(this is another entry that i transferred from one of the lost january artices from my old blog) the following thoughts are inspired by a conversation in daily dose of queer about gender identies: what’s an identity? what do i need it for? why do others need me to have an identity? is an identity… Continue reading identities vs. labels
Category: blogs of note
mental illness in the workplace: good news!
last month i reported on yves magloe, a tenured professor at pasadena city college, who was let go because of a mental illness. as many of you know, it is extremely rare of a tenured professor to let go of – tenure usually means lifetime employment. well, good news. hugo schwyzer reports that professor magloe… Continue reading mental illness in the workplace: good news!
gender identity: shapeshifting
a few weeks ago, i spoke of the book self organizing men, a collection of literary works promoted in jay sennet’s blog, around the theme of FtM’s – people who were born biologically female and transition towards male. here is another work of art in it, a jewel of a poem. it weaves in and… Continue reading gender identity: shapeshifting
gender freedom
as my dear readers know, one of the blogs i watch is daily dose of queer, where i found a link to jay sennett’s blog. he’s looking for bloggers to review a new anthology called “self organizing men” – women transitioning into malehood (or FtM, as it’s often called). good for him to use blogvertising… Continue reading gender freedom
blogging for the good of humankind
rick bruner from business blog consulting writes this today: … why not blogging for the good of [hu]mankind? There are issues-focused blogs like the environmental blog TreeHugger. Now there’s a network of blogs for good, founded by Paul Chaney of Radiant Marketing Group. Way to go, Paul! It’s a brilliant idea; I hope it really… Continue reading blogging for the good of humankind
breaking free of violent relationships
“you promised me you would never hit me again” – read this story of a woman who heard her son utter these words exactly one year ago and decided to leave a violent husband. i had shivers running down my spine reading her story. i guess everyone would – but for me it had special… Continue reading breaking free of violent relationships
mental illness in the workplace
read in hugo schwyzer’s blog about a tenured professor who apparently was let go because of behaviour resulting from a mental illness, as well as my comments on this alarming situation. isabella mori counselling in vancouver www.moritherapy.com
a new food and exercise plan
lindsay from dizzyisland has made a decision: After a little encouragement from my psychiatrist on Friday, I decided to bite the bullet and begin my food and exercise plan … Basically what my doctor said to me made a lot of sense; at first I wasn’t hearing her, but she finally got through to me… Continue reading a new food and exercise plan
the myth of keeping up
in a blog entry, the creating passionate users guys (three software/game developer geeks “passionate about how the brain works and how to exploit it for better learning and memory”) make a good point about the myth of keeping up. it’s really comforting to hear this from leading-edge people in information technology – if they can’t… Continue reading the myth of keeping up
feminism and body image
recently, i’ve had a number of interesting and sometimes heated discussions about plastic surgery. according to one view, plastic surgery is an artificial way to prop up a twisted body image – one that is only available to those who can afford it. according to another view, undergoing plastic surgery is not much different than… Continue reading feminism and body image