Quote to ponder…

First, Happy Belated Valentine’s Day…it was almost gone before I remembered it. A friend and I went out to dinner, and I was wondering why there were so many people out on a Thursday night…DUH…
I’m up to my eyeballs in conference paper acceptances and rejections…and am leaving tomorrow (or should I say today, since it [...]

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Feminist reinterpretations of Genesis 3

Today’s first reading was the story of the serpent and Eve, who decided to eat fruit from the forbidden tree and offer it to Adam. This passage has long been used to justify the “natural” subordination of women, as well as their naivety, wickedness and seductiveness. There are some really interesting alternate interpretations of this [...]

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