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Exploiting Kids On and Off Stage: Labor and Fiction
I often think about important ways in which the children who become star singers or become star actors or actresses in various television or film productions are exploited–exploited by their families, agents, colleagues, and audiences. Kids in such positions receive… Read More ›
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Evening Photography at Lake Jackson’s Shy Pond Park
I had so much fun this afternoon taking photographs with my Canon EOS Rebel T5 EF-S that I couldn’t stop! I just took 70-something pictures at Shy Pond Park and have narrowed it down to my favorite 15. It’s really interesting… Read More ›
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Afternoon Photography at Lake Jackson’s Dunbar Park
This afternoon I spent some time at Dunbar Park in Lake Jackson, Texas, taking some pictures–including a few that include my mother and dogs–with my Canon EOS Rebel T5 EF-S. With the right settings and adjustments, of which there are many,… Read More ›
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5th Annual 4th of July Reflection
There is much to be really disappointed and sad about this 4th of July. Hold off on the celebrations until the national assault–chaired by our current president–on minorities and freedom comes to a halt. Instead of a regular reflection, I… Read More ›
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Seasons – My Grandmother’s Paintings Part 1
This blog is the first post of what will be at least a four part series. My grandmother spent many years painting, and my house is an art gallery for her many wonderful works! Combining the power of her talent… Read More ›
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Biological Determinism and the Trans Debates: Gender, Sex, Race, and Ability
People increasingly attempt to use biological determinism (or essentialism) to lock people into identities, identities that are actually assigned and determined by cultural mores. While people who are transgender or transexual (often abbreviated as just trans) are increasingly accepted by… Read More ›
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Power in Everyday life, Religion, and Politics – Things On My Mind Series, #7
Minimum Wage I’m often interested in what people ignore or don’t see that is right before them. Although it has been disproven with data again and again, people persist in believing that most minimum wage workers are teenagers looking for… Read More ›
