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Cultural relativism and harmful cultural practices
Last week, at least a few of my students essentially argued that they didn’t believe there was any such thing as a universal human right. “Human rights are culturally contingent,” said one.The question I think I want to ask today is about who, in these particular…
“How Rich Breeders Changed the World”
Ross Gittins is a great writer who I relied on extensively in high school to explain complex economics. His latest article in the SMH is on a fascinating book by Gregory Clark, a professor of economics at the University of California, Davis. The book, A Farewell To…
Protected: Maiden to Mother
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Protected: Owie owie owie
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Protected: I felt Harper!
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Protected: You asked for it
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Protected: Thumpety-thumpety-thumpety-kick!
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Protected: And in the “I rock’ department
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Protected: 16 weeks? Is that all?
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Life begins at 0, apparently
Via various people: Crazy US right-wing moral majority try to redefine abortion to include any contraception that prevents a fertilised ovum from implanting in the uterine wall. Agh, please don’t let this go through. Come on Obama, get yourself elected and save your…
Hamlet: the Facebook feed edition
Ganked from cavalorn :Horatio thinks he saw a ghost.Hamlet thinks it’s annoying when your uncle marries your mother right after your dad dies.The king thinks Hamlet’s annoying.Laertes thinks Ophelia can do better.Hamlet’s father is now a zombie.The king poked the…
Women’s rights are human rights
How and to what extent can women’s interests be advanced through human rights theory and activism? This is a question near and dear to me. I have been involved with Amnesty International for many, many years, writing letters from a young age, volunteering during my…
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New poem
Given that there are only 8 readers of mordwen_poetry, I should probably mention that I wrote a new poem today, in response to Lisa’s cremation.
Bury Me
I want to be worm food. Give me a while yet, under the sun, but then, when it’s time, lay me down under a gum tree and let it feed on me. I want to be worm food. Let those sightless beasts wriggle into secret cavities, making me richer, tastier, more nutritious for…
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Vale Lisa Maree Chivers, 1971 – 2008
Lisa’s funeral this morning was lovely. I was right: she was about my age – 6 weeks younger, in fact. We still don’t know how she died. My only new information is that she died in her sleep, she looked peaceful and she seemed to have fallen asleep reading a book.It…
Phoenix Emberstone
passionate political poet
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