Car monogamy
Some people live in the same house for their whole lives. Some people have the same husband (!) for their whole lives. And some people keep the same car for their whole lives. Read more
Filed Under Art, History & traditions, Modern Life
International day for story tellers
Do you like to tell or to listen to stories? Then you can’t miss Listen! - International Day for Sharing Life Stories tomorrow, on May 16th 2008, all around the world.
People will gather in community halls, classrooms, public parks, theaters, auditoriums, as well as websites, email exchanges and virtual environments to hear each other’s stories. Read more
Filed Under Events, History & traditions, Media & Society
(Very) Close together
I used to work side by side with my boyfriend. For more than one year, our tables were 30 cm apart. And not only we didn’t think it was a problem, but also enjoyed the fact that we were so close. But then I got another job proposal and moved away. And, all of a sudden, we rediscovered how good life was when we meet at the end of the day and have news to share.
Michael Roach and Christie McNally will not be able to find that out. At least, not without breaking their life vowel. Read more
Filed Under History & traditions, Modern Life
More black than white, and yet so much difference
Most Brazilian newspapers today are talking about a study from IPEA (the Research Institute of Applicable Economy, in Brazil) that says that by the end of this year the black population will be bigger than the white one (bare in mind that, according to convention adopted in the country, a black person is anyone who claims to be black or brown, and the black population is the sum of all blacks and mulattos).
Reading that, made me think of an episode that happened back in 1996 to a friend. Read more
Filed Under History & traditions, Human Rights, Media & Society, Modern Life, Sport
In the beginning God created ET
Illustration by Priya Kathri
It’s always been a problem for me since I was a child.
At school I started to attend the religion class and the science one at the same time.
What a dilemma: “How did it all begin?!”
Since my teachers were all Sisters, every time I asked them to tell me why the two stories were so different, they just answered: “One day you will understand by yourself”.
Then I decided to study philosophy at the university and things got worse, as I realized that the two conceptions, the creationist and the scientific ones were irreconciliable.
Is it still true?
Filed Under Diversity, History & traditions, Modern Life, Research
Muslim Black Metal fans
A book worth a read, Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam explains that Black Metal - theoretically known as having satanic lyrics, being anti-religious and anti-Christian - is popular amongst young people in the Middle East.
Interestingly, conservative Muslims also believe that any music beside spiritual chanting is un-Islamic.
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Filed Under Art, Diversity, History & traditions, Media & Society, Modern Life, Politics
By-products of a chemical disaster born in children
More than two decades ago in the town of Bhopal, India, toxic gas seeped through the atmosphere, into people’s lungs and through their pores, filtering through every atom of their bodies.
The inescapable gas was the result of the world’s worst industrial disaster at a American pesticide plant, Union Carbide, in Bhopal on December 3, 1984.
Filed Under History & traditions, Human Rights, World Health