So…the pope’s in town. Or at least, in DC. And NPR is all abuzz with articles about it.
Among other things, he’s talking about the clergy sex-abuse scandals, which is only moderately interesting to me: it did not affect me personally (except to solidify the fact that I didn’t want to be a party to this […]
Papal Visit
April 16th, 2008 · by xJane · 5 Comments
Tags: Current Events · Education
Was anyone watching these rights…?
April 16th, 2008 · by xJane · 1 Comment
The Interfaith Alliance is keeping tabs on the race for Pastor in Chief of the United States of America and sums up the top ten creeptastic moments that remind us that, and I quote,
no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States
Good thing we […]
Tags: Activism · Atheism · Belief · Bible · Christianity · Church and State · Current Events · Dialog · Doubt · Ethics · Gods
Spark: Gender in Media
April 16th, 2008 · by xJane · 5 Comments
USC just sponsored a study of gender in movies, animation, and television, coming up with some pretty stark results: essentially, although the number of female characters has increased, most are still locked into gendered activities and are not often main characters. This can be seen quite clearly in Horton Hears a Who: there are many […]
Tags: Feminism · Gender · Links · Media and Design · Movie Reviews · Politics · Spark
