretty delicious." [Gridskipper]
|mo gridder's
|565 Hunts Point Ave., nr. Whittier St. (718-991-3046)
|A Trailer with a mobile-barbecue pit smokes meat you can eat inside a "customer lounge."
|"The ribs: that's where the getting gets good.… The meat is sweetly and amply imbued with smoky flavor by the time it's in your hands. [NYT]
|Mud Truck
|Lafayette St. at St. Marks Pl.
|Mediocre coffee that's not Starbucks.
|"A similar machine will now be fomenting rebellion (in the form of unexceptional coffee) in the West Village." [Josh Ozersky]
|Pranzo Pizza Truck
|Park Ave., at 55th St.
|To one-up Jiannetto's by serving round-pie (instead of just Sicilian) slices out of a truck.
|"How can more pizza out of a truck be a bad thing?" [Midtown Lunch]
|Sub on Wheels
|Lee Ave., at Williamsburg St., Williamsburg
|Make regular street food kosher and serve it to the Hasidic community in Williamsburg (then expand and become an empire).
|"It was no masterpiece, but a grubby and enjoyable mix of beef, chicken, and grilled vegetables." [Eat for Victory/VV]
|Super Taco Truck
|Broadway, at 96th St.
|Has supplied the Upper West Side with cheap tacos for fifteen years.
|"They are good tacos. And as anyone familiar with the taco landscape of the city knows, a good taco is hard to find. " [NYT]
|The Steak Truck
|E. 47th St., nr. Park Ave.
|To serve everything you would possibly want for lunch, out of a truck.
|"'Specialty Dishes When Available' (No Prices Listed): Chicken Tikka Masala, Paella, Chicken Strips, Falafel, Chicken Wings, Curry Chicken, Shrimp Stew & of course…STEAK." [Midtown Lunch]
|Treats Truck
Moves (212-691-5226)
|Goodies like Rice Krispies treats and sandwich cookies feel more nostalgic when they come from a retro truck and a smiling baker.
|Kim Ima's "brownies ($3) are rich and fudgy…her cookies ($1 to $2) strike just the right balance between crisp and chewy, and her Rice Krispies squares ($2) are…a perfect midday snack." [NYS]
|Wafels & Dinges Truck
|Broadway, at Spring St. (often moves)
|To serve the Belgian Ministry of Culinary Affairs chewy or crispy waffles loaded with whipped cream.
|"The steaming hot cakes are dusted with confectioner's sugar, topped with whipped cream, strawberries, and chocolate. (Now that's the way to start a morning.)" [Daily Candy]


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In this video we examine the key control inputs in executing the three-turn negative spin. Because this is a negative spin you will bring the plane into the maneuver inverted at a fairly high altitude. You then decrease throttle and add enough elevator to maintain altitude so the plane stalls. Although it looks hard, you will soon see just how easy it is to do. The right aircraft setup and flight modes will definitely help, and for more tips be sure to check out John Glezellis's "Aerobatics Made Easy" column in the November 2012 issue of Electric Flight.


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At the May 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, U.S. Secretary of State Clinton announced President Obama's IAEA Peaceful Uses Initiative (PUI). To emphasize long-standing and broad support for the IAEA's mission to provide access to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the PUI's aim is to expand support for these activities by $100 million before the 2015 NPT Review Conference. At the 2010 Review Conference, NPT Parties welcomed this support and encouraged states in a position to do so to contribute.
Secretary Clinton announced a U.S. pledge of $50 million to this effort. Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, New Zealand, Hungary, and the Czech Republic also are contributing. PUI donor states will continue to work with all NPT Parties to encourage further contributions and to make the Initiative a key part of cooperation on peaceful uses pursuant to Article IV of the NPT.
The U.S. Contribution:
The U.S. contribution to the PUI builds on its long-standing political, financial, and technical support for IAEA efforts to ensure safe and secure access to peaceful nuclear applications. Since the 2010 NPT Review Conference, U.S. PUI contributions have funded more than $16 million in IAEA projects that benefit more than 100 IAEA Member States. This funding is in addition to the large U.S. share of overall contributions to the IAEA Technical Cooperation Fund (28.7% in 2011).
This support reflects the U.S. commitment to IAEA programs that advance human development goals by helping states address human health issues, manage water resources, ensure food safety and security, and build the human infrastructure to pursue nuclear power safely and securely. This is also a key element of U.S. support for a strong nuclear nonproliferation regime. Just a few of the dozens of IAEA projects funded through U.S. contributions to the PUI are described below. Some of these projects have also received important support from other states.
- Support for IAEA Program of Action for Cancer Therapy: U.S. contributions have funded expert missions to assess national capabilities to detect and treat cancer in 28 countries worldwide. These missions develop plans for strengthening these capabilities in close cooperation with national authorities.
- Ensuring Food Security in Africa and Food Safety in Latin America: U.S. PUI contributions are being used to develop regional veterinary laboratories in Africa, building and improving capacities to detect transboundary animal diseases. Such diseases put at risk food supplies and local economies, in addition to having human health implications. The IAEA aims to expand the network of such laboratories within Africa and into Asia. In Latin America, U.S. contributions to the PUI have supported similar efforts to build laboratory capacity to ensure food safety.
- Developing Nuclear Power Infrastructure: U.S. PUI funds are helping Member States to pursue nuclear power in a responsible way. In addition to regional workshops in Africa, Latin America, and Asia, and specific national projects, PUI contributions support IAEA legislative assistance to states considering nuclear power. This support enables IAEA missions to assess and enhance individual Member State capacities, as well as the development of legislative guidance documents and e-learning platforms.
- Management of Water Resources: The IAEA helps states to explore, map, and manage underground water resources to facilitate their sustainable use. U.S. PUI contributions have supported efforts in Costa Rica, the Philippines, and Oman to identify gaps in national hydrological data and to strengthen the components of national capacity necessary to address those gaps. Ultimately, isotope techniques will be used comprehensively to assess water resources, developing methods that can be applied to other states in the future.
Each of these projects – and the many other projects supported by the PUI – demonstrates the unique role of the IAEA in applying nuclear techniques to these problems. A strong nonproliferation regime and a strong NPT provide a critical foundation for IAEA programs, and the programs in turn help to implement Article IV of the NPT and to strengthen the regime. The United States will continue to work with NPT Parties and the IAEA to support these projects and to identify additional Member State priorities that can be supported through the Peaceful Uses Initiative.
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Built in 1903, it used to be an ice storage facility. It now belongs to Kevin Schoen, CEO of ACD.net and his business partner. They had just started interior demolition about one month ago and had plans to turn it into artist living and work space.
Schoen says they will continue, but they're not exactly sure how much damage has been done yet.
Someone driving by called the fire in around 6:45 a.m. Wednesday. By noon, firefighters were still trying to put out some flames. Much of the damage looks to be to the front of the building. No word yet on what caused the fire.
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While the original 1960s series Dark Shadows was a more sinister and dark story of run-ins with vampires, monsters and werewolves, Tim Burton's remake of the Barnabas Collins re-emergence story takes a comic detour.
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Letters: Liberalism, government incompetence and more
Fox News, talk radio make the case for liberalism
Marcy Young ("Freedom of the press being targeted," March 31) states that there is a liberal effort afoot to destroy Fox News and talk radio.
I have to assume that this information was fed to her by those two sources, as there's no evidence of any such attempt anywhere else. As an outspoken liberal, I'd be heartbroken if Fox and the radio boys were shut down. Not only are they doing a great job of making the case for more progressive policies, but they're amazingly entertaining as well. Even Comedy Central and Saturday Night Live can't keep a straight face like Rush Limbaugh can.
She also says that the current "soft on terrorism" policy caused the fall of the Libyan embassy, and the deaths of the Americans who were there. I won't joke about that — any loss of life is tragic, and whether there were SEALs or ex-SEALs does not really matter. Errors in judgement were made, serious errors. Any time government action or lack of same cause loss of American life, it needs to be examined.
And it has been, and the examination is ongoing. A handful of American lives were lost at the Libyan embassy, during the same administration which tracked down and killed Osama bin Laden. Ask the followers of bin Laden if this administration is soft on terrorists.
When, under the auspices of Osama bin Laden, thousands of Americans died in the attacks on the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and a brave group of people who died in tangled wreckage in a Pennsylvania field, the administration of that time was never questioned nor faulted. Yes, intelligence had been received and ignored. Yes, our leaders cowered in hidden bunkers rather than being on top of the events in briefing rooms. Those same leaders claimed victimhood, and bestowed that victimhood on all of us.
Since that day, we can have our phones tapped, our email screened, we can be scrutinized and searched. We have to submit to unreasonable treatment before we board a domestic airplane, and our bottles of hand lotion are still suspect, although our Swiss Army knives are now acceptable. Thousands more Americans have died in the Iraq war, in which no weapons of mass destruction were ever found. The Afghan war made sense, but it was treated as a secondary effort for so long that it will be necessary now to simply get out as soon as possible, having done little good, except for taking out bin Laden.
Honestly, Marcy's preferred sources of supposed information are in no danger from my fellow liberals. We need a good laugh now and then, and what the fellows on Comedy Central say is all too often chillingly true.
Kate Tilton
Government incompetence
The April 1 guest cartoonist from Indianapolis (Gary Varvel) poses a far larger problem than health care: government incompetence, that is, doing the job it was elected to do.
It's pretty obvious (by now) that we were sold a bill of goods on health care. But there's more: gas at the pump is the highest price in American history and no decision on the Canadian Keystone pipeline, with its crude and jobs; the blind sequestration hack job on the defense budget canceling Navy deployments and ship overhauls; incompetence at the state department for its inability to protect our diplomats and the putative Benghazi attack cover up; administration refusal to come clean on "Fast and Furious" gun-running and ducking responsibility with executive privilege.
Poles indicate voters are aware, e.g., 80 percent are not pleased with "Obamacare," and states are standing up to many provisions. Some members of Congress are pressing on Benghazi.