historical hiccup

History repeats. With the occasional hiccup, the extraordinary disruption that changes everything, but unfortunately not everyone....

blond

Have you ever heard a blond joke which was about a blond guy? I haven't. Blond jokes -- even if the target is just referred to as "a blond", are always about women.

So along with the discrimination and prejudice which women generally face, a woman who is blond has an additional layer to tend with. This is sometimes referred to as intersectionality -- when more than one type of discrimination or prejudice impacts a person. Another example of this is the experience of black women who are discriminated against based on both gender and race.

men's daily prayers

This one was inspired by reading about the prayer that Jewish men actually prayed for years (and some might still pray?), and then taking it from there. Of course, some of the things the man on the left is praying could readily be the view of the man on the right as well -- we are just not as open about it as they were in Old Testament times.

Are we making progress?