Everything that gets written on this blog is stream-of-consciousness. I sit down, I start typing, and at some point I stop typing. That’s it. Which is why there are typos, which is why it is sometimes way beyond dull, and which is why these little posts are, at their best, unpolished and kinda rambly and, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Identity’
How Odd We Wonder What We Do – sex and self-esteem
Posted in Misc., Relationships, Uncategorized, tagged Identity, Personal, Relationships on March 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Religiously-Speaking
Posted in Misc., Political Stuff, Relationships, tagged Catholicism, Childhood, Community, Family, Identity, Parenting, Personal, Relationships on March 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Been on a bit of Jesus thing lately. Thinking about religion, considering the role it plays in our understandings of the world, its function as an ethical code, a yearning for something more, a mark of community boundaries and so on. And generally considering the importance that religious symbols and religious communities have had at [...]
A Short Stream-of-Consciousness on Political Struggle and Relationship
Posted in Political Stuff, Relationships, tagged Identity, Personal, Politics, Relationships on March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I am a communist, and an anarchist, and – despite the fact that I have not the slightest hint of belief in God – a Catholic. There are some, I’m sure, who find the last particularly worthy of ridicule or contempt, but so be it. And many who will wonder at how I identify as [...]
Acting Up
Posted in Academia, Relationships, tagged Academia, Identity, Universities on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Like everyone of us stumbling across this earth, most days I just live. I do what needs to be done, I entertain odd little thoughts and wonders and fantasies that meander in and out of my brain, and I make it to the next day without any real conscious thought about how I am and [...]
Israel and Identities
Posted in Political Stuff, tagged Identity, Israel, Middle East, Palestine on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Israeli assault on Gaza continues. In the last few days, it is increasingly acknowledged that Israel is quite purposely directing attacks against civilian populations, actively hindering the work of international humanitarian agencies, and even shelling local offices of the United Nations. What’s on my mind today, though, is something larger – the discussion that is beginning to [...]
Union Identities
Posted in Labour and Unions, Political Stuff, tagged Identity, Work on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Y’know, doing the union thing can be mighty strange, particularly when you come to it as a radical. The way various emotions are triggered, the competing and conflicting ideas and analyses and reactions you feel – it involves living with and in multiple identities. And I don’t mean putting on a game-face or playing a [...]
