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Can we really change?

Rachel's Musings Posted on March 30, 2014 by RachelMarch 30, 2014

I had a humbling experience a couple of weeks ago. Well, at the time it wasn’t humbling. It was infuriating. As I started to look at what happened, though, it became humbling: I had fallen into “old patterns” again. The …
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Posted in Personal, Skeptical musings | Tagged change, culture, meditation, mindfulness, systems thinking | 1 Reply

Thoughts on Public Shaming

Rachel's Musings Posted on March 23, 2013 by RachelApril 30, 2013

As soon as I rediscover the Feminist Philosophers’ blog, a post on The Ethics of Public Shaming gets my thinking juices flowing. Having written my thesis on shame, I figured I might have something to add to the discussion. Little …
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Posted in Activism, Feminism | Tagged cultural trauma, shame, systems thinking, violence against women | 8 Replies

Trying to Understand

Rachel's Musings Posted on February 27, 2013 by RachelApril 19, 2013

When you walk around with those bags filled with designer clothes you don’t really need do you not see that man sleeping in the doorway? When you drive to buy a bargain halfway across town don’t you realize what it …
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Posted in Poetry | Tagged systems thinking | 1 Reply

To Leave or Not to Leave

Rachel's Musings Posted on February 21, 2013 by RachelApril 19, 2013

I’ve made a big fuss about leaving Facebook both here and on Facebook itself in part because i wanted other people’s inputs. Most of that was “oh, i’ll miss you,” or some variation thereof, which wasn’t particularly helpful, especially since …
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Posted in Activism | Tagged Facebook, integrity, systems thinking | 3 Replies

The Violence Connection

Rachel's Musings Posted on January 5, 2013 by RachelApril 24, 2013

A friend of mine pointed me to a beautiful musical collaboration between David Broza, an Israeli musician, and Wisam Murad, a Palestinian musician. Somehow this song tugged at my heart deeply. I am guessing that it tapped into my despair …
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Posted in Activism, Feminism | Tagged capitalism, one billion rising, rape, systems thinking, violence against women | 8 Replies

Systems Dis-Ease

Rachel's Musings Posted on December 13, 2012 by RachelApril 19, 2013

After ranting about the blindness within self-help modalities to the systemic issues, i started reading an article about Naomi Klein. As i was reading the article, i could hear the voices starting, actually continuing, to tear me down: Well, she …
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Posted in Activism, Lebensexperiment, Quick note | Tagged depression, shame, systems thinking | Leave a reply

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