Are utopianism or distopianism beliefs a reflection of nature or nurture?  I think for many it is probably a little bit of both, as well as an impossible question.  As for me, I tend to just accept the future as it is – without letting myself feel powerless – rather, I do not convince myself that […]

The struggle between the natural and social sciences has been a long-time battle, especially in the environmental community.  Both sides use similar arguments to support their sides, which we can look at using the three argument types that we used in our classes on anthropocene: counting to 1/monism, counting to 2/dualism, counting beyond 2/understanding that the […]

In class we collected what we thought of as the current state of the earth (often in the words of authors we have been reading and not necessarily our own beliefs), and juxtaposed this with a collection of ways in which we categorize realities, such as the current state of the earth.  Each of these […]

For much of this year, Clinton has spoken with ease — and little controversy — about female empowerment. At Tina Brown’s ‘Women in the World’ conference in April, Clinton declared that the “double standard” for women was “alive and well.” In countless public appearances, she has opened up about how that standard played out in […]