February 2017 - Uncommon Ground

An Interview with Adalet Garmiany – Founder, Curator, and Chief Executive of ArtRole

February 28, 2017 Scott Jacobsen 0

Adalet R. Garmiany is a British & Kurdish Iraqi artist, curator and Chief Executive/Founder of ArtRole, an International based contemporary arts organisation developing international cultural exchanges with the Middle East. Adalet

Arts News in Brief 28th February 2017

February 28, 2017 Scott Jacobsen 0

Bay of Plenty as arts and culture hub; St. John’s is a cultural “hotspot”; and Australia’s most famous cult makes the news

Religion News in Brief February 27th 2017

February 27, 2017 Scott Jacobsen 0

Pro-Trump pastor opines that lesbian community baiting straight women; Pope prefers atheists to bad Christians; and Australia’s most famous cult makes the news

South Dakota Anti-Science Bill 55 Shot Down

February 27, 2017 Scott Jacobsen 0

NCSE has stopped another attempt—of the many tired, stammering, unrelenting attempts—to block modern education, burn it to the ground, and from its ashes build wrongheaded ideas for an educational framework for the young.

‘It’s just porn’: Coming to terms with a sexually corrosive culture

February 27, 2017 Robert Jensen 1

Robert Jensen is a professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. This essay is drawn from his book The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism

“Sex work” or “prostitution”? Language choices reveal views on male dominance

February 27, 2017 Robert Jensen 11

Robert Jensen is a professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. This essay is drawn from his book The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism

Women’s Rights News in Brief February 26th 2017

February 26, 2017 Scott Jacobsen 0

Amnesty International reports on women’s rights; KQED provides some resources for Women’s History Month; and Funding for women’s rights

Nagaland and the Constitutional Provisions for Equality

February 26, 2017 Scott Jacobsen 0

By Scott Jacobsen | The land of festivals and equality in controversy over gender inequality.

An Analysis of the Tsikamutanda Witch Hunting phenomenon in Eastern Zimbabwe: An Interview with Headman Nemasase

February 25, 2017 Takudza Mazwienduna 0

By Chris Mataruka and Takudzwa Mazwienduna Superstition is sometimes considered a harmless phenomenon, which is why we seldom find citizens or legislators mounting serious opposition to unsubstantiated opinions deeply held

Politics in Brief February 25th 2017

February 25, 2017 Scott Jacobsen 0

Manning says politicians need to respond to populist sentiments, rightly; Corbyn disappointed by Copeland; and Sam Ronan: the millennial, progressive Candidate

Month: February 2017

An Interview with Adalet Garmiany – Founder, Curator, and Chief Executive of ArtRole

Arts News in Brief 28th February 2017

Religion News in Brief February 27th 2017

South Dakota Anti-Science Bill 55 Shot Down

‘It’s just porn’: Coming to terms with a sexually corrosive culture

“Sex work” or “prostitution”? Language choices reveal views on male dominance

Women’s Rights News in Brief February 26th 2017

Nagaland and the Constitutional Provisions for Equality

An Analysis of the Tsikamutanda Witch Hunting phenomenon in Eastern Zimbabwe: An Interview with Headman Nemasase

Politics in Brief February 25th 2017

What Does Jordan Peterson’s Enforced Monogamy Actually Look Like? | Beatrice Louis

For a New Left | Dan Fisher

The Spread of Anti-Christian Hatred in Egypt | Tara Abhasakun

Cults and Terrorism: Can We Establish Parallels Between Noxious Belief Systems? | Sarah Mills

The Need for an Expanded Theory of Mind in an Era of Increasing Polarisation | Angelos Sofocleous