Tomorrow is the 38th anniversary of
Roe v. Wade, the famous US Supreme Court decision on the issue of abortion. Listen to the oral argument
here.
Coincidentally, an interesting
review of
"The Feminine Mystique" by
Betty Friedan in this week's New Yorker. If you're curious, read the first chapter on
the problem that has no name.
And finally, to leave you with some art, the fabulous
Georgia O'Keeffe. I am sure you know her paintings already but if not, what you think you are seeing is *exactly* what you are seeing ;-)
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After the
Turkmenbashi, the Father of all Turkmen, who had a
golden statue of himself moving with the sun,
the Dear Leader is my favourite dictator.
He has intense eye contact with cows, likes orange buckets, and clearly has a thing for shoes.
Even more, he's into
dictator's fashion.
His son, up for the job in the near future, is not sure he's
up for the challenge.
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(As I am hopelessly HTML-challenged I am not yet able to make the links appear, but if you move your mouse over the text they will. Sorry. Am trying to fix it.)
GG is an amazing photographer. Her series on
"Aging alone" is heart-breaking.
I could seriously fall in love with
AJC. His three passions - travel, aid, photography - are my three passions.
And finally,
Reza, the man that with
his pictures sent me straight to the aid world. It was
picture n.22, actually.
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1. What to do with
bananas if you're not eating them
2. I am embarrassed to see
how many stereotypes I respond to
3. What have
nuclear physicists, dolphins and Fidel Castro to do with each other?
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A number of things I have discovered/read recently and really liked:
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RSS feeds, yes they have existed for a while but I am slow, what can I say?
Enjoy, if you feel so inclined.
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