![Do they know it’s International Women’s Day [in Afghanistan]?](https://failbluedot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/afghanistan_protest_1.jpg)
by Carl Howard | Mar 9, 2014 | Feminism and LGBT, Race, Society, Travel
Vignette the First A few months ago I was in a conversation where International Women’s Day was brought up. Specifically, the question of whether a particular someone would know what it is. One person (let’s call him Bob) said “Of course they do, it’s celebrated...
by Carl Howard | Nov 1, 2012 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Poems, Society, Travel
[The Central Asia wrapup post prompted me to attempt to say the same thing in verse.] I hate the ramblings of Those trendy travelling wankers At home their life’s a bore They’re lawyers, tradies, bankers Yet get them overseas Especially to places That they think are...
by Carl Howard | Oct 23, 2012 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Society, Travel
I’ve finished my series of posts on Central Asia. (You can find the full list here.) I wanted to write some sort of wrap-up and it may as well address what’s been bothering me about the whole trip and the region. The problems faced by the region are immense. But it’s...
by Carl Howard | Oct 9, 2012 | Blog Topics, Society, Travel
“Do you believe in evolution?” This has to be one of the most annoying questions about evolution out there. To see why, have a look at this 1hr talk by Josh Roseneau about what Miss USA can teach us about evolution. For the meaty part, see below where he plays a...
by Carl Howard | Oct 2, 2012 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Travel
The kinds of things I’ll post here are probably what’s at the top of most people’s minds with respect to Iran. And certainly religion plays a very major role in Iran. There are a lot of atrocities that are reported in the international news, especially in terms of...
by Carl Howard | Sep 25, 2012 | Blog Topics, Interesting Stuff, Travel
Here are some of the interesting things I noticed about culture and modern life in Iran. This is a particularly hard topic to list stuff about so I’m sure I missed some crucial things that I saw in favour of the stuff I happened to remember. Like most of the Middle...
