thinking thursday

mind

Having watched money and connections land many a book on the best-selling lists, I find this to raise an interesting point about the dangers of pretending privilege doesn’t exist.   “Because in this world where women will sit around discussing the various topiary shapes of their bikini waxes, the conversation about money (or privilege) is the one we never have. Why? I think it’s the Marie Antoinette syndrome: Those with privilege and luck don’t want the riffraff knowing the details. After all, if ‘those people’ understood the differences in our lives, they might revolt. Or, God forbid, not see us as somehow more special, talented and/or deserving than them.”

I cannot get enough of this. I included it, with his blessings, in a book of mine. I read it often.

body

This is amazing and very cool and beyond the binary.

Go big or go home seems to be the theme.

This is going on my meal planner. Yeah, like I have a meal planner, but you know what I mean.

Come, let’s make our own mustard. Because it matters. You’re welcome.

spirit

These rules for 2014 still apply for 2015.

word

“Responsibility I believe accrues through privilege. People like you and me have an unbelievable amount of privilege and therefore we have a huge amount of responsibility. We live in free societies where we are not afraid of the police; we have extraordinary wealth available to us by global standards. If you have those things, then you have the kind of responsibility that a person does not have if he or she is slaving seventy hours a week to put food on the table; a responsibility at the very least to inform yourself about power. Beyond that, it is a question of whether you believe in moral certainties or not.” -Noam Chomsky

(Illustration: The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli)