tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12204647918069073592024-03-12T19:47:00.642-04:00RavenScholarA blog about me, RavenScholar, what I decide to tell you about what I'm doing, why I'm here, and what ever else I want to say.RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-88441703712514077922010-09-22T19:04:00.004-04:002010-09-22T19:16:51.932-04:00Musings on Books and LibertyAmerica is founded on the ideal of liberty. The root of liberty is liber, the Latin for book.So why are library budgets some of the first things to be cut when counties have to downsize their budgets? Why do libraries get sidelined when people talk of important community assests?The foundation of liberty is access to information. Libraries provide free information.Support libraries, wherever theyRavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-26852262687526568512010-09-22T18:41:00.004-04:002010-09-22T19:16:26.194-04:00The Terror of Information LossI just finished reading This Book Is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All by Marilyn Johnson.It talked of how librarians keep people informed and able to navigate on the search for information. It was all very interesting, but while reading it I discovered something about myself I should have already known.I cannot stand information loss.Stories of book burning make my insides RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-23729782517089380482010-07-12T23:11:00.003-04:002010-07-12T23:18:04.456-04:00Abortions, Conditions, and Suicide"Of course not, I'd go even further and say that we should try to actively decrease the incidences of these diseases. I would abort a fetus if I knew that there was a high probability that it would develop schizophrenia or autism. I don't want to raise an autistic kid, and it would be immoral of me to create a human being who was going to develop a disease that causes such psychic torture that 10RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-37636215181291250482010-07-07T18:56:00.004-04:002010-07-07T19:10:16.513-04:00France considers banning the burquaNBC says France claims burquas are a sign of Islamic radicalism; CNN says that France claims "the issue is one of a woman's freedom and dignity" and has nothing to do with religion. Either way, I say France is wrong. The idea should be that no woman is forced to wear a burqua or an abaya or any other form of covering unless they want to. France's idea is that there are no burquas, period. That's RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-84527380099447312722010-06-24T16:45:00.009-04:002010-07-07T17:59:07.801-04:00Dead Body WarningA Field Guide for Female Interrogators by Coco Fusco (interview here) is a disturbing book. I heard about the torture at Abu Graib, but I never heard about this.The military decided to use their women soldiers to inflict sexualized torture on their Islamic POWs because they had decided that Muslim men were more likely too break under those sorts of conditions.Let us examine what is wrong with RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-37174840935257569242010-06-16T23:10:00.003-04:002010-06-16T23:55:15.041-04:00I resent these remarksWho has heard of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder? It affects millions of women around the globe, mostly from raising children, having careers, cleaning, cooking, working, and "several other things".I shall assume these several other things involve everyday activities.Mostly, the only discernible cause of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder that I can find is living. Seeing as how this affects RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-26924051506439967612010-06-09T15:57:00.004-04:002010-06-09T16:16:09.828-04:00Guess What!Look here! My 'Tis the Season article was accepted on Womanist Musings as a guest post! Thank you Renee!And a links dump:What’s wrong with suggesting that women take precautions to prevent being raped?Finally, A Feminism 101 BlogHow English erased its roots to become the global tongue of the 21st centuryHate Speech Has A CostTransgender Blogs15 Signs The US Has Permanently Lost Its Grip On The RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-81755460734209809402010-06-07T16:06:00.010-04:002010-06-07T16:39:24.734-04:00'Tis the seasonIts that time of year again. The National American Miss people are sending out flyers. Last year's I really didn't like, and this year's I found more issues with, after a year of paying attention to feminist blogs. Lets examine this:First, the coverTypical Euro-centric ideal of beauty? Check. Airbrushing? Check. "Fashionable"? Check. Vaguely pained look? Check. "Sexy" Posing? Check. Looks old RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-43613861923947955082010-06-07T15:53:00.003-04:002010-06-07T16:39:43.217-04:00Q: What People Should Really Learn From Student Government Elections?A: How to learn when a politician is saying a whole lot of nothing.My class's election for sophomore year officers could be a case study. Most of the speeches were uninteresting; but gave a good overview of what the person's goals and qualifications were. Then the speeches got to the presidential candidates and the only guy running for an office (significant or not?) got up. There was lots of RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-19966180893529673712010-05-26T17:35:00.004-04:002010-05-26T18:09:38.181-04:00The Professors: The 100 Most Dangerous Academics in AmericaThe author is David Horowitz.A book review:The author does manage to find some truly despicable people (mostly affirmed Jihadists, violent anti-whites, and convicted domestic terrorists). However, I find that most people in this book are not as extreme as those and a few choices are extremely laughable*. Also, most of the people in this book did not support the war on terror for various reasons; RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-86092586064487085492010-05-26T17:26:00.002-04:002010-05-26T17:35:16.320-04:00Cool websiteLexicalist- a demographic dictionary of modern American EnglishLet's look at some words real quick:Sexism SuperheroesRavenScholarBooksBlogRavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-50247407235496421932010-05-26T17:18:00.004-04:002010-05-26T17:25:53.380-04:00I have more proof that Maine's politicians are the best.Senator Olympia Snowe is highly respected (as we knew) and politicians should first serve the nation, then the state, then the voters (which my mother and I have known for quite some time).Maine, I am proud of you. EDIT: Video does not work, so I took it off. Here's the link.RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-39934207031401114252010-05-26T17:07:00.004-04:002010-05-26T17:18:16.679-04:00DisappointedI expected this minister to be more... open, I suppose.Boys will be Boys- Women need to stop tempting men to sexual sin and society needs to be less accepting of this (just the title makes me feel a little sick. I've got a comment pending moderation on this one, so if you never see it, you know why).Dad: Servant Manager- Wives are to submit to their husbands commandsMostly it's just these posts RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-73484890860313800742010-05-22T00:05:00.005-04:002010-05-22T00:22:24.109-04:00Milwaukee County Superviser John Chianelli Endorses Sexual AssaultsSupervisors call for firing of county mental health chiefMilwaukee Offers up Mentally Ill Women as Sexual Bait to Soothe Violent Male Inmates- Candidate for Governor SupportsLet me outline everything that is wrong about this.One, rape and sexual abuse should never be a trade-off for anything. If Milwaukee has a problem with violence in male wards, then something should be done to curb the RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-43005342244435381052010-05-21T22:03:00.004-04:002010-05-21T22:24:44.567-04:00Discrimination. Again.A man named Rand Paul has issues with accomodating people with disabilites. Or admit to racism.Because business should be all about money.Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyVisit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyHere's what Womanist Musings has to say about it:Tea Party Member Rand Paul Does Not Believe in the Civil Rights RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-12984211189083745922010-05-21T21:19:00.005-04:002010-05-21T21:56:40.295-04:00Don't Move to TexasThe current big news is Texas's new Board of Education statewide curriculum.It is utter [insert derogatory word of choice].First off; the things added:Republican resurgencyNational Rifle AssociationRequired to include that the Founding Fathers possibly didn't really mean that the church and state should be seperated.Next; the vocabulary replaced:Imperialism to expansionismCapitolism to free tradeRavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-57870183457129456642010-05-20T14:40:00.005-04:002010-05-21T21:57:12.509-04:00Deepwater Horizions Oil GeyserWatch CBS News Videos Online"-Deepwater Horizons worker speaks out about various technical problems on the rigThere's a second video there, too.People keep talking about America's "oil addiction". I rather think that its a power addiction. Big companies (CEOs) want to stay big (make lots of money); and politicians don't want to lose the campaing funds and/or power.Its a money problem.RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-83916923551326241362010-05-15T14:23:00.003-04:002010-05-15T14:58:56.864-04:00This is sadUnemployed Barber Strangled for Shoplifting ToothpasteAlso: A example of comics sexismRavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-74881429733240879472010-05-15T14:12:00.002-04:002010-05-15T14:16:09.400-04:00Musings on LanguageFeminism does not need to redefine “feminine”. Nor “women”. “Masculinity” does not have to incorporate demureness; nor “man” sensitivity. “Feminine” can keep the non-violent connotation it has.Feminism needs to redefine how the terms “man”, “woman”, “masculinity”, and “femininity” are used.Male and female* are biological factors. You are born with testes or you are born with ovaries. Man and RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-12378154925771682922010-05-06T16:07:00.005-04:002010-05-06T17:07:54.124-04:00A thing more people should know aboutThe Obama Administration has a Council for Women and Girls.Why have more people not heard of this? This is the sort of stuff that should be all over the place. I had not heard of this before yesterday.I can find no reference of "feminist" on the sight anywhere. Has NOW heard of this?Incidently: some comics for you to check out.Neil Gaiman is a great writer. His Sandman stuff is more grown up and RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-73678049495841654012010-05-05T21:00:00.006-04:002010-05-05T21:08:47.311-04:00A contest entryFor Espanolbot's Where is Cass Cain? contest.Where is Cass Cain?Saving Sin.(Since that douchebag Green Arrow stuck her in that monastery without telling Black Canary.)Return of the Forgotten Asian Characters!They will both show up in the new Birds of Prey run and we shall have a touching reunion scene.Incidentally: TheFBomb. A teenage feminist blogger. I believe I love this.RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-22776588738236670052010-05-02T19:35:00.003-04:002010-05-02T21:11:44.777-04:00Parade and Times MagazineI had some Parade articles pointed out to me today. Barred from responding on the website by my lack of account, I'm talking about it here.Article One:"Developed World Leads on Gay Rights"Countries that have Legal Same-Sex Marriage:CanadaBelgiumSpainThe NetherlandsNorwaySwedenSouth Africa...Unspecified othersCountries where homosexual acts are punishable by death:IranSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-72295816571150523202010-05-01T19:00:00.004-04:002010-05-01T20:08:01.016-04:00The Ghost NationMy last post was a compilation of some of the posts from this website.Now to my response.Anti-Feminist DefinitionFrom this we can infer that:If you are a feminist, you do not believe in God, you endorse Zionism, sodomists, violence, police brutality, are two-faced, a liar, treacherous, a prospective adulterer, swear a lot, disorganized, vulgar, angry, a hacker and cybercriminal, untrustworthy, RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-10404923973458105302010-05-01T18:24:00.003-04:002010-05-01T20:10:17.090-04:00In the spirit of fairnessI decided to take a look at the anti-feminist point of veiw today, to see if there was anything there that wasn't "women are evil", which is what I had heard.Sadly, it seems the people I had heard were right.From Angryharry.comImmodest Women Cause Earthquakes Women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes, a senior Iranian cleric has said.Correct!From The RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220464791806907359.post-74889687657699819282010-04-23T22:20:00.002-04:002010-04-23T22:24:25.154-04:00What sort of a worldWhat sort of a world is it where a song entitled "Its Hard Out Here For A Pimp" gets a "Most Original Song" Award at the Oscars?At the OSCARS.I much prefer FrankenGirl's version.RavenScholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666624900578766513noreply@blogger.com0