"We have these categories – work, life… brains, brawn, so on. All the different distinctions that we make, we make them mindfully, and then we start to use them mindlessly, forgetting that when we’re at work, we’re people – we have the same needs we had when we were on vacation. And you should get to the point where you’re treating yourself whether you’re at work or at play in basically the same way."
Fascinating On Being conversation with the trailblazing Harvard social psychologist Ellen Langer, whose research has earned her the moniker “the mother of mindfulness.”
Half a century earlier, the great German theorist Theodor Adorno made similar and rather prescient points about the false divide between work and pleasure.
"Tiger got to hunt,
Bird got to fly,
Man got to sit and wonder, “Why, why, why”
Tiger got to sleep,
Bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand."
Do original em inglês: “Woman: I’m smart Patriarchy: Well you’re probably ugly then Woman: I’m creative Patriarchy: You mean unattractive right? Woman: I have all these incredible accomplishments Patriarchy: Yeah but look how ugly you looked doing them Woman: I have value Patriarchy: Not if you’re ugly lol Woman: I’m conventionally-attractive & posted selfies on my blog Patriarchy: I’m so sick of these empty-headed chicks only caring about
their looks. Just because you are attractive and get attention from men
doesn’t mean you are special or deserve respect. Why don’t you read a
book or do something productive with your life you dumb slut“ Por: Jessica Amzoll Tradução: Nathália Lausch
O início do texto fala sobre a importância de “ouvir
Mallu” para saber “o mínimo que seja sobre a sua versão” antes de “determinar
que o relacionamento é abusivo”. Ou seja: propõe um feminismo centrado no indivíduo. Um feminismo em que a vida pessoal é
um limite…
