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Archive | July 2015
Oh the things I would write about
If I thought they wouldn’t cause my family to fuss so much…
I’ve tried in the past and been told not to because I “sound weird and nobody will give me a job”.
Compassionate and sensitive
According to my new counselor these words describe me. I’m not sure many people would agree.
Love Notes from Freya, 7/28/15
I like this blog, and the occasional ‘Love Notes…’ posts Cara writes. Sometimes they’re just the right thing I need to read at the right time.
Be what you were born to be. Don’t hold back. From the deepest acceptance comes the brightest beauty. Love, Freya
Review: ‘The “Colored Hero” of Harper’s Ferry’ by Steven Lubet
The “Colored Hero” of Harper’s Ferry
John Anthony Copeland and the War against Slavery
Steven Lubet
Published by:
Cambridge University Press
Publication Date:
16th September 2015
Edition: Paperback
ISBN: 9781107076020
PRICE: $27.99 (USD)
Review: ‘No Sweat’ by Michelle Segar
Published by: AMACOM Books
Published: 10th June 2015
EDITION: Paperback
ISBN: 9780814434857
PRICE: $16.95 (USD)
Why Animism and Polytheism are Radical Religions in Capitalist Societies
A good deal of animism and polytheism’s power, as it is expressed in outward form, is that it directly challenges the overculture’s directions to consume and produce for their own sake. Slavoj Žižek notes that products like Coke produce their own perpetual desire. In “The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology”, he notes that Coke self-perpetuates by two ways, in that it makes one’s duty to consume and enjoy Coke, and that the consumption of it leads to the thirst that leads a person to want to consume it more. After all, it is a drink, but by its nature it produces further thirst rather than satiating it.
The paradox of Coke is that you are thirsty, you drink it. But, as everyone knows, the more you drink it, the more thirsty you get.
Polytheism demands us to understand that while pleasure, the satiation of thirst, and enjoyment may be side-benefits of…
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