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Starting off with Joanna Russ' The Female Man, Katie leads a discussion on feminist SF. Come prepared to name your own favorites and let's compare what we mean by feminist when it comes to SF.

How could people "write" using knots, textures and colors in Andean cultures before the Conquest? Why call this writing? How does it compare to the earliest forms of writing usually discussed in the western tradition?

Jose Silva died at 85 years old in 1999, and has left a rather unusual legacy. He created a technique that many have tried to duplicate, using self hypnosis to improve our minds and also our abilities. Originally called the Silva Mind Control, I found it rather interesting and possibly very helpful.

This was an educational build of "reverse archeology." Over a period of 4 months, the project was, with the help of students, to recreate the neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury, and some of the events of that summer to investigate what actually happened, how, and why.

Every Thursday starting 11 Feb at 4 PM SLT. We will watch a video (typically a philosopher speaking) on iTunesU or YouTube, and the discuss her or his ideas. I will be posting the first video on the blog and in-world.

chatting or presenting