On October 28, 1893, Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique (his final symphony) premiered in St. Petersburg. It was dedicated to Vladimir Davydov, his lover (and nephew). If you need a bit of classical music to focus today, I recommend giving it a listen.
- When Masculinity Fails Men – An amusing and serious speculation on what it means to be a man. From miserlyoldman.
- So You Know, This Is How to Incubate Baby Cephalopods in a Soda Bottle – Neat! And cute!
- Darwin inspired Hitler: Lies they teach in Texas – Sometimes, homeschooling seems like a great place for a secular education.
- A Mighty Girl Halloween: 50 Mighty Girls in Costume – It’s not too late to try one of these costumes! From Andy.
- Is Funeral Home Chain SCI’s Growth Coming at the Expense of Mourners? – What you don’t know about the funeral industry. (I’m not so sure I want my loved ones’ remains to have shareholders.)
- Tiny the Pterodactyl and the Gender Ideology of Halloween – Tiny is a female Pterodactyl, but dinosaurs are for boys, so …
- The dangerous transphobia of Roald Dahl’s “Matilda” – Interesting perspective on how ingrained transphobia is in society.
Mary,
Speaking of a poor excuse for an education and creationism, did you hear the good news about Kentucky’s “Creation Museum?”
Kentucky’s ‘Creation Museum’ in Financial Trouble Due to Declining Attendance (VIDEO)
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/page/302725_Kentuckys_Creation_Museum_in_F
Mary,
By the way, I started blogging at LGF recently and today I created a page for that “Darwin inspired Hitler: Lies they teach in Texas” story.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/page/302724_Darwin_inspired_Hitler-_Lies_t
Mary,
Thanks for alerting me to it.
Awesome! Good job getting a blog spot over at LGF!
Mary,
Thanks. Nice that you’re happy for me. My first post over there was on a story I thought you might be interested in reading
Chairman Mao Invented Traditional Chinese Medicine
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/page/302619_Chairman_Mao_Invented_Traditio
Oh, dear. I really, really want to defend Matilda from the charges of transphobia, because I dearly love the book, and fell in love with the musical when I saw it this past summer, but I can’t, not really. As hilarious and terrifying as Bertie Carvel is as Miss Trunchbull, it did bother me that it was distinctly trading on the humor value of a man playing a villainous, mannish woman.
I know! It’s one of my favorite children’s books too. (Especially the scene with the chocolate cake…haha)
It’s been a long time since I read it. It was my favorite Dahl and the only one of which I still have a copy. I, too, would like to defend it, but I’m not sure I could. I’ll have to reread it to see how it holds up.
Dang. I mean, I’m happy to reconsider stuff I like so I can try to avoid being a douchebooger, but I hate it when stuff I (/used to) like props up doucheboogery behavior.