31 January 2010 by Jennifer
One flavour of discounting first-hand voices: A theory that our ethics and scepticism are being misconstrued/misrepresented as selfish blinkered naïveté.
Life, thinking, communication, creativity/logistics, reality, integrity, unconscious wisdom, education outside school, queer politics, activism, bisexuality, polyamory, love, relationships, parenting… and books.
31 January 2010 by Jennifer
One flavour of discounting first-hand voices: A theory that our ethics and scepticism are being misconstrued/misrepresented as selfish blinkered naïveté.
30 January 2010 by Jennifer
On the discounting of first-hand voices in favour of external “experts”. This is an obstacle to determining ethical and effective courses of action. Featuring quotes from Marcus Riggs and Charlotte Cooper, and references to the Children, Schools and Families Bill.
29 January 2010 by Jennifer
Following on from the metaphor of “gearing up”, here are some “example gears”, and some more things I thought about it as I experimented.
28 January 2010 by Jennifer
There’s a saying that “knowledge is power”. But sometimes ignorance has advantages too.
Featuring a quote from Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, and a couple of extracts from the Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee.
27 January 2010 by Jennifer
Some good writing by other people: Allie’s article on the Ticky Boxy world, Dani’s presentation on Government lies, Rosemary’s submission to the Bill Committee and a Times commentary on the Govt’s mistrustfulness.
25 January 2010 by Jennifer
Here I quote something Louisa wrote on children’s self-sovereignty, the non-neutral role of the state, and an ethical point of reference for the shape of our activism. This arose out of a discussion about how compulsory school can be used to protect children from being made to work (in the economic/ money-earning/ survival sense).
14 January 2010 by Jennifer
One for the “What am I like?” category: some thoughts from when I did Roger Hamilton’s “Wealth Dynamics” profile quiz.
7 January 2010 by Jennifer
Sometimes it’s not a bad idea to “do the easy things first” – because sometimes once you’re “on a roll”, the hard things don’t seem so hard.
4 January 2010 by Jennifer
The book “Flat Earth News” gives an invaluable insight into the present-day news media. Highly recommended for all activists. Quotes and discussion here.
2 January 2010 by Jennifer
Are rights real? If so, what kind of real? A sort of foundation for any possible future discussions here involving rights.
1 January 2010 by Jennifer
… including recommendations of Nancy Kline’s book Time to Think and Havi Brooks’ blog The Fluent Self.