society

Interesting article from The Guardian. A writer who questioned the premise of Lord of the Flies (that a group of boys separated from civilization would descend into a kind of barbarism) found a real life where quite the opposite happened. A group of schoolboys in Tonga got stranded on an island...

I'm starting this thread after a tangent in the Trudeau thread discussed Boomers and their effect on our political climate and values. In that thread, Boomers are accused of having "dropped the ball", allowing the growth of neoliberalism. The poster who made this accusation asked what good have...

Let's talk about the unfairness of such things as purses and make up. There is real sexism going on. Women get nice, big purses to carry all their stuff around in. It's socially acceptable for women to do so. Meanwhile, we guys have to try to cram all our stuff inside little wallets. So unfair...