Showing posts with label equality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label equality. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Int'l Day of Women and Girls in Science

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Beauty-and-brains combine: Latina genius
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an annual observance adopted by the United Nations General Assembly to promote equal participation of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields [1].
  • Did the world forget all the female greats in herstory (his-story)? There was Kwan Yin (Buddhist Goddess of Compassion); Scheherazade; Asherah (the Jews' God's wife); Ven. Khema and Ven. Uppalavanna (the Buddha's chief female disciples); the world's first Buddhist nun (the Buddha's mother Maha Pajapati); Prince Siddhartha's wife -- who became an enlightened Buddhist nun and the top debater in the land -- found hidden all over ancient Buddhist texts by many and varied names: Rahulamata (Rāhula's mother), Bhaddakaccā (Lucky One), Yasodharā (Graceful), Bimbā Devī (Princess Bimba), Bimbā-sundarī (Bimba the Beautiful), Bhadda-kaccānā (Lucky Kaccana), Subhaddakā; though Mahayana Buddhist texts favor the epithet "Yasodharā" the daughter of Dandapānī, she was born Bimbā, and names like Yosadhāri were descriptive epithets applied to her, which later became regarded as names. It is also possible that in Gautama's court there was a Yasodharā, daughter of Dandapānī, and that there later came to be a confusion of names (Dictionary of Pali Proper Names).
Al-Lat in Islam, the pre-Muslim Goddess the Patriarchy buried and nearly forgot.

What did we lose by losing our Goddess?
The U.N. General Assembly passed the resolution in 2015 [2], which proclaimed February 11th as the commemoration of the observance [3].

A theme is selected annually as a focus point for gender equality [or parity] in science [4].

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is implemented annually at the U.N. Headquarters by the Royal Academy of Science International Trust in partnership with UNESCO and UN Women to promote the role of women and girls in scientific fields and celebrate those who have been successful in the field [5]. More

The smartest woman in (literary) history?

Sultan and Scheherazade (1001 Nights)
She
her
azade (mnemonic "She Her a Sadie," Scheherazade, Shahrazad, Šahrzād) is the legendary narrator and central character framing One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic ألف وواحد ليلة, Romanized Alf wa waħid layla).

This collection of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and North African folktales compiled in Arabic between the 8th-14th centuries is a powerhouse in the West, where its origins are deemphasized.
Princess Yasodhara, Prince Siddhartha's wife
Sheherazade
is the super smart wife of King Shahryar who saves herself, and ultimately all the women in the kingdom, from execution by recounting a continuous sequence of interlinked stories over the course of 1,001 nights.

Sheherazade is not the protagonist in the individual tales she narrates. Rather, she functions as the unifying narrative consciousness of the entire work of brilliance. She's the storyteller.

Through [the use of cliffhangers or] deliberate pacing, narrative suspense, and thematic selection, she gradually transforms King Shahryar from a ruler driven by misogyny and vengeance into a just and stable king. More
Hollywood made a movie: Black female human calculators
  • Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Ashley Wells, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action: Mamdani

(The Katie Halper Show) American Jew brutalized by Zionist Jewish IDF soldiers in Israel
RSVP: Lessons from Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s race - Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
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Power the Jewish fight to resist Trump
Trump works for Israel and for Trump, not US
The Jewish fight to resist Trump's cruel policies and keep our beloved communities safe will take all of us. A gift today will power action alongside our partners, organizing in communities around the country and fighting back in the streets and the halls of power. Bend the Arc: Jewish Action (bendthearc.us)
Raise a hand if you’ve had a difficult conversation about Jewish antisemitism (Arabs being Muslim Semites) recently. ✋✋✋ Disagreements about NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Jewish safety, and other important issues are happening across Jewish communities. That’s why antisemitism messaging expert Sharon Goldtzvik and BTA are excited to share new messaging guidance and tools — to rise to this challenge and begin the work of bridging us back together. More

Jews were all over Middle East, having wandered far from Palestine ('Israel')
  • Katie Halper; Bend The Arc; Sheldon S., CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Zohran sticks it to Trump, Cuomo, Musk

Older generation of Bibi/Trump-worshipping Zionist Jews in agony: "But WE own this city!"


Now that The WQ Oracle is officially psychic and able to successfully predict wins, we have to extend a special thank you to hated Dictator Trump and Madman Musk for backing corrupt sexual harasser Andy Cuomo. New Yorkers hate Trump and Cuomo, and most love breath-of-fresh-air Mamdani, who is for all the people, including Brooklyn's massive Jewish population, the largest in US.

Reason 'Mike Johnson Grindr' is trending
(Keith Edwards) Mike Johnson Grindr Johnson gets heckled live in post-disaster press conference, lying about who closed down the government, trying to blame Democrats when everyone knows it was the Trump administration. Gerrymandering, California's Prop. 50 (temporary redistricting will hurt Trump's third re-election dream), Muslim Mayor Mamdani, and a member of Congress (Arizona's Adelita Grijalva) is still being kept from her office and official swearing in so she can vote for what the people want and demand: Release the Epstein Files!


Thursday, April 17, 2025

When Wisdom partnered with Jesus

Holy Sophia (Goddess of "Wisdom") was the partner Jesus (Issa) as Mary Magdalene.

When WE were partners with Jesus (Issa)
Goddess Prajnaparamita (Java)
We? Wisdom (Quarterly). The Buddhist Goddess (personification) of Wisdom, Prajnaparamita, Khema Theri, the Buddhist nun and chief disciple the Buddha declared "foremost in wisdom," the wise disputant and arahant (enlightened one) Princess Yasodhara (Ven. Bhaddha Kaccana), formerly Prince Siddhartha's wife, the enlightened original Buddhist nun, the Buddha's mother Maha Pajapati Gotami (Queen Prajapati Gautami), the enlightened theris (elder nuns, namely those of ten or more years standing in the Bhikkhuni Sangha) recorded in the Theravada Buddhist text known as the Therigatha (Psalms of the Enlightened Buddhist Nuns), and the countless enlightened Buddhist nuns, devis (female light beings), and laywomen since the time of the historical Buddha.

Mysteries of Christ and Sophia | Christ Series
(Spirit Science) In this episode, let's explore the sacred and often hidden story of Christ and Sophia — the Divine Masculine and Feminine in eternal union.

Goddess Perfection of Wisdom, Java
Before the world was formed the Goddess of Wisdom Sophia danced through the cosmos. She was present before time, before the stars, before matter itself.

Once revered by early Gnostics (those dedicated to knowledge and wisdom as recorded in many Nag Hammadi library texts) as the divine feminine presence of God, Sophia later became silenced by patriarchal theology.

But the ancient mystical traditions remember. Together, Christ and Sophia represent not only sacred counterparts but the cosmic blueprint of balance — body and soul, matter and spirit, masculine and feminine in full harmony.

Goddess Wisdom Speaks: Who was Mary Magdalene?

Mystical marriage of Issa and Sophia
This episode unpacks their mythic union through early Christian mysticism, Gnostic scriptures like the Pistis Sophia and Gospel of Philip, and esoteric teachings that link their incarnated forms as Jesus and Mary Magdalene (the embodiment of Sophia, who was never a prostitute but was cast in that denigrated light by the Church patriarchy).

Let's journey through Sophia’s descent into chaos, her longing for the True Light, and her ultimate restoration through Christ — not as a story of sin and shame, but as a spiritual [allegorical] map for every soul seeking integration and divine reunion.

Their love is not a metaphor. It is alchemy. It is wholeness. It is the mystical marriage at the heart of creation.

Friday, March 14, 2025

HERstory: female orgasm, bras (TDS)


Desi Lydic unpacks hist-her-y of TV orgasms, bras, female vets, childbirth | The Daily Show

(The Daily Show) March 14, 2025: Desi Lydic schools us on bras, female veterans, childbirth, and onscreen orgasms in this collection of favorite “Hist-Her-y” moments. #DailyShow #WomensHistory #Comedy.

Ten years of Mama Desi's wit
And a brief word from men
Hey, if women can't trust men, and that's a big if, what if women were kind to women?

Subscribe to The Daily Show: @thedailyshow. Follow The Daily Show: Twitter: thedailyshow, Facebook: thedailyshow, Instagram: thedailyshow. Stream full episodes of The Daily Show on Paramount+: paramountplus.com/thedaily... #DailyShow #WomensHistory #Comedy

Monday, February 24, 2025

Should I get a sexy tattoo? (sutra)

My face tattoos ain't scary
I ain't got no regrets. But, and this is a big butt, I do have one ragret. But so what? I look cool.
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The pain inside is now on the outside
(VICE) Why in the Hades would anyone get a tattoo on his, her, or their face? VICE speaks to tattoo artist Roblake to explore the trend of inking/disfiguring the human face: Subscribe to VICE.

Once you feel the stab of the needle as you get inked, you either wince and regret it or feel the rush of endorphins like you're being original while jumping on the bandwagon of the Basic, so basic. But the Straights just don't understand: It's cool, Man, so cool. Right? Isn't it? The drinkers at the bar think so. Other tatted folks think so. It's an arms race for blank space until nothing is left but the face.

Travis Barker-Kardashian is king of the dip...
Yeah, sure, Judaism and Christianity say it's a sin condemned by the Bible, but other religions are cool with it -- Buddhists, Tribal Islanders, Shamans, probably not Islam, um, Native Americans, the Maori and probably the Rosicrucians and Masons and Satanists, Luciferians/Illuminati, and Rap groupie chicks and gutter punks. Joe Ro' gets it:


SUTRA: Sallatha Sutta: The Dart
100 inspiring Buddha tattoos to express our inner Buddha – (artofit.org)
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Spiritual tattoos: The Buddha
"O meditators, an untaught ordinary worldling experiences pleasant feelings, experiences painful feelings, and experiences neutral feelings.

"Likewise, a well-taught noble [enlightened] disciple experiences pleasant, painful, and neutral feelings. What is the difference, the division, the distinction that exists herein [within this Doctrine/Dharma] between a well-taught noble disciple and an untaught worldling?

"When an untaught worldling is touched by a painful (bodily) feeling, that person worries and grieves, laments, beats his/her breast, weeps, and is distraught. One thus experiences two kinds of feelings, a bodily feeling and a mental feeling.

Post brand baloney is hard to knock if rappers/rockstars keep getting attention like Malone.
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I tatted myself tatting myself - double pain.
"It is as if a person were pierced by a dart and, following the first piercing, one were hit by a second dart. So that person will experience feelings caused by two darts.

"In just this way, an untaught worldling when touched by a painful (bodily) feeling worries and grieves, laments and beats her/his breast, weeps and is distraught. 

The Dead in the Realm of Hungry Ghosts call
me "premature." What was my rush to rot?
"So one experiences two kinds of [unpleasant] feeling, a bodily and a mental feeling.

"Having been touched by that painful feeling, one resists (and resents) it. Then in one who so resists (and resents) that painful feeling, an underlying tendency of resistance (dosa, aversion) against that painful feeling comes to underlie (one's mind/heart).

Jelly Roll: I look hella good, and everybody likes it. I've felt alotta pain in life, y'know?
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What do I need to do to get noticed around here?
"Under the impact of that painful feeling, one then proceeds to [seek and] enjoy sensual pleasure/happiness.

"And why does one do so? An untaught worldling, O meditators, does not know of any OTHER escape from painful feelings except the [endless pursuit of happiness through the unfulfilling and disappointing] enjoyment of sensual pleasure/happiness.

"Pursuit of Happiness" (Kid Cudi)

Asians, who love to save face, march for bondage and BDSM, Taiwan Pride 2005 (wiki)
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Fettered: BDSM buff shows bare buttocks (wiki)
"Then in one who enjoys sensual pleasure/happiness, an underlying tendency to lust [lobha, greediness, grasping, clinginess] for pleasant feelings comes to underlie (one's mind/heart). One does not know, according to how it actually is, the:
  • arising and ending of these feelings,
  • nor the gratification, the
  • danger, nor the
  • escape connected with these feelings.
Jelly Roll's next tattoo is going to be so meta.
"In one who lacks this knowledge, an underlying tendency to ignorance (moha, delusion, confusion, wrong view) as to neutral feelings comes to underlie (one's mind/heart).

"When one experiences a pleasant feeling, a painful feeling, or a neutral feeling, one feels it as one fettered [put in bondage] by it.

"Such a one, O meditators, is called an untaught ordinary worldling who is fettered by rebirth, by old age, by death, by sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair.

"One is fettered by suffering (dukkha, pain, disappointment, dissatisfaction, frustration, a feeling of never being fulfilled), I declare.

The difference
I get it! All that arises impersonally passes away.
"But in the case of a well-taught noble disciple, O meditators, when touched by a painful feeling, s/he will not worry nor grieve and lament. One will not beat his/her breast nor weep nor be distraught.

"One experiences one kind of feeling, a bodily one, but not a mental feeling.

"It is as if a person were pierced by a dart but were not hit by a second dart following after the first one.

"So this person experiences feelings caused only by a single dart. In just this way, a well-taught noble disciple when touched by a painful feeling will neither worry nor grieve, will not lament nor beat one's breast, not weep nor be distraught. One experiences a single feeling, a bodily one.

"Having been touched by that painful feeling, one does not resist (nor resent) it. Hence, in such a person no underlying tendency of resistance (dosa) against that painful feeling comes to underlie (one's mind/heart).

The result
Then there was no more pain at all.
"Under the impact of that painful feeling, one does not seek to enjoy sensual happiness [to escape or compensate for it]. Why not?

"As a well-taught noble disciple, one knows of an actual ESCAPE from painful feelings other than by [the futile and disappointing distraction and diversion of] enjoying sensual pleasure/happiness.

"Then in one who does not seek to enjoy sensual pleasure/happiness, no underlying tendency to lust (lobha) for pleasant feelings comes to underlie (one's mind/heart).

"One knows, according to how it actually is,
  • the arising and ending of those feelings, and
  • the gratification,
  • the danger, and
  • the escape connected with these feelings.
Ha, ya laugh at me, but ya notice, and I gets $$$
"In one who knows thus, no underlying tendency to ignorance (moha) as to neutral feelings comes to underlie (one's mind/heart).

"When one experiences a pleasant feeling, a painful feeling, or a neutral feeling, one feels it as one who is not fettered by it.

"Such a person, O meditators, is called a well-taught noble disciple who is [no longer] fettered by rebirth, by old age, by death, by sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, or despair. One is not fettered [not in bondage] to suffering, I declare.

"This, O meditators, is the difference, the division, the distinction that exists between a well-taught noble disciple and an untaught ordinary worldling."

If too tattooed, there's nothing to do but try to be in a band: Transplants

How shall we PURSUE happiness? (Project X)

Proud to be an American with right to watch BH
We are Americans. We have the right to "life, liberty, and the PURSUIT of happiness." Never was our arrival at happiness promised. We have no "right" to be happy. That was never promised! We just thought it was. The founding document says, we have the right to endlessly pursue it, sucker.

We can have sex, have a spouse, even have kids, or stay single and chase wine, women, and song. There's a very funny Benny Hill quip that's hard to forget.

The Benny Hill Show is filth, funny, but filth.
A guy is in a bar boozing it up when an older man looks at him with disgust and says, "Wine, women, and song -- that's what killed your father!"

And the guy boozing it up quips, "Yeah, he couldn't get any, so he shot himself." Everyone laughs. Why? We imagine we would kill ourselves from all the pain, misery, and tedious drudgery of human life [at least in the West, where we have so much material surplus compared to everyone else on the planet] IF we couldn't enjoy our Hedonism and sensual pursuits, which we think make it all worthwhile or at least sufferable. Alcohol alone makes the medicine go down, and does anyone but the alcoholic realize how much harm is being done in the tradeoff? We can endure as long as we imagine there's more coming down the line, here or hereafter, by winning the lottery or getting into heaven. Maybe I should get a face tattoo, or a sexy one.