cultural study
Daily Alchemy: Can we make this controversy good?
6h ago“Should Nature's claim that higher education spreads WEIRD values change university curricula worldwide?”
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No honey. You mistake "tokens" to represent en masse. That's not how the real world works. The mass majority of minority groups are unwilling to play Uncle Tom to make you feel better about yourself.... - Philip...
you kinda have to believe there's either (A) a non-material way of transmitting such trauma across generations or (B) we simply don't have the physical causation yet. I'ma leave aside A, although I could say a bunch of speculative philosophically dubious stuff about that.... Really good point. And I guess when I consider commodification of furniture or music, I notice that things have become less beautiful is some sense.... I think there's something to this that is disincentivized by cultural scorekeeping. it's like when I did the math problem in my head and the teacher asked me to "show my work." As organizations grow, tracking becomes obsessive.... By doing the surgeries, the clothing, etc., we are doubling down on what it means to be a certain gender and seems counter productive to a gender fluid movment.... I agree that there are millions who want to settle our differences with conversation, and I believe uptrust will make this happen. It is scary because we are challenging a dominant cultural force that has lots of incumbent power, and I believe the power of love is enough on its... - Shera JoyCry...
Yes and Here are some long time thoughts, written quickly and pondered for years and years, never felt comfortable sharing anywhere with hardly anyone ever. This is a risk. THIS FEELS DANGEROUS.... Your initial list is solid, and seems focused on supporting group cohesion. I'd consider these as well to include more spice: Independent - Can be comfortable alone, solid sense of self, has learned to think for themselves as opposed to being captured by the dominant culture.... - dbaynard...
Sin is a concept that emphasizes failings. It compounds, too — one sins, another sins by using it to shame another for one's own benefit alone, and then a great number all sin (assuming schadenfreude is a sin… I'm not exactly an expert). Or build on virtue.... I love these quadrants. I was thinking of how SO much inside of me is actually "man" like not even just masculine but I feel manly and like a man. I have NO INTEREST in being perceived externally as a man, or living as a man, but inside me I'm very much part man.... (i have no idea) Many cultures didn't. Korean spas, turkish bathhouses (hammams), Finland... So... my guess is some connection to purity culture in the US? like being naked together in public was kinda touchy for awhile-- so add to that, being sweaty together in a dark room.... - Sara Schultz...
So appreciate your thoughtful response Hannah - really interesting to imagine "Non-Binary" as an implicit new PC "default" gender umbrella, I love imagining empowerment as an aspect of integrity, and I am looking forward to trying on your Anything/Everything/Nothing frame in this... I think your basic facts are accurate, eg. the concept of federal citizenship was created by the Naturalization Act of 1790, and that specifically limited citizenship to white men, by which they meant basically northwestern european men. No argument there.... internalized the cultural role of Men as Villains and alienated them from their own sexualities, ambitions, boundaries etc. through a narrative that they are inherently creepy, greedy, controlling, etc. Oof, yeah I still have a bunch of that.... I talk about this a lot when I'm leading/coaching because I think our cultural belief that the feeling and the impulse to action are inevitably attached gets a lot of us into trouble.... - onAs cities like Austin cater to coastal transplants, their unique culture gets diluted, becoming more generic. Is cultural entropy inevitable, or is there a counterforce?byantonbrevde...
I think part of the draw of places like Japan is they still feel very much their own culture, where as even farflung places I've been like Taipei or Seoul seem to be moving in the direction of some emmergent global tastemaker....