Why I'm raising my son to be a nerd
Granderson: Nerd or jock, why pick? LZ Granderson: People tend to applaud athletics more than academicsHe says his son is talented at sports but he wants him to excel at academic subjectsHe says the economic rewards for being a nerd are greater than for being a jockGranderson: If parents want children to embrace education, they have to set an example Editor's note: LZ Granderson writes a weekly column for CNN.com. A senior writer and columnist for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com, he has contributed to ESPN's "Sports Center," "Outside the Lines" and "First Take."
Pagan Metareligious Essay
For a few decades I have been "re-storying" the Female (as Goddess metaphor) in Her triple aspects to the Center of the Cosmos, finding Her within myself and facilitating that process in others through teaching and writing. This increasingly has included sensing and celebrating Her — the Triple Goddess — in Earth and in Her seasonal cycles, and as these cycles manifest in the Southern Hemisphere. I have been calling what I do "Celebrating Gaia" and "Gaian spirituality."
Club Kids: The Social Life of Artists on Facebook
Facebook is the platform on which our generation negotiates its artists’ respective brands and the tenuous connections between them. Facebook is tactically governed by a kind of silent populism– the subtle linking of identities through ‘Likes’, ‘Shares’, and brief but favorable commentary. Silence, in this case, is fitting because the formation of social ties is a gradual process on the part of the Facebook viewer, who accumulates an understanding of which artists are in lockstep with whoever else through incremental calculations based on memory, viewership, and discussion. The murky edges of who is in what clique form over time and are highly permeable. This is unlike the directly communicative methods of OWS, for instance, where the decisions and allegiances of a group are established directly and necessitate the simultaneous participation of all in a single moment.
Student Debt Crisis Campaign Performing Theater As Protest, Fundraising To Lobby Congress
Aaron Calafato was a trained actor living in New York, planning a wedding, when the economy collapsed in 2008. His soon-to-be wife lost her job as a social worker in New Jersey shortly after that, and they were forced to move to Cleveland, Ohio, where they had family in the area and a better shot at finding work. And their combined $120,000 in student loan debt went with them.
Virtual Relationships
In the past few weeks, the news and water-cooler conversations were abuzz with all kinds of dramatic events. Oprah is leaving! Casey Anthony is finally on trial! And the Real Housewives of New Jersey, Orange County and New York are in session. Can you believe the amount of coverage these people are getting on the airways and in press? Is the media playing to our vanity?
The Triple Goddess: the Original Holy Trinity
The Triple Goddess is a term first popularised by the poet and scholar Robert Graves in the 20th century. He depicted the triplicity as Maiden, Mother and Crone and many neo-pagans have followed this imagery. While some scholars attributed the idea to the lively imagination of the poet, recent archaeology has made it abundantly clear that "Goddess Triplicities" are to be found throughout ancient Europe. In Hinduism today, the triplicity of the Goddess in Shakta worship is of cardinal importance, and outside the Indo-European world the Triple Goddess is found in Africa and Asia. How should the devotee of Our Mother God understand this universal image? While many of us contemplate the single image of Our Mother, there has always been an important Trinitarian aspect to Her worship.
Bill would encourage foreigners to buy U.S. homes
Reporting from Washington and Los Angeles — American consumers and the federal government haven't been able to bail out the sinking U.S. real estate market. Now wealthy Chinese, Canadians and other foreign buyers could get their chance. Two U.S. senators have introduced a bill that would allow foreigners who spend at least $500,000 on residential property to obtain visas allowing them to live in the United States. The plan could be a boon to California, which has become a popular real estate market for foreigners, particularly those from China. Nationwide, residential sales to foreigners and recent immigrants totaled $82 billion in the 12-month period ended March 31, up from $66 billion the previous year, according to the National Assn. of Realtors.
Diversity of tactics or unity in action?
Protesters march outside a meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, D.C. (Matthew Bradley) ONE CONCEPT that people active in the Occupy movement will have encountered is "diversity of tactics." What does the phrase mean?
Why Are Men Angry: Manning Up Author Kay Hymowitz Explains
Who was the real Walt Disney? There is a moment about three-quarters of the way through Saving Mr. Banks, the new Disney movie about Uncle Walt’s attempts to wrest the rights to Mary Poppins from her very protective creator, author P.L.
Columbia University School of the Arts
27-Mar-2014 Visual Arts faculty and alumni will be showing in The Pitch Project's inaugural exhibitions, which open March 29 and run through June 29 of this year. 12-Mar-2014 Gift is the First Major Donation From the LeRoy Neiman Foundation Since the Artist’s Death 04-Mar-2014
SACSIS.org.za » News » The World » Why Iceland Should Be in the News, But Is Not
Picture credit: may15internationalorganization.blogspot An Italian radio program's story about Iceland’s on-going revolution is a stunning example of how little our media tells us about the rest of the world. Americans may remember that at the start of the 2008 financial crisis, Iceland literally went bankrupt. The reasons were mentioned only in passing, and since then, this little-known member of the European Union fell back into oblivion.
Give up Activism (Do or Die)
An article from Do or Die Issue 9. In the paper edition, this article appears on page(s) 160-166. In 1999, in the aftermath of the June 18th global day of action, a pamphlet called Reflections on June 18th was produced by some people in London, as an open-access collection of "contributions on the politics behind the events that occurred in the City of London on June 18, 1999". Contained in this collection was an article called 'Give up Activism' which has generated quite a lot of discussion and debate both in the UK and internationally, being translated into several languages and reproduced in several different publications.[1] Here we republish the article together with a new postscript by the author addressing some comments and criticisms received since the original publication.
The Psychology of Consumerism
This is a guest post from David M. Carter, a graduate of the master of applied positive psychology program at the University of Pennsylvania, and the first graduate of the program to emphasize the inherent link between increased well-being and sustainable consumption. A recent story in my local newspaper dealt with a sad-case family.
An accused “cis sexist” seeks to educate herself and others, gives big thanks to Twitter
The butterfly is an international symbol for the transgender community. I have to thank Twitter for educating me about an issue that continues to have an increasing importance in all societies. Although I was hesitant to start a Twitter account in the first place I now admit it has really broadened my horizons!
