Friday, March 09, 2001

Well, I'm back, if only for a little while. And, miss them or not, it's time for me to take you on a little tour of my ever-active mind. Please, let's begin.

We start in the political, sociological (made-up word?) part of my brain. Here we find that I've been thinking about how life is unfair. I can be as dreamy and ideological as I want, but that just doesn't change anything. Getting to be ideological and dreamy is a luxury I too often take for granted. I was thinking, specifically, about the income gap between whites and blacks. Clearly, there's still a problem of racism in this country. I would never deny that, sad though it may be. But this income gap is tremendous! And thoroughly unjust. We can't keep lying to ourselves, telling ourselves that America is the land of opportunity and freedom, when we have numbers and cold hard facts staring us in the face, illustrating otherwise. Sure, America's the land of opportunity-- if you're a rich white male.

Moving along to the intellectual, academic sector of my brain (a very small area, hidden in a dark corner toward the back), we find a curiosity regarding the events leading up to World War I. There are two things which most people agree are key: the alliances formed involving numerous European nations and the assasination of Archduke Ferdinard. Simple enough? Oh no. I find World War I immensely confusing. There's a lot of interesting trivia about World War I, though. Did you know that the first time they tried to kill Archduke Ferdinand, he deflected the bomb they threw toward his car down onto the street with his bare hands? Go Ferdinand!

If we travel eastward, we come to the woman part of my brain (what part of my brain isn't woman?!). Here, we will discover that I have been "surfing the feminist web." I've come across a few Sassy-esque webzines/magazines, including BUST, A M P : : : M I N I Z I N E, and Bitch. Names like that are a sure sign that feminism is alive and well -- at least in some sense of the word. I also stumbled across Adios Barbie, a fun little body image site. (Check out the "Feed the Model" game, which is super fun for about three minutes, at which point you suddenly realize it's an insult to a) skinny girls and b) your intelligence.)

I hope you've enjoyed this quick tour of my mind as much as I have. Can you believe I spend everyday with all this stuff just floating around my head uncensored? Imagine.

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