By Jane Tanfei|Sep 13 2013 | Psychology, Thoughts
When I think about “changing the world”, I begin to feel despondent and impotent and worthless. This is not because I don’t want to change the world for the better, but because I know I likely cannot change the world for the better. I know that I have good intentions and that I want to […]
Continue Reading →By Jane Tanfei|Jul 15 2013 | Rant, Thoughts, Writings
I was born in the state of California within the United States of America. This makes my nationality US American, my ethnicity Californian, and my race Human. Not that this is acceptable by general American standards, but these are the facts. I consider myself an American because I live in the USA. I don’t feel like […]
Continue Reading →By Jane Tanfei|Oct 22 2012 | Curiousity, Metaphysical Discussion, Rant, Thoughts
Closed Minded – having a mind firmly unreceptive to new ideas or arguments. All of us have closed minds in some regard or another; this is a condition of humanity and a normal survival mechanism. There is something that we each believe and have faith in that cannot be shaken or disturbed, no matter how […]
Continue Reading →By Jane Tanfei|Jul 11 2012 | Rant, Thoughts
On my mind this morning: religious prejudice. Yesterday I got into a debate with a set of ultra-religious folks about gender identity. The debate started out with a question about thoughts on a child who identifies as the opposite gender from a very young age and then wants gender reassignment surgery around the time of […]
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