I read this article in The Conversation, Does it really empower women to expect them to make the first move? (theconversation.com). It’s about the dating app Bumble. Bumble’s twist on online dating is that it makes women go first. The whole looking at profiles and swiping part is similar to other apps, especially Tinder. But…
I find Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) incredibly attractive. Like movie star/fashion model attractive. I actually think she’s better looking than many of the actors and models that are famous for being good looking. It’s weird and it makes me uncomfortable. Harris has been elected Vice President of the United States and I can’t help but be…
Philosophy Phridays is a series where each Friday, I go to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, click on “random entry,” and then write about whatever comes up. This week’s random entry is Feminist Metaphysics. Metaphysics, broadly speaking, is the study of what exists, what those existent things are like, and how they came to exist….
Carrie Fisher died today. I wasn’t going to write about it. Even though I’m a huge Star Wars fan, I figured there were tons of pieces being written by better, more knowledgeable writers. What could I add? But, as I was reading many of these pieces this afternoon, I realized something. I seem to be…
There has been something disturbing about the 2016 presidential election. I should probably be more specific. There have been a lot of disturbing things about the 2016 presidential election. For right now, though, I’m thinking of one thing in particular. That thing is the fact that so many people are failing to notice the rampant…
For anyone who doesn’t know, Jessica Jones is a Marvel Comics hero. She is not your typical superhero. She has super powers, but when she tried the hero thing, it didn’t go so great. So, now she is a PI. It gives a different slant to the whole superhero theme. Netflix recently released season one…
