Displaced Deities

The evolution from religion to science is illuminated throughout the article “Displaced Deities, a reply.” The author, Barbara Ehrenreich, establishes a connection between religion and science as ways of explaining the natural processes of the world. It accomplishes this by providing a historical timeline of the ways in which humans had previously explained various concepts.Continue reading “Displaced Deities”

do you know who you are?

From the moment we’re assigned our sex, society attaches a respective gender with a list of expected gender norms for us to fulfill. Many people continue to use these two words interchangeably: sex and gender. However, these words take on radically different meanings. Sex is used to biologically distinguish people by their chromosomal makeup (XXContinue reading “do you know who you are?”

Treating People With Kindness

This week is Thanksgiving week. For Thanksgiving, my whole family normally comes over. We typically all cook, or my mom typically cooks, one really huge meal for all of us, as most families do. However, my family is composed of 10 people, not including in-laws, nephews, or nieces. Therefore, our meal is bigger than theContinue reading “Treating People With Kindness”

The Controversy of Political Discussion

Everyone always looks forward to Thanksgiving: a holiday filled with cultural appropriation, the whitewashing of history, heated political debates, and a grand turkey feast! Though heated political debates seemingly happen more frequently than the others outside of this splendid holiday. Bringing up politics is probably one of the fastest ways to ruin dinner, as mostContinue reading “The Controversy of Political Discussion”

My Learning Philosophy

The learning process is about opening your mind to ideas and building on what you know to have a deeper understanding of diverse topics. In order for this to take place, it’s important for learners to collaborate with others in discussions about the topics they’re learning about as well as make connections with those you’reContinue reading “My Learning Philosophy”

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