Comments for Lee's random blog http://www.leechalmers.com Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:45:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Why we should be a little more like Louise Mensch by Rishi Roy http://www.leechalmers.com/2011/07/31/why-we-should-be-a-little-more-like-louise-mensch/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Rishi Roy Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:45:32 +0000 http://www.leechalmers.com/?p=478#comment-790 A great post. While I do believe that the press should have freedom, however the press today in the UK at times are far more detrimental to democracy than the other way around. A great post. While I do believe that the press should have freedom, however the press today in the UK at times are far more detrimental to democracy than the other way around.

]]> Comment on Intellectual Women by Tim Symonds http://www.leechalmers.com/2011/05/20/intellectual-women/comment-page-1/#comment-764 Tim Symonds Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:26:34 +0000 http://www.leechalmers.com/?p=437#comment-764 May I recommend Lesley Abdela as one of the UK's leaders in the struggle for women's voices everywhere to be heard, especially women in public life and women wanting 'in' in peacebuilding after deadly conflict. More on Lesley Abdela on search engines such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lesley_abdela May I recommend Lesley Abdela as one of the UK’s leaders in the struggle for women’s voices everywhere to be heard, especially women in public life and women wanting ‘in’ in peacebuilding after deadly conflict. More on Lesley Abdela on search engines such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lesley_abdela

]]> Comment on Intellectual Women by Cari Caldwell http://www.leechalmers.com/2011/05/20/intellectual-women/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Cari Caldwell Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:05:25 +0000 http://www.leechalmers.com/?p=437#comment-760 Definitely Riane Eisler - the Real Wealth of Nations... Definitely Riane Eisler – the Real Wealth of Nations…

]]> Comment on Intellectual Women by Melony Klein http://www.leechalmers.com/2011/05/20/intellectual-women/comment-page-1/#comment-759 Melony Klein Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:47:18 +0000 http://www.leechalmers.com/?p=437#comment-759 Alessandra Piontelli - for her research of in utero behaviour. Hanna Segal - for making sense of my namesake's work. Alessandra Piontelli – for her research of in utero behaviour.
Hanna Segal – for making sense of my namesake’s work.

]]> Comment on Intellectual Women by suzanne rotondo http://www.leechalmers.com/2011/05/20/intellectual-women/comment-page-1/#comment-751 suzanne rotondo Sat, 28 May 2011 03:44:01 +0000 http://www.leechalmers.com/?p=437#comment-751 Lee, I would vote for these 4 women: Vandana Shiva, former physicist, has played a major role globally in preventing deforestation and climate damage in India and beyond. Superbly smart. http://www.vandanashiva.org/ Catherine McKinnon, ground-breaking feminist legal scholar, who has written some incredible books and more that has had tremendous impact on definitions of violence against women globally, most recently on reclassfying Rape as War Crime. B Ruby Rich, progressive film critic, on Board of Sundance, and writes very powerfully about culture, media and politics. http://news.ucsc.edu/2009/01/2672.html Rosalind Franklin, British genetic scientist believed by many to have been the one who really discovered the double helix, not Watson and Crick. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin Can't wait to see your list! Lee,
I would vote for these 4 women:

Vandana Shiva, former physicist, has played a major role globally in preventing deforestation and climate damage in India and beyond. Superbly smart. http://www.vandanashiva.org/

Catherine McKinnon, ground-breaking feminist legal scholar, who has written some incredible books and more that has had tremendous impact on definitions of violence against women globally, most recently on reclassfying Rape as War Crime.

B Ruby Rich, progressive film critic, on Board of Sundance, and writes very powerfully about culture, media and politics. http://news.ucsc.edu/2009/01/2672.html

Rosalind Franklin, British genetic scientist believed by many to have been the one who really discovered the double helix, not Watson and Crick. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin

Can’t wait to see your list!

]]> Comment on Intellectual Women by Lindy http://www.leechalmers.com/2011/05/20/intellectual-women/comment-page-1/#comment-748 Lindy Tue, 24 May 2011 10:54:30 +0000 http://www.leechalmers.com/?p=437#comment-748 I second Margaret Atwood - she critiques western culture in her novels, she writes some excellent non-fiction (such as Payback, about the historic concepts of owing, that came out at the height of the recession) and she is also involved in environmental movements (I'm not 100% on the details, but she did her last tour without flying, including crossing the Atlantic by boat). I second Margaret Atwood – she critiques western culture in her novels, she writes some excellent non-fiction (such as Payback, about the historic concepts of owing, that came out at the height of the recession) and she is also involved in environmental movements (I’m not 100% on the details, but she did her last tour without flying, including crossing the Atlantic by boat).

]]> Comment on Intellectual Women by Husain http://www.leechalmers.com/2011/05/20/intellectual-women/comment-page-1/#comment-746 Husain Sun, 22 May 2011 16:46:19 +0000 http://www.leechalmers.com/?p=437#comment-746 <i>Mary Warnock. She’s a peer in the Lords, and she is one of the most sensible and down-to-earth people I have ever heard speak. Particularly on ethics, which is one of her key subjects. She is a strong supporter of a personal right to die, refusing to see suicide as a sine, although her comments have been somewhat twisted by the media. She’s a philosopher, taught at Cambridge for years, and wrote some of the most interesting books on Sartre and existentialism. Quite an amazing woman.</i> +1 Mary Warnock. She’s a peer in the Lords, and she is one of the most sensible and down-to-earth people I have ever heard speak. Particularly on ethics, which is one of her key subjects. She is a strong supporter of a personal right to die, refusing to see suicide as a sine, although her comments have been somewhat twisted by the media. She’s a philosopher, taught at Cambridge for years, and wrote some of the most interesting books on Sartre and existentialism. Quite an amazing woman.
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]]> Comment on Intellectual Women by Jo Shaw http://www.leechalmers.com/2011/05/20/intellectual-women/comment-page-1/#comment-745 Jo Shaw Sun, 22 May 2011 13:23:36 +0000 http://www.leechalmers.com/?p=437#comment-745 Wendy Cope, poet. She's fantastically talented. So good that she can write deliberately bad poetry. She has a brilliant sense of humour which I think is essential to view the world intelligently, and she writes about love and life in a down to earth, very moving way. She also knows all forms of poetry inside and out. And she was grounded and intelligent enough to refuse the job as Poet Laureate. Wendy Cope, poet. She’s fantastically talented. So good that she can write deliberately bad poetry. She has a brilliant sense of humour which I think is essential to view the world intelligently, and she writes about love and life in a down to earth, very moving way. She also knows all forms of poetry inside and out. And she was grounded and intelligent enough to refuse the job as Poet Laureate.

]]> Comment on Intellectual Women by Podblack http://www.leechalmers.com/2011/05/20/intellectual-women/comment-page-1/#comment-744 Podblack Sat, 21 May 2011 23:11:51 +0000 http://www.leechalmers.com/?p=437#comment-744 Robyn 'Swoopy' McCarthy of Skepticality. The foremost (and first!) female in skeptical podcasting, who has interviewed and interrogated many of the best minds of our generation and set a fine example for not only other women but everyone in skepticism with her rational and thoughtful outlook. :) Robyn ‘Swoopy’ McCarthy of Skepticality. The foremost (and first!) female in skeptical podcasting, who has interviewed and interrogated many of the best minds of our generation and set a fine example for not only other women but everyone in skepticism with her rational and thoughtful outlook. :)

]]> Comment on Intellectual Women by Clara X http://www.leechalmers.com/2011/05/20/intellectual-women/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Clara X Fri, 20 May 2011 22:16:49 +0000 http://www.leechalmers.com/?p=437#comment-743 Mary Warnock. She's a peer in the Lords, and she is one of the most sensible and down-to-earth people I have ever heard speak. Particularly on ethics, which is one of her key subjects. She is a strong supporter of a personal right to die, refusing to see suicide as a sine, although her comments have been somewhat twisted by the media. She's a philosopher, taught at Cambridge for years, and wrote some of the most interesting books on Sartre and existentialism. Quite an amazing woman. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Warnock,_Baroness_Warnock Mary Warnock. She’s a peer in the Lords, and she is one of the most sensible and down-to-earth people I have ever heard speak. Particularly on ethics, which is one of her key subjects. She is a strong supporter of a personal right to die, refusing to see suicide as a sine, although her comments have been somewhat twisted by the media. She’s a philosopher, taught at Cambridge for years, and wrote some of the most interesting books on Sartre and existentialism. Quite an amazing woman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Warnock,_Baroness_Warnock

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