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The Glass Slipper Effect and Gender Roles
In a recent article, authors Laurie A. Rudman and Jessica B. Heppen introduce a new concept called the “Glass Slipper Effect.” This is how the authors describe it: Romantic fairy tales… can be summed up as, “Once upon a time, … Continue reading
Let’s See What’s in the News Today (Aug. 23, 2015)
Emotion Meditation can help encourage compassion and empathy. Gender A really good essay about how and why gender norms influence our daily social structure and behaviors. Health Adolescents who have sleep problems are more likely to self-harm. Humor Teenage Karl … Continue reading
Posted in Emotions, Gender, Health, Humor, Incarceration, Law, Race, Science, Sexuality, Technology
Tagged Emotions, Gender, Health, Humor, Incarceration, Law, Movies, Race, Science, Sexuality, Technology
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Let’s See What’s in the News Today (June 14, 2015)
Climate Change A website dedicated to getting 100% renewable, clean energy. It was built by engineers. Ethics Paul Bloom argues that imagining the lives of others (what he considers as empathy) is harder than “if we rely instead on more … Continue reading
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Tagged Ethics, Gender, Health, Law, News, Politics, Queer Theory, Race, Sexuality
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Let’s See What’s in the News Today (May 31, 2015)
Abortion Majority of Americans are pro-choice: Animals There’s an app where you can walk someone else’s dog and get paid for it. Anti-Natalism Listen to an interview with David Benatar about the Harm of Coming Into Existence. Note: I’ve written … Continue reading
Let’s See What’s in the News Today (Apr. 14, 2015)
Aesthetics A cool video of 100 years of beauty in Korea. It gets surreal when it hits the 1950s: Economics The more you live in a place with income inequality, the more likely people will purchase items to give them … Continue reading
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Tagged Economics, Gender, Health, Incarceration, Mathematics, News, Psychology, Relationships, Sexuality, Studies, War
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Let’s See What’s in the News Today (Apr. 5, 2015)
Animals Cats relax to music, especially classical. Drugs There’s an association between long marijuana usage in teens and a smaller hippocampus. In short, the more you smoke marijuana as a teen, the more likely your long-term memory will be affected. … Continue reading
Posted in Drug Use, Economics, Ethics, Gender, Health, Marriage, Politics, Polyamory, Pornography, Race, Religion, Same-Sex, Sexuality, Time
Tagged Animals, Cats, Drug Usage, Economics, Ethics, Family, Gender, Health, Marriage, Ontological Argument, Politics, Polyamory, Pornography, Race, Religion, Same-Sex, Sexuality, Time
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Let’s See What’s in the News Today (March 16, 2015)
Aesthetics Terminally ill patients went to Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam as their dying wish. Climate Global warming may result in a 50% increase of lightening strikes in the US in upcoming years. Culture If you googled “how much does a _____ cost?” … Continue reading
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Tagged Aesthetics, Climate, Culture, Ethics, Gender, Health, Math, News, Performance, Pornography, Relationships, Religion, Sexuality, Violence, War
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Let’s See What’s in the News Today (Feb. 23, 2015)
Gender Are you a slut? History The original Monopoly game was made to condemn monopolies. Love Some interesting facts about love from the latest research. Good thing a philosopher has taken the time to investigate this stuff. I mentioned before … Continue reading
Let’s See What’s in the News Today (Feb. 8, 2015)
Crime Disadvantaged youths who were given summer jobs committed fewer violent crimes than their unemployed peers, even after their jobs ended. Psychopathic violent offenders’ brains can’t understand punishment. Environment Here is a chart of US Congress denying climate change: Epistemology … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Epistemology, Ethics, Gender, Health, Mind, Pornography, Relationships, Religion, Science, Sexuality, Stoicism, Studies
Tagged Crime, Environment, Epistemology, Ethics, Gender, Health, Mind, Pornography, Relationships, Religion, Science, Sexuality, Sociology, Stoicism
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Let’s See What’s in the News Today (Dec. 24, 2014)
Culture Here’s an artist’s rendition of how our culture has been consumed by technology and materialism. Note: although they are SFW, they are very edgy. Ethics A study shows that altruistic behavior can be trained like a muscle. On just … Continue reading
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Tagged Altruism, Animals, Art, Culture, Ethics, Gender, Health, News, Polyamory, Pornography, Psychology, Race, Sexuality
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