I get annoyed when a woman uses these words to me: "[remark], do you understand me?" This red flag invokes the following thought - and sometimes words: "WHY wouldn't I understand you??" At times, my anger breaks my usual silence. I knew mansplaining but I was unaware of its female equivalent: womansplaining. Actually, quite a lot of women complete a...
How Long (1975) by Ace ft. Paul Carrack on vocalsartists, artist, lyrics, video, Wiki-1, Wiki-2, Wiki-3How long has this been going on? Well, your friends with their fancy persuasion Don't admit that it's part of a scheme But I can't help but have my suspicion 'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem Governments all over the world are walking...
British media and politicians were successful in alienating British voters from the European Union by presenting (fake and true) stories about European patronizing (eg, European banana law). Recently, two Dutch legal scholars claimed that cats must be held at a leash when outdoors, following EU legislation (source). The Dutch Nature minister confirmed their...
The title above is a 1984 statement by French philosopher and sociologist Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) from "Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste", which I noticed in a column about bad taste. The original French version is: Le goût classe, et classe celui qui classe. The Dutch equivalent is: Onze smaak is een uiting van (sociale) klasse...
From about 1800 to 2000, the Great Divide in politics and society was between Left-Labour-Progressivism and Right-Capital-Conservatism. From about 1900 to 2000, Liberalism presented a hybrid between classic Left and classic Right. Since about 2000, the new Great Divide in politics is between Globalism and Nationalism. In the transitional period, we often see...
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