A Litmus Test of Equality 2015-02-06 An IMO interesting scenario the evaluate equality.[show the article]
Taking stock of oneself 2015-02-04 A table that might be helpful to find out more about yourself.[show the article]
Interesting Interview with ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Cartoonist Luz 2015-02-03 VICE has an interesting interview with 'Charlie Hebdo' Cartoonist Luz online. Well worth watching.[show the article]
Allowing for excellence or enforcing sameness 2015-02-01 A (very) short comment on the tension between equality and excellence.[show the article]
Recommendation: “I Need a Hashtag” by Remy 2015-01-31 A 2 minute music clip that pretty much sums up hashtivism[show the article]
Sex Work and Art 2015-01-29 A comment about a sex worker who tried to get her stage name legally recognized in her passport served as an interesting case about what art is -- or rather, what an artist is.Image from "Dangerous Beauty" (1998).[show the article]
The Power of Silence (and the little green (wo)man) 2015-01-14 The Thesis Whisperer has a beautiful posting about an anything-but-beautiful situation: A person working for a prof is being exploited and goes (almost) crazy due to the seriously impaired communication. Two short comments.[show the article]
Questionable Views in Academia 2015-01-12 There was an interesting question on stackexchange Academia regarding how to deal with the questionable views of a colleague and whether his prospective employer should be warned about them. I repost the question and one answer (mine) here.[show the article]