Archive | June, 2010

Holocaust: Reinventing a word to make it seem smaller

by on June 29, 2010 in Links, News, Rants


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Holocaust: Reinventing a word to make it seem smaller

This is getting sick. The Holocaust was a horrific atrocity and watershed event in human history. The meaning of the word is being distorted and demeaned in political rhetoric and casual comparisons. Over the last few years, U.S. political discourse has been saturated with opponents accusing each other of Nazi-like policies or behavior. Most recently, [...]

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A woman’s last name

by on June 29, 2010 in Essays, Images, Personal

Journal

My husband has a very unique and cool last name. If I would have taken any name, it would have been his. Many people have assumed that because his last name rhymes with my first name is the reason I chose to keep my own. Actually, that was one of the reasons I would have taken it. Rose Broze? How awesomely unique is that? But it just felt wrong.

People would ask me after I got married when I was changing my name. I would sometimes simply say “I’m not” but sometimes I felt offended and would utter “what’s wrong with mine?” 25 years it took me to love my own name. And now I have to change it? That, in conjunction with my general feminist attitude towards life, afforded me my only choice. Do nothing. ;)

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Religiousil

by on June 14, 2010 in Videos


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Religiousil

Lately, I’ve been going through a mountain of stress that I will speak more about at a later date. Silly videos help.

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‘Atheist Comedy’ featuring David Cross on ABC

by on June 14, 2010 in Links, Videos


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‘Atheist Comedy’ featuring David Cross on ABC

Though this is a bit old, I recently stumbled across this ABC interview with Dan Harris discussing the humor in not believing with David Cross. Embedding is disabled, so view this clip here.

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