Who Actually Benefits From Meals on Wheels? And why did the Trump administration think it was a good idea to cut funding for these vital programs? By Tracie Williams. March 30, 2018 (All photos by Tracie Williams) As baby boomers have begun retiring, the number of seniors in our country is ballooning—by the year 2050,… Read More The Nation: Meals on Wheels
What is dharma? Is dharma only ‘the words of the Buddha?” Only the Buddhist or Vedic scriptures? Is it “natural law”? Is it “natural phenomenon”, like science? Is it ‘truth”? Is it only Buddhist ‘truth’? or could it be western secular ‘truth’? Could it be western secular ‘truth’ that happens to be congruent with Asian… Read More dharma
I’m exploring the Situationist International (1957 to 1972) as a source for creating a new dharma. Creating ‘situations’ is about making both art and meaning out of direct engagement with everyday life, with other people, without the interference or marketing of mass media, or, more currently, internet social media. The Situationists recommended certain “practices”, derive… Read More The Dharma of the Situationists
Queer Dharma and Docile Bodies: A Response to Zach Walsh’s “Mindfulness Under Neo-Liberal Governmentality: Critiquing the Operaton of Biopower in Corporate Mindfulness and Constructing Queer Alternatives” Zack: quoting your paper: “In Buddhism and Cultural Studies”, Edwin Ng (2016) advances one step further, experimenting with mindfulness as an ethico-political practice that transgresses the limits of neoliberal… Read More Queer Dharma and Docile Bodies
No matter how much brutality there is in the world, we always have the power to do good. We are truly powerful people. —Shaun Bartone
Christopher Wylie talks to the Guardian UK about his role in setting up Cambridge Analytica and its use of the data of 50 million Facebook users, which by many accounts is the data and propaganda tool that put Donald Trump in the White House. “We risk fragmenting society in a way where we don’t have… Read More Welcome to the Borg
Pussy Riot’s new video В Ы Б О Р Ы / E L E C T I O N S is a totally killa attack on Putin. If speaking the truth is dharma, then Pussy Riot are the Godmothers of Dharma Punk. 6 years we gonna fight 6 years we not gonna obey 6 years… Read More The Dharma of Pussy Riot
