Tag Archives: culture
Upbringing matters
Fair warning, this post may get… rambly, since I’m running a bit of a sleep deficit. I blame new daughter C. Making new humans is hard, and she hasn’t even gotten big enough to start really kicking yet! However, I … Continue reading
Focus on the Feminism
I have a vague feeling of nausea after reading the latest of Dalrock’s exposés of Focus on the Family’s “marriage” advice. I dimly recall that my parents were subscribers back in the 90s. (They aren’t now, to my knowledge.) I … Continue reading
Fisking: What We Get Wrong about Women Submitting to Their Husbands
Oh boy. Look what showed up in my Facebook feed – shared by my BIL, liked by his feminist sister, and one of my premarital counselors(!). What We Get Wrong about Women Submitting to Their Husbands First red flag: it’s posted at … Continue reading
Passing the Buck
Earlier this week I was pondering the inevitable totalitarian turn of the social welfare state – wherein Big Gulps get banned, no smoking in public, etc. – and the way that welfare programs turn into pathological dependency-propagating social viruses. Once … Continue reading
Modesty in the modern world
Cane Caldo has a series of posts which include some observations on what is passing for acceptable public attire in Christian culture these days. The talk about skintight pants is interesting. I wear leggings myself, but exclusively under skirts or … Continue reading
Feminists are literally the worst
Feminists are literally the worst people in America – especially if you judge them by standard “social justice” metrics. Let’s do the link roundup first: Insty: “[Feminists are] horrible, damaged people who want to address their own problems by making other … Continue reading
Pulling ladders up
This Samizdata post is a response to the type of “today’s students are dogmatic zealots with no logic skills” article being written – pointing out that if there are flaws in the younger generations’ reasoning abilities, the fault properly lies in … Continue reading
Assumptions are revealing
Previously I would not pay much attention to media frenzies; my disdain for the Internet Idiot Ghettos is well documented. However, the GamerGate pushback against moralizing Leftist hypocrites has mobilized me to actually join Twitter (exhibit #1 that I have been … Continue reading
Manners
Sarah Hoyt’s got a “blast from the past” post up about manners, and I really do think it’s worth talking about manners and social signaling. Recently there’s been some chortling over how one of the SJW crowd has gotten in … Continue reading
Something Fishy 
Shirts
If you’re such a delicate flower that a shirt with sexy women (similar to the pictures on romance novel or urban fantasy covers) or jokes about “dongles” would discourage you from pursuing a career in STEM, STEM really doesn’t need … Continue reading →