Category Archives: feminism

Recognizing reality: women in combat

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

The only reasonable response to the fact that the armed forces are dropping their ban on women in combat positions is: It’s about damn time. Women have been exposed to combat in various ways for 20-odd years, depending on how … Continue reading →

Posted in feminism, QUILTBAG issues

Lies and double talk, double talk and lies

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

Yesterday I made an Orwell reference (Eastasia) when talking about conservative Christians and their growing opposition to contraception. It was kind of passing comment, but it deserves its own post. Unfortunately, I’m not the person to write that post. You … Continue reading →

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Ethical ‘love spells’

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

Since we’ve discussed why stereotypical “love spells” are unethical and almost always a reflection of rape culture, I want to mention two kinds of spells that address the desire for a relationship in ethical ways. One good approach might be … Continue reading →

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Questions about love spells and ethics

Posted on January 2, 2013 by

Someone emailed me with questions related to my recent writing about the ethics of love spells. They indicated that they emailed me because I don’t allow anonymous comments, but when I replied by email, the reply failed. I’m posting their … Continue reading →

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Calling things what they are: firing an employee who was harassed

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

You read that right. In a recent Iowa case, a dentist fired an employee because she was so attractive that he and his wife were uncomfortable. Several sites have covered this as the “firing attractive employee” case, and that’s bad … Continue reading →

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Further thoughts

Posted on December 23, 2012 by

Follow-ups to a couple of recent posts, plus other assorted thoughts. Guns: Salon explains why the answer is not more guns: But perhaps the biggest problem is the philosophy underpinning notions to arm more people. Goddard of the Brady campaign … Continue reading →

Posted in ethics, feminism, health care, magic, politics | 7 Comments

When love spells become rape

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

As I mentioned in the last post, there were many things that speakers said at Between the Worlds that I was glad to hear people saying, actively, in the Pagan/magical community. There was one glaring omission: “Love spells” as most … Continue reading →

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I don’t exist, and other important news

Posted on October 20, 2012 by

Another GOP politician has revealed his magical powers of anti-science, and he’s come to a startling conclusion: I, dear reader, do not exist! Apparently this post is writing itself. No, really. I fall into the same category of mythical beings … Continue reading →

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Imagining Futures

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

I was doing magic recently that involved imagining the future we want to see as the first step of working to make that future real. I’m going to try continuing that as a way of commenting on some recent political … Continue reading →

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Authors you want to love, but can’t

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

I’ve been reading more Dion Fortune as part of my research. She’s an intriguing author. I want to like her work, I really do. But I can’t. There’s not a whole lot of magical fiction, and she writes it pretty … Continue reading →

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