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Saturday, April 22, 2023

The Jena Set 2

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I have now finished reading Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics by Andrea Wulf. The second part was focused, to a considerable degree, o...
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Thursday, April 20, 2023

Romance & reason 2

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In my last post I discussed the ideas of Eva Illouz, a Moroccan born sociologist who writes on the topic of relationships. I noted that she...
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Saturday, April 15, 2023

Romance & reason 1

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Eva Illouz is a Moroccan born sociologist who writes intelligently on the topic of relationships. In her book Why Love Hurts (2012) she mak...
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Saturday, April 08, 2023

A local flyer

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I saw a flyer in my local area advertising meetings for "vulva-bodied beings". It turns out that the meetings are for local women ...
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Monday, March 13, 2023

The Jena set

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I've begun reading Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self by Andrea Wulf. It is about a group of German ...
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Sunday, February 26, 2023

Empowered to be alone?

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Chrissie Swan is a 49-year-old Australian TV and radio presenter. Last year she confirmed that she had separated from her partner of 15 year...
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Monday, February 20, 2023

The original "What is a woman?"

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The American political commentator Matt Walsh released a documentary recently titled "What is a woman?" It showed the difficulty m...
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Sunday, February 12, 2023

A false footing

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In 1892 an Australian Christian socialist by the name of William Guthrie Spence gave a speech on the topic of "The Ethics of New Union...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Vacating the field

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Matt Wallaert has drunk deeply of the liberal kool-aid. Here is his take on the issue of prostitution: What he is arguing is that if his wif...
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Thursday, January 26, 2023

Revisiting Juliet

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Almost a dozen years ago I posted a story about a New York woman named Juliet Jeske. She was 38-years-old at the time and felt cheated of t...
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Monday, January 23, 2023

From Chesty Bond to this?

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Bonds is an iconic brand in Australia. Established in 1915, Bonds established their appeal through a very successful advertising campaign f...
Thursday, January 19, 2023

Living through the other? Part 2

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 In my last post I set out an argument the gist of which is: 1. Liberal moderns in Australia are not universalising their moral claims. The...
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