Posts Tagged fear of change
Paradigm Shift
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on June 27th, 2010
In a recent column about urban relocation, Neil Pierce noted that “for humans, displacement from their known settings may be exceedingly painful…the psychological impact of forced removal from a familiar neighborhood is like a plant being jerked from its native soil.” He went on to acknowledge that holding neighborhoods static isn’t practical. Of course, it [...]
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Beam Me Up, Scotty
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Gay Rights on June 27th, 2010
I should probably be ashamed to admit it, but my TIVO is set to copy episodes of Star Trek—mostly, the “Next Generation” but also the Deep Space Nine and Voyager spinoffs. I’ve watched some of these so often, I can repeat the dialogue. Verbatim. And although I like most science fiction, I vastly prefer those [...]
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