Love it? Hate it? Want to talk about it? Reminder for those subscribed to our synchronous discussion groups - join us for tonight's chat about the movie Wicked at 4pm pacific/7pm eastern. Unlimited attendance for this one but we will stop admitting people after the first 10 minutes. We will chat for 90 min to two hours, depending on interest!
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I made this for my friend's daughter who is trying out pottery. I've been making her little instructional videos and this one is a timelapse of me trimming and putting a handle on a mug. Thought I would share in case you guys find this interesting.
Someone shared this with me who said it had been circulating in the Hasidic community. Will likely offend a lot of people these days.
Hi everyone, I haven't been active in Solid Ground for a while, but I am still alive and kicking! I now work as personal assistant to a mind-bendingly weird and diva-esque artist-lip-syncher-performer named Fiona Blueberry. She is blissfully clueless about politics and seems to be completely unaware of the culture wars. Working with her is a breath of fresh air. If you need a mood lift, I encourage you to watch this video we made together. Happy 4th, everyone! Wishing you fun/love/peace on this holiday. :) www.fionablueberry.com
I’ve been trying to prioritize keeping creativity active to avoid discouragement and I found inspiration in these words from Malcom Guite describing his field "The defense of the imagination as a truth-bearing faculty, which is not at all to speak of the denigration of reason, but it's to restore a kind of bicameral vision that… Imagination is not fantasy compensations for the grimness of what's out there. On the contrary, the idea that what's out there is bleak, meaningless, and grim is itself a kind of fantasy. It's a construction of late modernity. And actually, if we recover earlier and larger and more inclusive modes of consciousness and ways of seeing, we begin to see that what's out there is extraordinary and marvelous, and it almost calls out for a courteous exchange." That’s a kind of inclusion I can get behind… Does anyone have strategies for keeping a sense of wonder intact these days?
Holy cow.
I asked chatGPT about being asked to “respect” using pronouns in email w a lawyer.
A canadian lawyer is using manipulative language ie: “please respect someone’s pronouns” regarding our email correspondence. How could one make an argument one way or another, in detail, that the canadian charter of rights argues for a freedom of expression and from tyrannical policing of language OR for a “respect” for the identity language claims/impositions.
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The Canadian Charter, freedom of expression, and pronoun disputes
The strongest legal analysis begins with a distinction: there is a difference between asking someone to use respectful language, criticizing their refusal to do so, and using the force of law to compel them to use particular words. Those are three different things, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms may apply differently to each.
A Canadian lawyer's statement, “Please respect someone's pronouns,” is not, by itself, proof of censorship, coercion, or a Charter violation. It may simply be a request for professional ...
