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Entries from December 2008

the Masquerade

October 31st, 2008 · by xJane · 1 Comment

Driving past the high school today, I saw a number of costumed people. Even at the law school, there are plenty of people dressed up. Halloween is the day that this society acknowledges that mask. We all wear different masks throughout the day, throughout the year (the corporate yes-person, the dutiful child, the loving spouse). […]

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Tags: Art · Ghosts · Musings · Ritual · Society

Fair Use, the Internet, and some Funny

October 30th, 2008 · by xJane · 1 Comment

Synchronized debating. This is exactly why the internet is so important. Why fair use is not just some abstraction but something that affects each of our lives. And, it’s funny. So learn more about both candidates and a little something about the wonders of the internet:

Get the latest news satire and funny videos at 236.com.

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Tags: Activism · Art · Creativity. · Current Events · Dialog · Gadgets · Links · Media and Design · Musings · News · Politics · Pop Culture · Reason · Science · Society · Technology · Video · Web 2.0

Biblical Fail

October 30th, 2008 · by xJane · 10 Comments

I have to post this, since it’s lolreligion. By now, I’m sure everyone has heard that a particular Christian called others to join in prayer at the bronze bull on wall street to ask god to “shift from the bull and bear markets to what we feel will be the ‘Lion’s Market,’ or God’s control […]

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Tags: Art · Atheism · Belief · Bible · Christianity · Church and State · Consumerism · Creativity. · Current Events · Law · Links · Media and Design · Meditation & Prayer · News · Politics · Pop Culture · Reason · Religion · Ritual · Society · lolCats

Photo of the week: Zombie + Victim

October 30th, 2008 · by John · 4 Comments

My Zombie + victim, originally uploaded by mind on fire.
Just had to share a little Halloween love with everyone. Also, bragging rights: lifehacker, one of the most widely read blogs in the world (up there with Daily Kos, boing boing, the Huffington Post and Cute Overload) featured my creation along with a few others in […]

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Tags: Personal · Photos

Prop 4: the Political Gets Personal

October 28th, 2008 · by xJane · 9 Comments

If passed, this law will have nothing to do with me: I am not a teenage girl, I am unlikely to get one pregnant, and I don’t have any children. When I was the age during which I might have been affected by a law like this, I did not live in California. But […]

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Tags: Activism · Belief · Depression · Feminism · Gender · Getting over Religion · Law · Personal · Politics · Religion · Sexuality · Society · Women

“You should play with something other than the State Constitution.”

October 27th, 2008 · by John · 12 Comments


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Spark: the Nerd Vote

October 24th, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments

We’re a voting bloc, too!!

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Tags: Activism · Current Events · Gadgets · Law · Politics · Science · Society · Spark

Spark: It Seems Like the War on the War on Christmas Starts Earlier Every Year

October 23rd, 2008 · by xJane · 2 Comments

And this year, it’s not even Hallowe’en first!

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Tags: Activism · Atheism · Belief · Christianity · Church and State · Current Events · Humor · Law · Politics · Religion · Society

If you could be anything you wanted…

October 23rd, 2008 · by xJane · 3 Comments

One of the more popular genre of games right about now is a cross between full RPG and general story game. The most highly anticipated was Fable, where you start out as a young boy and grow into a hero…or a villain. And this was the major selling point: a slightly more sophisticated Choose Your […]

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Tags: Art · Consumerism · Ethics · Fantasy · Fiction · Gadgets · Media and Design · Musings · SF · Society

Spark: Does Religion Empower Women?

October 23rd, 2008 · by xJane · 33 Comments

WaPo’s On Faith asks its panelists Does religion empower women? This is one of the few On Faiths that I’ll probably read each response to. I’m looking forward to the Christian/Catholic answer, which I’ve found generally centers around “having kids is empowering!!1!” There is some wonderful evidence for non-child-based empowerment which I’ve yet to hear […]

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