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Agnostic or Atheist?

January 24th, 2008 · by xJane · 2 Comments

I ran into this question today while writing an essay in which I made mention of Aristotle. I’ve often heard/thought that he was an atheist, but part of me wanted to say “agnostic”. Perhaps he did believe in a Higher Power, as AA would say, but he was profoundly concerned with an ethics that did […]

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Tags: Atheism

Prominent Pro-Choice Activist Switches from Clinton to Obama

January 24th, 2008 · by John · 4 Comments

Primarily because she was frustrated with the Clinton campaign’s dirty tactics:
Hillary Clinton was telling…pro-choice rallies of young women that Barack Obama was weak on choice when he was a state senator which was patently false.  I was president of Chicago NOW at the time and I worked closely with him.  He had a 100% voting […]

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Tags: Feminism · Politics

My Hairdresser is Heterosexual

January 24th, 2008 · by xJane · 4 Comments

I recently went to get tea at my favorite tea joint & as I was walking away, I realized why I really like my favorite baristo (I know, it’s Italian, but still): he looks like my hairdresser!
I immediately felt like sharing this but needed to get back to work. So I played out the conversation […]

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Tags: Feminism · Gender · Sexuality · Tea