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Microaggression: Woman on Woman
Microaggression: Woman on Woman As anyone knows who knows me, I detest the very word “microaggression.” To me, it’s part of a newly weaponized jargon that allows any accuser to put on the mantle of victimhood and leave the accused … Continue reading →
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Tagged abuse of power, accupuncture, benign protest, denial, doctor/patient relations, domination, erotic self-defense, feminine dignity, getting a grip, getting a handle, indignity, instinctive defenses, interpersonal dynamics, jargon, medical aggression, medical considerateness, medical intervention, medical power dynamic, microaggression, moral obligation, new treatment, patient dignity, patient embarrassment, patient powerlessness, patient self-defense, physical therapy, preventing abuse, professional abuse, Ralph Waldo Emerson, reflexive aggression, resignation, risks of new treatment, robust common sense, search for cures, social abuse, social aggression, social awkwardness, social clues, social evidence, social life, social life as war, stopping abuse, suspicion, thin skin, unresigned, useless remedies, victimhood, vulnerability, walking handicap, weaponized words
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Obsequies for Dennis Delcau
Obsequies for Dennis Delcau Rabbi Mitchell Delcau’s father died. I went to the funeral this morning. Mitchell Delcau is our temple’s former rabbi, now based in Seattle. He was someone I had once worked hard to find, serving on the … Continue reading →
Posted in absurdism, academe, action, afterlife, alienation, anthropology, art, art of living, autonomy, beauty, Biblical God, bureaucracy, chivalry, cities, class, conformism, contemplation, contradictions, cool, courage, cultural politics, culture, desire, dialectic, eternity, ethics, existentialism, faith, freedom, friendship, guilt and innocence, health, heroes, hidden God, hierarchy, history of ideas, idealism, ideality, identity, ideology, immorality, immortality, institutional power, Jews, Judaism, law, legal responsibility, love, martyrdom, masculinity, memoir, memory, moral action, moral evaluation, moral psychology, mortality, oppression, past and future, peace, philosophy, politics of ideas, power, presence, psychology, public facade, reductionism, relationships, religion, roles, social conventions, social ranking, spiritual journey, spiritual not religious, spirituality, status, suffering, the examined life, the problematic of men, the problematic of woman, the profane, the sacred, theism, theology, time, twentieth century, twenty-first century, victimhood, victims, violence, war, work, writing, Zeitgeist
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Tagged ambivalence, anti-semitism, bad companions, bereavement, cemetery vandalism, congregants, Dennis Delcau, diaspora, draft deferment, excuses, filial piety, flag-draped coffin, funeral home, funerals, grief, Holocaust survivor, homage to one's country, honesty, honor, humiliation, importance of Israel, Jewish army, Jewish observance, job loss, Judaica, lying, Maimonides, memorials, openness, patriotic homage, patriotism, prejudice, Rabbi Mitchell Delcau, rabbinate, rabbis, reality of God, reunion, search committee, Seattle, simplicity, social awkwardness, Star of David, temple officials, the unrighteous, truthfulness, Vietnam War, vulnerability, Why Israel, widow, work ethic
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