First of all, let me just say this is not what I voted for. In 2024, many young American men like myself were primarily concerned with our economy, immigration, geopolitical conflict and not voting for a Black lady — that’s not a race thing, by the way, because I would not have voted for a […]
misogyny
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NCJ Preview: Shaky Hospitals, Organic Waste, Bohn’s Offensive Comment and Good Eats
This week we’ve got a cover story on the challenge of retrofitting hospitals, particularly in rural areas like ours, for earthquake safety. We’re also looking at ways to fight climate change by diverting organic waste from landfill. And Humboldt County Supervisor Rex Bohn has once again drawn criticism for an offensive comment, this time a […]
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Hesiod: Farmer, Poet, Misogynist
“[Hesiod’s] personality behind the poems is unsuited to the kind of ‘aristocratic withdrawal’ typical of a rhapsode but is instead argumentative, suspicious, ironically humorous, frugal, fond of proverbs, wary of women.” — The Oxford History of the Classical World Misogyny — hatred of or contempt for women — goes back a long way, at least […]