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Are We Post-Queer? A Roundtable on the Present and Future of Queer Theory in Medieval Studies

Medievalists.net is a useful source, but those who run the website (whose nationality you can ascertain for yourself) have no obvious reservations about posting links to politically-motivated "scholarship" as well - dissertations/theses/articles written with a feminist or 'queer' viewpoint in mind, for example. They may not be Cultural Marxists themselves (it is difficult to be a Cultural Marxist and love medieval studies at the same time?) but they do give material support to the revolution.

Slutting it up is a political act.

When you thought they couldn't be more ridiculous... Liberals can't help themselves. This reviewer seems to be echoing raunch feminists: Three New Films Examine What It Means When Girls Act Out

"These are wildly different films, yet they share a common impulse: to demonstrate indelibly how for girls, behaving outrageously is still a political act."

Based on his review, it may seem that he is saying that these ways of behaving outrageously are just a response to being oppressed and exploited by men. But maybe his generalization is rather tenuous - there doesn't seem to be much of a link between behaving outrageously and reclaiming freedom or autonomy except in the first film, Spring Breakers. The other two are just about "patriarchal oppression."

Oz Conservative: A Feminist Explains Her Problems with Family

Related:
Feminist Self-Annihilation
Success and solipsism
This Won't End Well

Model for the Country, My...

Conn Carroll: What happened to the Golden State? (via Rebellion) - first of a five-part series.

With that questionable Catholic Jerry Brown at the helm, what could possibly go wrong?



KCET: Full Text and Analysis - YT
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Army Propagandists At It Again

From the US Army Facebook page:


Capt. Tamara DeJesus, the commander for 2nd Brigade Combat Team "STRIKE",101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), battle-buddy carries Capt. Marcus Morgan, the commander for Strike’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, during Strike Leaders Physical Training held at U.S. Army Fort Campbell's Johnson Field, Feb. 19. Photo by Sgt. Joe Padula

She's not an infantry officer, she's actually HHC BDE commander. (HQ support staff) Note that the man she is carrying is of a similar size, possibly shorter, and the caption does not tell us how far she carried him.

But the FB cheerleaders don't care.

It's like this weekend's UFC fight between two women (Rousey-Carmouche) and Danica Patrick's participation in the Daytona 500. The system deserves to die.

What's Wrong with Uhmerican Catholicism

"We just want to be nice."

Went to the DSPT tonight for the panel on Natural Law in American Rhetoric, Jurisprudence and Governance, with Russell Hittinger, Jean Porter and Lloyd Weinreb. I was disappointed, and it didn't change my opinion about JP but reinforced the suspicion of heterodoxy (at which a trusted Dominican on the East coast had hinted before). She seemed like the stereotypical feminist academic in appearance and demeanor, and her voice could make one's ears bleed - not only because of how it sounded but also because of her apparent dissent from Church teaching. She alluded to Humanae Vitae and had the temerity to suggest that not everything was de fide - which might be true of the reasoning or the theology but she seemed to take it further than that, referring to the prohibition on the use of artificial contraception and characterizing the Church's response as a refusal to concede that maybe the Holy Spirit did not speak through the Catholic Church but through Protestants (i.e. the Lambeth Conference). (I didn't know JP was that old. More evidencethat the Ph.D., nor a position in a theology department at a Catholic institution, hasn't meant anything for a while. Why struggle for a piece of paper useless in the real world and quite devalued when it comes to rank and intellectual achievement?)

The panel was too civil. While it is understandable that RT and JP did not express any criticism of one another openly (assuming they disagree on HV, and I think they do) because they are "colleagues" in academia and deal with the same subject matter, see each other at conferences, and so on, none of the Dominicans or people in the audience called JP out for what she said. Perhaps a real debate is not what the school wanted, especially since the moderator, the chair of theology, stated that the panel was a model of [polite] discussion about natural law, etc. (Some comments could be made about her as well.) And the school was using the event as publicity for itself, so attacking an academic might have negative consequences for the school and its image. Then why bother? It is, perhaps, related to the [liberal] assumption that disagreements about natural law (whether that names the precepts or the [normative] model of practical reason) is due solely to differences in reasoning, and that appetite has no part to play in influencing reason. The "charitable" assumption that all who engage in discussion of natural law are of "good will" may be unwarranted. At any rate, playing by the rules of liberals will probably not help the Church "win," persuade others of the correctness of Church teaching. There is more at work than just mere differences of opinion.

But wouldn't that sort of niceness backfire? If I were a rich orthodox Catholic,why would I donate money to an Catholic [educational] institution that tolerated that sort of open dissent (even if it is done in the name of academic freedom or Catholic "fidelity")?

Who among the Dominicans would be bold enough to defend patriarchy (or teach the natural law precepts pertaining to patriarchy) and attack feminism in all its forms? I can't imagine any of them really rocking the boat and saying anything controversial. But if marriages between Catholics have been failing for a while (and not just recently with the increase in divorce), might that not be a cause why there are not more eminent examples of married saints? I suppose I should look at the old moral theology manuals and confessors' manuals to see how much was devoted to the relationship dynamics between spouses. But there may be an argument for married men being ordained to the priesthood, if married men have a better understanding of how men and women relate and should relate. At the very least, those who are being ordained to the priesthood should have a real, in-depth knowledge of the differences between men and women and dealing with relating to women properly? But how true is this of all those "nice" Catholic guys in the seminary? That sort of experience would be beneficial with respect to "pastoral" advice; and it would serve to illuminate why St. Paul teaches what he does.

The invasion of academia by [unqualified] women, emasculated men, the loss of a proper patriarchal order in society; where is our courageous bishop who is willing to call a heretic a heretic? And to defend St. Paul from the innovators?

I'm a bit regretful for recommending the event to the YAs; while no one I know was there, I hope none of them decided to watch the live-streamed and was scandalized as a result.

Again, I see no reason to think a renewal is on its way. Perhaps there is too much emphasis in the popular narrative on religious liberty, attacks on the Church from without, persecution, and the like. Maybe we should consider the possibility that we did it to ourselves.

Going to Wait for Confirmation Before I Comment Further

AP: Panetta opens combat roles to women
NYT

Initial reactions from Vox, L. Auster, The Thinking Housewife, Steve Sailer.


"Some Catholic politician."
The Moral Torment of Leon Panetta
Leon Panetta to Pope Benedict: ‘Pray for me’

International Women's Day

This day seems to be getting prominent notice by Catholic feminists (like Lila Rose) who will talk about the killing of unborn women being opposed to the idea of International Women's Day. (Another example would be Catholic Fire.) But from whom do they take their lead?

Rome Reports: International Women's Day 2012: Why the Holy See says 'rural women' need support


It is sad to see Catholics following along the liberal agenda as it being advanced by the UN and adopted from the Socialists by comemmorating another faux holiday filled with the spirit of the age.

Do you want to restore the position of women? Work to restore the patriarchy that is necessary for the flourishing of families and political communities. Mass media activism just reinforces the propaganda for the other side.

Elsewhere: America Loves to Hate Women
Marking International Women's Day


RON JACOBS, Women’s Rights Are Human Rights

A battle for hearts and minds -- a paleo or traditionalist program for localization will have different aims and reasons, though some of the actions may seem similar. An example of the thinking we might have to counter: 10 Steps to Defeat the Corporatocracy. It's not completely devoid of the truth, but it is suffused with contemporary ideologies that, if lived and applied, would actually destroy community.

Philosopy masquerading as science

Then again, she is a historian, not a scientist.

Alice Dreger: Is anatomy destiny?


On sex (including intersex) and gender (including “gender dysphoria”)

Michael Sandel's Liberalism

From Oz Conservative: Hank Pellissier criticises male-identified males

In the preface, Sandel defines the liberal conception of the person this way:


According to this conception, my dignity consists not in any social roles I inhabit but instead in my capacity to choose my roles and identities for myself. (xiv)

Do all academic liberals believe this, and are they this blunt? Amazing -- no obfuscation here, and Sandel deserves to be labelled an enemy of the true and good.

Justice With Michael Sandel
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Michael Sandel on Markets and Morals

Michael Sandel’s Reith Lectures.
Chautauqua Institution

Leftists trying to dearm Switzerland

A Disrespectful Plea In Behalf Of Direct Democracy by George Handlery

Links:
Swiss Armed Forces - Schweizer Armee
Switzerland Military Police
The Militia System
The Swiss Report
Swiss Confederation Camouflage Patterns
Wiki: Miltiary of Switzerland and Gun Politics in Switzerland
The Swiss Militia
Swiss Shift Opinion to Abolish Militia

Swiss Gun Control Referendum Fails - Click here for more amazing videos

Guns, Crime, and the Swiss by Stephen Halbrook

The Transformation of Switzerland's Militia Armed Forces and the Role of the Citizen in Uniform

The Answer is Christ

Protesting an Abusive God

Google Books: Facing the Abusing God: A Theology of Protest

But would a Jew be willing to accept this? No doubt the author presents a more complex case against God, which does not accept what we believe about God's goodness. While Christ does say that, "It would have been better for him that he had not been born," this seems to be more hyperbole than an strictly "metaphysical" assertion.

Related: Confronting the Character of God

Misotheism

God?

Who Gets to Tell Me I'm Male? by David Ker Thomson
Where Feminism Left Me

A thought: Why not take deconstructivism even further and deny that there is an ego to be preserved?

A perverse generation...

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 22: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) signs legislation repealing military policy law during a ceremony December 22, 2010 in Washington, DC. President Obama signed into law a bill repealing the 'don't ask, don't tell' law against gays serving openly in the military. (Getty/Daylife)

Background on the President's Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Bill Signing Today

The President Signs Repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell": "Out of Many, We Are One"


AP: Obama signing 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal
President Obama: For Our National Security and Our Ideals

Christian Rout in the Culture War
by Patrick J. Buchanan

Dr. Fleming:

I have met many fine young men in the services these days, but I have met far more who are seriously deranged mentally and morally, who say they really believe they are defending our freedom by killing strangers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Here is a simple fact of modern life, that every institution on which civilization depends–the army, the Church, the university, the so-called arts and their traditions–is now turned against every purpose it is supposed to serve. The last place to seek wisdom is in philosophy professors, teachers of English cannot speak the language, the generals think the services exist to promote social revolution, and the bishops? The less said the better. If I nourished any hope for a younger generation, it would be extinguished by the incapacity of most people on the internet even to frame a rational set of alternatives, much less reach a rational conclusion.

I don't see the Pentagon negating this act by returning to its older declaration that combat effectiveness is gravely affected by homosexuals serving in the open.

I'll post articles from Yes! Magazine from time to time, but let us be clear about where its sympathies lie when it comes to morality concerning sexuality, the family, and community:

What Happy Families Know

It was never easy for families to make it on their own. As the economy becomes more turbulent and America diversifies, many people are embracing new family values. We are learning to care for, love, and bring into our families people who come from different cultures or ethnicities, are gay or straight, are blood relatives or relatives by choice.

Love must be grounded upon truth about the human person and what the authentic human goods are.

It's easy to be nice when cheap energy makes an easy life possible.

How quickly would our fake virtue dissolve if things became difficult for an extended period of time (and I mean more than a week)?

Someone offers a "reformed" socialism as a solution to our crisis:
A strategy to reverse overshoot and achieve sustainable well-being

Frank Rotering, Energy Bulletin

In order for humankind to resolve its ecological predicament, capitalism must be historically superseded. People who are aware of the system’s growth compulsion and the environmental destruction that results may well suspect that this statement is true. But carrying this train of thought forward is difficult. Why? Because currently the only well-known model for moving beyond capitalism is that of the socialist tradition. This model, however, arose in the context of class struggles rather than overshoot, and in my view it incorporates several grave errors. I therefore believe that an alternative model for the post-capitalist transition must be developed.

The end justifies the means, and a critical situation demands that extreme measures be taken. Politics is about  power, and I don't disagree with this: "The full implementation of organic change requires economic control, which in turn necessitates political power. How this is achieved will depend largely on the reaction of expansionists once legitimacy has moved decisively to the new logic. Where they are willing to relinquish power in accordance with the popular will, legal methods should be used. Where they refuse, the forcible seizure of power will be necessary and justified." But I don't trust anti-Western revolutionaries to know what is right and best for the rest of us.

An example of why NPR should be defunded and put out of business

 Fresh Air with Terry Goss: 'Franklin And Eleanor': A Marriage Ahead Of Its Time : NPR www.npr.org

The Roosevelts' unorthodox marriage was equitable, sexually open -- and spanned four decades. Hazel Rowley profiles the uncommon union of a four-term president and his first lady in Franklin And Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage.