Welmer

Exploring the East, Revisiting the West

Welmer header image 4

Entries from June 2009

The Cost of “Chivalry”

June 9th, 2009 · 10 Comments

I have been expecting kidnapping to become more popular for some time now. Given rising inequality and the fact that many people living in America (whether citizens or not) have less to lose than they did before, it only makes sense. However, what I did not expect, and never even thought of, was state-sponsored kidnapping [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: China · Men · Predictions

Feminist Poetry — A Glimpse into the Female Mind?

June 8th, 2009 · 9 Comments

I have always loved poetry, especially that which deals with the eternal questions of existence, with longings for answers, and with those experiences that embody truth. However, I have never been a big fan of erotic poetry, and I assume that the same goes for the majority of men. And I can state with some [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Ideas · Men

Defining Ourselves

June 7th, 2009 · 9 Comments

Throughout history it has been common for people to be defined by their occupation. We can see this in surnames such as Smith, Wright, Miller, etc. Today, when people are mentioned in articles, their occupations are usually listed along with their age and place of residence, for example: “Justin Martin, a 26-year-old construction worker from [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Ideas · Men

Writing in Tongues: Feminist Language

June 3rd, 2009 · 9 Comments

When women’s experience is made intelligible in the communications of consciousness raising we can recognize that it is in the structures of men’s stories of the world that women don’t make sense — that our own experience, collectively and jointly appreciated, can generate a picture of ourselves and the world within which we are intelligible. [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Men