Understanding the hookup culture
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Monday, November 11, 2013
‘The Outsourced Self,’ by Arlie Russell Hochschild - NYTimes.com
‘The Outsourced Self,’ by Arlie Russell Hochschild - NYTimes.com
In “The Outsourced Self,” Hochschild talks to love coaches, wedding planners, surrogate mothers, nannies, household consultants and elder-care managers, but also, and with deep empathy, their clients. A majority of these people are middle-aged or near middle age; the main thing is, they’re not young, which means they are not yet used to a virtualized and monetized social existence and can still express doubts about it. Most are women, who have long been the main providers of care, love and charity. Hochschild’s consumers buy hyperpersonal services because they lack the family support or social capital or sheer time to meet potential mates, put on weddings, whip up children’s birthday parties, build children’s school projects, or care for deteriorating parents. Or these folks think they just couldn’t perform such tasks as well as the pros. The providers sell their services because the service economy is where the money is, or because they take pleasure in helping others. Everybody worries about preserving the human element in the commercial encounter. Very few succeed.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Monday, November 4, 2013
Students text, a lot, during class
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131023151612.htm
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Surveys Dramatically Underestimate Homophobia - Atlantic Mobile
http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/10/surveys-dramatically-underestimate-homophobia/280335/
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Friday, November 1, 2013
See Why We Have An Absolutely Ridiculous Standard Of Beauty In Just 37 Seconds
See Why We Have An Absolutely Ridiculous Standard Of Beauty In Just 37 Seconds
There is the reason that even when I was in really great shape, wore a size 4, and was healthy, it was never good enough for me. All of my logic and intelligence have trouble combatting what I've seen as "perfect" day after day for my entire life. Well, I want to see more of this. I want to show my daughter, over and over, why the images of so many women she sees aren't realistic. And what I really want is for us to stop turning beautiful women into drawings and passing them off as real.
College Diplomas are Meaningless. This is How to Fix Them. Design specs for upgrading the communications device formerly known as the sheepskin
The College Diploma: Time for an Upgrade? | New Republic
College Diplomas are Meaningless. This is How to Fix Them. Design specs for upgrading the communications device formerly known as the sheepskin
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