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Casey Hayden Dies at 85

January 14, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Casey Hayden, a Force for Civil Rights and Feminism, Dies at 85 New York Times By Neil Genzlinger Published Jan. 13, 2023 While working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the early 1960s, she helped write two memos that spurred the modern women’s movement. Casey Hayden with Dorie Ladner, a fellow member of the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, History, Obituaries, Politics, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: 1962, anti-segregation, Casey Hayden, civil disobedience, Civil Rights, Ella Baker, Freedom Rides, New York Times, Port Huron Statement, S.D.S., sexism, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society

Jaron Lanier on Poisoning

November 27, 2022 by sergneri 1 Comment

Trump, Musk and Kanye Are Twitter Poisoned The New York Times, Opinion Guest Essay, Jaron Lanier, Nov. 11, 2022 ‘Extinction is on the table’: Jaron Lanier warns of tech’s existential threat to humanity, The Guardian, Edward Helmore, Sun 27 Nov 2022. Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist who pioneered research in virtual reality and whose … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, IT Failures, Politics, Racism, Science, Slavery, the Anthropocene, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: addiction, antisemitism, behavior-modification, cancel culture, Elon Musk, engagement, fandom, Jaron Lanier, Kanye West, online bullying, operant conditioning, public behavior, slavery denialism, Twitter Poisoned

Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall Dies at 93

September 12, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The New York Times obituary of Gwendolyn Midlo Hall tells a fascinating life of someone we should have heard more about when she was alive.   Dr. Hall led a colorful early life as a civil rights activist and spent the bulk of her academic career at Rutgers University, where she taught Latin American history. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Feminism, History, Obituaries, Politics, Racism, Slavery Tagged: African-American, Africans, enslaved people, Francophone, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, history, Latin American, Louisiana

HATELAB

May 8, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In the Guardian, May 7, 2022, an article on hate speech Hate speech online has escalated to unprecedented levels. Matthew Williams, a professor of criminology, is shining a scientific light on who is behind it and why. “It is no coincidence that soaring hate-crime figures are found in countries where the extreme right is rising … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Feminism, IT Failures, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about Tagged: big tech firms, Cardiff University, Civil Rights, criminology, governments, hate, hate speech, hate statistic, hate-crime, HATELAB, incels, Internet, internet hate, Matthew Williams, Misogyny, organisations, Twitter

2022 TMS Cards

March 9, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From my indomitable little sister in 2022:

Posted in: Faits Divers, Feminism, Future of Work, Thinking about Tagged: 2022, Theresa Marie, TMS, TMS Artwork

Jason Epstein Is Dead at 93

February 4, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Jason Epstein, Editor and Publishing Innovator, Is Dead at 93 His literary and marketing instincts brought quality paperbacks to American readers and led to the creation of The New York Review of Books. New York Times Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Feb. 4, 2022

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, Obituaries, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: Barbara Epstein, Barnes & Noble, Doubleday & Company, editor, Edmund Wilson, Elizabeth Hardwick, Jason Epstein, Random House, Robert Lowell, The New York Review of Books

America is now in fascism’s legal phase

December 22, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In the Guardian: America is now in fascism’s legal phase Jason Stanley is Jacob Urowsky professor of philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of How Fascism Works. Wed 22 Dec 2021 “The history of racism in the US is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, the right to vote and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Feminism, History, Politics, Racism, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: demagogues, democracy, Fascism, racism, Toni Morrison, women’s rights

Linda McAlister, Philosopher and Founder of Feminist Journal, Dies at 82

December 15, 2021 by sergneri 2 Comments

Linda McAlister, Philosopher and Founder of Feminist Journal, Dies at 82 [NY Times Obituary – paywall] She was among a collective of philosophy professors who started Hypatia, the first major scholarly publication to view the discipline from a feminist lens. By Penelope Green Dec. 14, 2021

Posted in: Feminism, Obituaries, Politics, Racism, Science Tagged: Azizah Al-Hibri, Brooklyn College, Hypatia, lesbian, Mary Ellen Waithe, Ph.D., philosophy, Rush Limbaugh, sexism, Society for Women in Philosophy, Women Philosophers, women’s studies

Gender-affirming care improves mental health for transgender youth

September 6, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In SCIENCE NEWS, an informative article on trans-gender health issues contains many things new to me about the current therapies, and the impact of legislation on trans people. One of the takeaways for me was how legislation, even proposed bills which never make to the floor of a state assembly, impact this community, increasing anxiety … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Feminism, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: adolescents, anxiety, depression, female, Feminizing, gender, gender identity, gender-affirming, gender-affirming health care, health care, hormone therapy, hormones, identity, male, Masculinizing, nonbinary, pediatrics, precocious puberty, Puberty, puberty blockers, SUICIDE, testosterone, transgender

Nadia Boulanger

August 30, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From the New York Times: She Was Music’s Greatest Teacher. And Much More. A festival broadens our understanding of Nadia Boulanger, the pathbreaking composer, conductor and thinker. By William Robin July 30, 2021 Nadia Boulanger on Wikipedia

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Feminism Tagged: Aaron Copland, classical music, France, French, French composers, Lili Boulanger, Monteverdi, Nadia Boulanger, pedagogy, Philip Glass, Prix de Rome, Quincy Jones, Raoul Pugno, Villa Medici, Virgil Thomson
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