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We had our second discussion Wednesday, this time on 4th century Athens.

When discussing the role of women, I was reminded of something I read a few months ago. It mentioned how in the past, when stay at home wives were common, there was enough time for everything. Minimum wage was enough for a single provider to meet the needs of a wife+children (I have not studied this particularly, so this is not a well researched thing for me to speak on) (In this, I emulate the men of Athens who told women what they were :))))) ). Now, in modern times, many women work full time and STILL bear the majority of the domestic burden, and even if it was split fairly it’s two full-time jobs (and sometimes more) + chores. So instead of domestic + work = living, it’s 2work + domestic.

Which is why we have less leisure time. With the women taking care of the whole household, men had more time and mental energy available for politics.

It also reminds me of the time a Greek taxi driver was kind enough to explain to me I’ll never get a husband if I can’t cook because Greek men don’t know how to cook, they go from their mother to their wife (aka Mamma round two but this time you get to sleep with her!!!!)

I told him I had faith any man I was with would be smart enough I could teach him to order take out.

My dad fits the not being able to cook, but in his defense he never expected to be cooked for his solution was to just not eat for days at a time and then eat junk food. Just what every doctor should do! Also the thirty cups a day of coffee were probably a decent appetite suppressor.

Anyway, back on topic (ish).

Is it actually a lesser place in society for the women to deal with the household? It’s important work, perhaps even more so than jury duty. But it’s perceived as lesser (by men). But just because someone says something is so, doesn’t make it such. It’s just my ego wanting to be seen as important. There’s a paradox in powerful people, some are powerful because everyone knows they are, and others make sure no one knows they are and by extension have even more control.

In just about every romantic historical novel (or some fantasy where sexism is tossed in for flavoring) there’s some bogus line about how it’s A-OK for the man to be perceived as the superior in the relationship and be respected and deferred to because the wife actually has the control. But I don’t think I could be okay with that. I have a big ego, and I still can’t determine if that’s something I should work on or not.

There’s an Einstein quote (which in googling I found a lot more blatant misogyny, so THAT sucks) “When we first got married, we made a pact. It was this: In our life together, it was decided I would make all of the big decisions and my wife would make all of the little decisions. For fifty years, we have held true to that agreement. I believe that is the reason for the success in our marriage. However, the strange thing is that in fifty years, there hasn’t been one big decision.”

And I can think of several men and women who think both sides of this. 

But honestly if my potential husband tried to pull that, I’d be gone. Not explaining, not justifying, just “Holy good gravy you misunderstand me and I’m out.”

Which actually plays into a conversation I had last night with a guy where I substituted cursing for a phrase (like where I did before because I wasn’t sure if I should say shit in an academic journal but here we are!) and I played along because it was dumb and I gave the benefit of the doubt and wonder of wonders!!!

The guy was a complete ass who continued to try and undermine my self esteem and put me down for things he perceived as flaws.

I’m surprised the rates of martial homicide weren’t noticeably higher historically.

Fun fact is my mom ALSO took a bum deal like Einstein’s wife, where my dad agreed she could make the decisions as long as he got to set the value system the decisions were made by.

Honestly, what is it with people making these deals in their marriages? I love both my parents and admire my dad but seriously.

In concussion, Athenians sucked and continue to do so. Greece is still a long way from outgrowing its misogyny, from that taxi driver, to the fact EVERY single taxi driver asked me if I lived alone, to the fact in 90+degrees midday for two months, regularly taking the hot stuffy buses,  I never saw a single girl over 15 wear shorts and a lot the men did. My “don’t date a Greek” policy has been reinforced with historical evidence.

(Okay, that’s a half joke. I don’t wanna date a Greek because I don’t want to find out we’re related when we get married and YES that is something that’s happened to the sibling of a guy my cousin is dating)

(And YES this journal has gotten way to personal but I’ll be darned if today is the day I start exercising good judgement.)

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Discussion 2

In the digital age, new channels of communication have developed that simply did not exist a few decades ago. Cell phones, e-mail, text messaging, Facebook, Twitter… who knows what might develop next? However, not every channel of communication is right for different types of messages or communication needs.

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Discussion 2

 For solution of this Assignment Contact Us at We deliver original Work. [email protected] I would like you to look up the websites for Ryanair and Virgin (the airline company). Please discuss the differences between the importance of their performance objectives. You may also use other companies to drive home your points. Think like managers and justify the cases for both company’s actions.

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Art, Culture, and Society discussion #2

Personally, I am very much in favor of the “traditional environments” in which art is often displayed. In this case, traditional meaning mid- sized rooms with gray concrete floors and white plaster walls and ceiling with neutral, white lighting. Whether or not this environment is the best or most valid outlet to explore art is an interesting discussion to have. Personally, I love that it becomes an automatic reference point, that any time someone makes the room look different—such as slanting the walls in Charles Ray’s “Yes” piece—this change in the neutral become a part of piecing together the meaning of the art work.

Just like how no art piece can ever be fully self-referential, the second a work of art demands a change in the neutral, traditional space it is installed in, it completely changes the work and immediately references the fact that it is changed. When someone walks into a gallery space with bright orange walls, their first thought may not even bee about the orange walls, but about how the white walls were covered up. A piece in which, say, the floors are covered with ceramic sunflower seeds, becomes a spectacle in itself because gallery spaces traditionally don’t have piles of ceramic on the floors.

Though art doesn’t need to show in a traditional space, it works wonders as a reference point, and many pieces wouldn’t be successful without it as a widely- known neutral to build off of. That being said, people do often depend on a gallery space to define a piece as “Art”. Commonly, the difference between performance art and experimental theater is the space in which it takes place. In my opinion, it is experimental theater that depends more on a traditional space rather than performance art. For instance, the second it is no longer shown on stage on in the round, as soon as it doesn’t have a divide between audience and actor, it becomes performance art. So in this case, performance art doesn’t need a traditional gallery space to be art, it needs the established neutral of the stage to not be considered theater.

Street art is where things become difficult to define. Though I don’t ever want my pieces to be displayed on the street, that is likely because they are so craft- based, they almost rely on the white cube to be seen and “capital A Art”. For a piece to work in a nontraditional environment, the place it is installed needs to mesh either formally or conceptually with the work. By existing as a work of art, it is simultaneously referencing and rejecting the traditional gallery space. Since it is rejecting the neutral, it needs to fit successfully in the alternative. If a piece feels strange or out of place (assuming this is unintentional) it will cause confusion. If there is not stylistic or conceptual reason for the piece to be in its nontraditional environment, the piece itself will get clouded by the decision to not show it where it is expected to be shown. The whole “point” of the piece will be that it isn’t where it is supposed to be and though that is a valid decision to make, it isn’t the most interesting one.

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Discussion #2 Promoting Writers, Poets, and Authors Alike

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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, a sort of short film was created of The Tale of Three Brothers. I’m wondering which aspect of the Harry Potter series you would like to see made into a short film. It can be anything from books 1-7 to Tales of Beedle the Bard/Quidditch Through the Ages! Would your story be animated, like The Tale of Three Brothers in the films? Or would it be live action? Do you have any ideas for castings/voice actors? Would it be actors already involved in the series or new ones? What do you think this short film sequence would add to the series?

  I would like the entire Tales of Beedle the Bard made into a short film series. And it would be animated like the Tale of Three Brothers because that animation was absolutely fantastic.

I think they should make those tales into a short film series because

They’ve already made one of them into a short film so why not do the rest?

These stories are such an important part of Wizarding history and their culture I guess and I feel they should be given the recognition they deserve.

I don’t think a lot of voice acting would be required, apart from Evanna Lynch.

The concept of these short films would be a grown up Luna reading these to her children as bed time stories, so I feel that a silent animation (with music) and a voice over narrative, word for word from the books would be the best way to go with these films. 

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