by Julia Amanda Marcotte on the history of prayer politics. An excerpt: The 1979 Energy crisis. Instead of responding to the energy crisis through international political pressure and conservationist policies, President Jimmy Carter prayed in a national address that Jesus redo that trick with the water into wine, but this time to create oil. While [...]
Posts Tagged ‘theory’
Feminist Praxis and Female Friendships
Posted in Books, tagged Bechdel test, community, consumerism, female friendships, feminism, full frontal feminism, jessica valenti, marxist-feminism, nina power, one dimensional woman, praxis, sex and the city, theory on 01/20/2010 | 3 Comments »
by Julia I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the incredible importance of fostering a sense of community based on common experiences. From campus activism to personal relationships, exposing commonalities (especially through the accessible application of theory) is perhaps the most effective means of transforming society. This realization also results in anger at the inane [...]
Simone de Beauvoir Talks the Talk
Posted in Books, tagged A Dangerous Liaison, Carole Seymour-Jones, feminism, Jean-Paul Sartre, Mai 68, marxism, misogyny, mongamy, Paris, patriarchy, polyamory, praxis, privilege, relationships, Simone de Beauvoir, theory on 01/03/2010 | 7 Comments »
by Julia I spent the first week of winter break devouring Carole Seymour-Jones’s A Dangerous Liaison, a “revelatory new biography of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre.” I ordered this book in September, but wanted the time to fully devote to its 540+ pages. Relative isolation in south Florida with my parents, iPod, and beach [...]
