“ The family—with its repetitious, socially invisible, physical tasks—is a necessary part of life, but allows fewer opportunities for full human flourishing than public spheres like the market or the government. Although child rearing, unlike housework, is important and can be difficult, it does not take well-developed political skills to rule over creatures smaller than you are, weaker than you are, and completely dependent upon you for survival or thriving.
That last bit is kinda funny, but NOT responsible scholarship.
Neil Gilbert responds:
“Many people would no doubt find unpaid household chores less interesting than Professor Hirshman’s job … But walking up and down the supermarket aisle selecting food for a family dinner is a job that has more variety and autonomy than the paid work being done by the supermarket employees who stack the same shelves with the same food day after day, and those who stand in a narrow corner at the checkout counter all day tallying up the costs of purchases, and the workers next to them who pack the purchases into paper or plastic bags. That space in the market is a bit cramped for human flourishing.”
The White Stuff
“What does an extremely popular new blog about white culture tell us about race in America? The blog is primarily a place for white people to chortle at the oddities of race and class and then congratulate themselves for having done so, thus neatly avoiding the need to delve any deeper.”
This week's horoscope
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free,” said the sculptor Michelangelo about a statue he made. Let that approach be your guide in the coming weeks, Leo. Proceed according to the hypothesis that the beautiful thing you want to create is embedded in stuff that’s hiding its true nature, and your job is simply to liberate it from what’s extraneous.
Excellent.
“ Pay attention to irrelevant details and follow intriguing but useless connections.
“Gordon is a very responsible cyborg. He always goes grocery shopping on Wednesdays. He also exclusively fights crime on Wednesday. Most of the time he reviews movies and teaches seventh grade science.”
“Dynamic Pete just wants to be left alone. He has enough problems as it is, without having to worry about justice and saving humanity.”
“Channel and reception determine his super-prowess. He’s at full potential during prime-time. During the afternoon, when all the soaps are on, that’s a whole other story.”
via drawn!
Western Magazines Find a Receptive Audience in India
“Most of the new Western magazines being published in India are not really Western at all — they are written, photographed, edited and designed almost completely in India. Even though they are all published in English, their content may be completely different from their American or British counterparts…
Some, like Maxim, seem to pride themselves on pushing the envelope of good taste even further than they do in their home markets. The magazine’s July issue includes the feature “48 Ways to Get a Gori” (gori is Hindi for fair-skinned woman, and is used in this context to mean a foreign white one). Some ideas the article offers: keep in mind most American women are extremely angry at Indians for stealing their jobs; don’t ask an Italian woman if her family is part of the mob; to approach an Israeli woman, try a suicide bomber joke.”
Yikes.
MTLRDL 2008 Season Championships
Championnats de la saison 2008
Équipes à annoncer
Location :
Arena Saint-Louis
5633 St-Dominique
Montreal, QC
Samedi le 26 juillet 2008