Dr. Scilla Elworthy literally wrote the book Power and Sex back in 1996. The book grew out of her work with the Oxford Research Group, which she founded in 1982 to better understand the thinking of the world’s nuclear weapons decision-makers—who were—and remain—overwhelmingly male (older, white and male). She found that these men, who wield life-and-death power over humanity, operate from a worldview based on competition and an understanding of […]
Moon Savage | Equality of sex–and other differences
Are men and women equal? I know the answer is yes, but then the question for me is: how do I personally represent this equality? The news is full of examples of how women get the short end of the stick. I happen to be a man so I have a big challenge before me. Are there ways I contribute to inequality? How do I treat or interact with other […]
Brian Schulz | Stories of La Palette
The table was lovely. Every detail was just so. He’d chosen the bone china, their wedding silver, set on white vine-laced linen napkins, and the simpler of the crystal glasses they’d stumbled upon in Bucks County. It was on one of their wanders, when their time seemed endless. For wine glasses he’d set the heavy, silver stemmed goblets, their weight being easier for her to manage. The place-setting he laid […]
Lisa Rhodes-Ryabchich | The dream
My Auntie Betty came to me in a dream dressed in a long black unsightly dress reaching the ground, with a black lace veil covering her despondent face. She wore long black gloves, and black rosary beads hung around her neck. She was walking around Rockland Cemetery’s front lawn, asking for forgiveness. I saw tears hiding over a young girl’s face. She had not aged in death. Why had I […]
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