Why do so many women refuse to call themselves feminists?
I am sick and tired of feminism being a dirty word! I want to believe that the only reason anyone would choose to deny that they were a feminist would be due to a misunderstanding about what the world means. Perhaps there are other reasons why people are reluctant to take this label for themselves…
Why do we humans so often ignore the “elephants in the room”?
Fu**ing magnets, how do they work?
Asked by:How would we construct and express identity without bodies?
From first impressions to ‘finding your tribe’, identities are formed, projected, assumed and reinforced in an increasingly image-conscious world. How would our experience of identity (ethnic, gender, sexual, ableness, age etc.) differ in a hypothetical non-physical world where we were not constantly assuming identities – voluntarily or otherwise – based on aspects of our physical appearance?
Why is becoming an economy more important than a society?
We are constantly outsourcing social tasks, child care, aged care, any care actually. Our level of tolerance and sense of community is constantly diminishing, causing more depression and social problems. Why aren’t we encouraging mothers to spend time with their kids instead of putting them in care? Why aren’t we supporting adult children in looking after their aging parents. Why don’t we help each other more? Is it all about money? Appearances? Lack of tolerance?
Why are immeasurable, unautomated, irreplacable things (arts, education) valued so little financially?
Because I have a vested interest in both, and I’ve yet to receive a good answer.
Asked by:In the interests of a non-environmentally disastrous future, how do we rapidly and equitably transition to a (much) lower population world?
Because this is one of the root environmental problems we face. My grandmother was born into a world with 75% fewer people and this seemingly unstoppable growth undermines all of the good we do. If we halve consumption and double the world’s population, we have achieved nothing, but forced sterilisation is obviously completely unacceptable, as is the total freedom to have 9 children if you feel like it. You should care because at the moment the future does not look like now with more electric cars; you should more picture 40m people in rags foraging in a gravel car park the size South Australia for 27 potatotes.
Why is blasphemy so satisfying even though I’m an atheist?
Asked by:When will women’s health issues such as endometriosis be given greater priority? They are chronic and can mean an end to life and happiness.
Endometriosis and related conditions are VERY expensive to treat and go hand in hand with not being able to work so women and girls cannot move out, gain employment and are stuck in a hideously painful rut. The medical profession can be woefully uneducated about women’s health and more drugs need to be on the PBS. I pay about $200 a month for mine!
Asked by:Why are other people’s audience questions so terrible?
Asked by:Why are we so reluctant to grow up? Are we more childish than the generations before us?
The rise of adult colouring books, the return of the 90’s and just us reaching for things that remind us of our childhood constantly, made me wonder if it was like this for previous generations too or are we trying to postpone adulthood and all that comes with it more than before? Are we longing for simpler times with everything developing so fast around us?