By s.e. smith on 6 April, 2010
As I’m sure we’re already aware, I watch a fair amount of television and I really enjoy talking about pop culture through a social justice lens. It seems like y’all enjoy that as well, since those posts seem to spark a lot of discussion. Thus, I’m trying to get less hung up on writing lengthy [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, representations | Tagged Lost, Sun
By Anna on 6 April, 2010
I was so pleased when s.e. brought Carolyn Hax’s advice to a grandparent of an autistic girl to my attention. Here’s a clip of the letter Carolyn is responding to: The mother of my grandgirls is making life a problem. The middle girl is extremely autistic and has not been taught the social rules we [...]
Posted in Dear Imprudence
By Anna on 6 April, 2010
I’m sorry this is short today – something came up in my personal life. Assumptions: Unfair & Not Unfair This is an ethics professor discussing the ethics of caring for patients whose injuries were, in our view as physicians, “brought upon themselves”, or for patients whom we don’t necessarily like. Racist, Sexist, and Homophobic I [...]
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