The night before I start the Rations Challenge. I've put the congee (jhook) on to cook in the slow-cooker so I don't risk burning it on the stove from absentmindedness.
I'm not too worried about not being able to stomach the food - I don't mind rice, chickpeas, or lentils. But the blandness worries me. I'm used to plenty of tasty food - and snacks. And those are no longer an option.
Anyway, relevant to the challenge - an article from a couple of years ago.
Seven days, one ration pack, a few humbling truths...
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The divide between the haves and the have-nots is not as simple as the urban/rural divide.
Some interesting reading about the way the western world is shaping, and the Great Economic Divide. I don't recall there being much by way of solutions, though.
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arsenokoitai and when the word 'homosexual' actually appeared in biblical translations.
I've been reading Rachel Held Evans' Inspired about the Bible as a book, and I recently read Penny In The Air by Sarah Bessey, which is her story of becoming affirming and which I found helpful: to see it as a journey of discovery and realisation, not a switch that gets flicked on.
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Akashinga Women Rangers fight poachers in Zimbabwe
The rangers train with rifles, though some conservationists argue that arming the women increases the threat of violence. Akashinga founder Damien Mander disagrees. “With the women, [the rifle] is more of a tool. With the men, it’s more of a toy,” he says.
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE FOOLS IN THE BACK.
Also references the acknowledgement that if you pay a woman, she'll put 90% of that back into her family and her community, while a man will only put 35% back into his family and community. Where does the rest of it go? My instinctive answer is 'beer and prostitutes'. But I'm cynical like that.
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The Anger Of The White Male Lie by Ijeoma Oluo.
Basically, white guys have been sold a lie that the world is theirs for the taking, and now that the lie is being exposed, they'll do anything to hold onto it. That's why they're angry.
I'm not too worried about not being able to stomach the food - I don't mind rice, chickpeas, or lentils. But the blandness worries me. I'm used to plenty of tasty food - and snacks. And those are no longer an option.
Anyway, relevant to the challenge - an article from a couple of years ago.
Seven days, one ration pack, a few humbling truths...
--
The divide between the haves and the have-nots is not as simple as the urban/rural divide.
Some interesting reading about the way the western world is shaping, and the Great Economic Divide. I don't recall there being much by way of solutions, though.
--
arsenokoitai and when the word 'homosexual' actually appeared in biblical translations.
I've been reading Rachel Held Evans' Inspired about the Bible as a book, and I recently read Penny In The Air by Sarah Bessey, which is her story of becoming affirming and which I found helpful: to see it as a journey of discovery and realisation, not a switch that gets flicked on.
--
Akashinga Women Rangers fight poachers in Zimbabwe
The rangers train with rifles, though some conservationists argue that arming the women increases the threat of violence. Akashinga founder Damien Mander disagrees. “With the women, [the rifle] is more of a tool. With the men, it’s more of a toy,” he says.
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE FOOLS IN THE BACK.
Also references the acknowledgement that if you pay a woman, she'll put 90% of that back into her family and her community, while a man will only put 35% back into his family and community. Where does the rest of it go? My instinctive answer is 'beer and prostitutes'. But I'm cynical like that.
--
The Anger Of The White Male Lie by Ijeoma Oluo.
Basically, white guys have been sold a lie that the world is theirs for the taking, and now that the lie is being exposed, they'll do anything to hold onto it. That's why they're angry.
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