Via tiffany at blackfeminism.org I discovered Ms. Magazine’s article on Housewife Wars featuring quotes from author Stephanie Coontz: “Marriage is harder today,” Coontz adds, “because it’s more optional. There are more choices. The very things that make it better also make it more difficult, and vice versa. It’s precisely because marriage can be more fulfilling […]
Entries from June 2005
More choices make marriage more difficult
June 2nd, 2005 · 3 Comments
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A few thoughts on passion versus perfection
June 2nd, 2005 · 2 Comments
Dave Winer’s comments on the importance of quality versus inner-child-creative freedom yesterday reminded me of Steve Pavlina’s post on Passion versus Self-Discipline, which I read earlier this week. What’s amusing to me is that both arguments use surgery as an example where quality and discipline are required. I will summarize these two related positions as […]
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Severe grief: talk therapy may be the best treatment
June 1st, 2005 · 4 Comments
I just heard this story on NPR this morning: Research Points to New Method of Treating Severe Grief A new study describes an especially intense form of bereavement that lasts for years and is difficult to treat. But researchers think they may have found a way to treat it, involving intense therapy in which patients […]
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A smorgasbord of links from the end of May
June 1st, 2005 · 1 Comment
Food for thoughts: Chocolate and acorn bread recipe posts Marmite is good for my mind, Chris Holmes tells me. Can I be skeptical? Picture this Ernie posts an x-ray and reveals why he sets off metal detectors… It’s fun to read Fred First’s tales of his many Vancouver B.C. adventures including Stanley Park (next time […]
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