Familiar tale gracefully blends feminism and fantasy

Feminism has a crucial role to play in modern life, but I sometimes wish it would leave our fairy tales alone. The results of its revisionist meddling are too often unconvincing and unsatisfying.

Remember last year’s Maleficent? It turned an age-old story on its head by revealing that the fairy (Angelina Jolie) who turned a princess into a “Sleeping Beauty” was not evil at all. No, she was merely wronged and misunderstood. Worst of all, we learned that the somnambulant princess could not be awakened by a kiss from the handsome prince, but only by a motherly peck from that same fairy.

How heartwarming. And how utterly unromantic.

Thank goodness Disney’s new live-action version of Cinderella doesn’t wear its feminism on its sleeve. It has nods to modern sensibilities, to be sure, but they’re handled with a lighter touch.

Mexico’s Indigenous People Infected with COVID-19 Died Twice as Often

From 2020 to 2022, indigenous people infected with the COVID-19 virus died at a rate more than double that of Mexico’s general population, an epidemiological study revealed.

Epidemiologist Oswaldo Medina Gómez analyzed the statistics of the Epidemiological Surveillance System for Respiratory Diseases, finding that “clinical conditions and conditions of vulnerability due to social deficiencies” were the main causes for which 9.8% of indigenous people with positive cases died, “in contrast to 4.6% among the non-indigenous population.”

The impact among men was greater than among women, noted Dr. Medina Gómez and his co-author Jordi Josué Medina Vallegas in an article published on October 22 in Ciencia y Salud Colectiva titled Social Inequalities in COVID-19 Mortality among Indigenous Peoples of Mexico.

Simply Living presents a mini film fest on Consumerism

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Saturday, November 16, no0n
Studio 35, 3055 Indianola Ave, Columbus, OH 43202

In anticipation of the holiday shopping season, for November we are screening several short films about the pitfalls of unfettered consumerism.

Forget Shorter Showers - A video adaptation of the famous essay of the same name by Derrick Jensen.

Consumerism and the Limits to Imagination - A video essay by Justin Lewis on how capitalism has become unsustainable.

The Shitthropocene - A humorous, thought-provoking anthropological exploration of humanity’s consumption habits. *As the title suggests, please note this film contains some graphic language. We think the message is not just appropriate but necessary for all audiences. However, use your best judgment before bringing children.*

Like almost all of our screenings, this will be a matinee showing. Our host again is the historic Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse. Tickets are available now through their site. Doors will open at 11:30am, so come early to support a great local business if you want to have lunch before the films start.

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Everybody Knows radio show with special guest Ed Forman

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Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan converse with local musician Ed Forman and play songs from his new album with 400 Pirates -- and a few live songs he strums in the studio.

Fridays 11pm - WGRN 91.9FM 
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Mondays 2pm - WCRS 92.7 / 98.3FM
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Listen to archive file here.

Act on Climate before Trump Takes Office

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Democrats in the White House and Senate have the power until January 20th to take strong action on the ever-deepening climate crisis. They need to use that power!

Even after Trump takes office Democrats in both the House and the Senate will have the power to put up fierce resistance to Trump and MAGA's plans to severely set back the (too slow) progress that was made over the last four years to shift away from dirty fossil fuels to clean renewable energy. They can speak out loudly and clearly against those regressive plans. They can mobilize their constituents to bring political pressure to bear. They can issue strong statements and speak out through the mass media. They can use the 60-vote rule in the Senate for non-budget legislation. They can filibuster, days-long, multi-speaker filibusters! They can use all the tools available to put roadblocks in the way of the plans to strengthen the power of the polluting fossil fuelers as well as on many other important issues.

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Looming Fascism and the Question of Hope

When some leading thinkers at the London School of Economics saw fascism take hold in the 1930s, Oxford history professor Ben Jackson said in a recent BBC interview, they “argued that in those circumstances the people with economic power in society, the property owners, are willing to cancel democracy, cancel civil liberties, and make deals with political organizations like the Nazis if it guarantees their economic interest.”

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