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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Eleven Principles of Unconditional Self-Acceptance
In order to do more dragon taming, I am reading Windy Dryden’s book How to Accept Yourself, which is based on Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT). He argues against self-esteem and suggests instead to work toward Unconditional Self-Acceptance (USA). Dryden … Continue reading
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Tagged rational-emotive beahvioral therapy, REBT, Windy Dryden
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Will your vote be counted?
It depends. It depends on what’s going on in the black box also known as voting machine. And the problem isn’t just with the touch-tone screens. There are also issues with the grand counters – those machines that add up … Continue reading
Religious Wrong’s Influence
An interesting commentary at AlterNet made me realize how destructive the influence of the Religious Right really is (hereafter I call them the Wrong – they might be on the right-side of the political spectrum but they are dead wrong … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Feminism, Singles By Choice
Tagged couplemania, LGBT, marriage, matrimania, religious right, same-sex marriage, singlism
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Climate Crisis
Ken over at Open Parachute wrote a very good post about the climate changes we are facing. His summary does an excellent job of countering the arguments of climate change deniers. Of course I had to add my 3 cents … Continue reading
“Lost Boys” loses girls
As the mother of a teenage boy, I was eager to read the article Lost Boys in the June 2008 edition of the Monitor. I was rather disappointed. The article ignores that despite the supposed educational gap, men still earn … Continue reading
Atheism and Marital Status
The Pew Forum on Religion breaks out religious affiliation by marital status. According to their detail table, the highest percentage of never marrieds are amongst atheists (37%), almost twice the rate as in the total population (19%). This might be … Continue reading