It’s a warm and hazy early Friday afternoon. This morning I boxed and Pilate-ed, and then my wife and I went off and voted early (via touchscreen). It was our first time using the new "paper-verified" Diebold voting machines. You don’t get to take a receipt, mind you, but at least you know a paper record does actually exist and your vote doesn’t simply vanish into cyberspace. (My California endorsements here.)
I tried to stay up late to watch the women’s college world series but finally conked out — the last game went past 2:00AM Oklahoma time, and past midnight Cali time. I did see the thrilling Northwestern-Alabama contest; Lorie (a devoted Wildcat alumna), ought to be very happy.
Lynn and Allison both respond to yesterday’s post about a poem and a brief but wonderful period of celibacy in my life.
Amp has a good post up about male privilege and clothing.
Feminarian has a long but powerful post about Christian Theology and Interfaith Cooperation. Feminarian is at nearby Fuller Seminary, and she does a nice job of pushing gently against the evangelical certainties of some of her fellow members of what is still in many ways a very conservative community.
And Jeff has started a new group blog: Feminist Allies. It’s designed to be a forum for the discussion of issues around male (pro) feminists. He writes:
I don’t want my concern for myself and for other feminist men to overshadow what I consider to be the ‘greater’ concerns of feminism, some of which are somewhat gender-neutral, and some of which have a lot more to do with women than with men. But at the same time: Men who are feminists have to navigate those waters. They have to face the difficulties imposed by embracing that particular identity. And I don’t think the difficulties ought to be swept under the rug. In some ways, I don’t think that they can be swept under the rug, at least not for the men who have to deal with them. To the extent that I identify as a feminist man, I have to deal with the negatives (and the positives!) of that identity. Is there some inherent harm in finding/creating a community to help us all do those things?
No harm at all — it’s an excellent idea, and I wish the project well.
I posted in my own comments too, but what a fantastic game! I stayed up for the whole thing, and I definitely paid the price today but it was worth it. I went to bed right after the NU game, though - I knew if I started the UCLA/Tennessee game that I’d get sucked in and stay up even later, so I didn’t even watch the first pitch.
NU and Tennessee play at 9 eastern time tonight - it should be another great game!
Thanks for the link! :)
Well, I rooted for NU because of you — I have nothing against ‘Bama, and usually I root for SEC squads over Big Ten teams based on various regional prejudices. But after that comeback you deserved it, and I’ll root for you against the Vols tonight. Though I gave many years to UCLA, UCLA softball has been too dominant. Rooting for ‘em is like rooting for the Yankees or Brazil; just can’t do it.
Rest well!
Thank you for the link, Hugo!