The Potential of Emotions in Feminist Epistemology: Developing Jaggar’s Account By Tina Strasbourg University of Calgary Abstract In this paper I analyze the potential of Allison Jaggar’s suggestion that emotions in general‚ and outlaw emotions in particular‚ be incorporated into feminist epistemology. Jaggar advocates a standpoint theory of emotions‚ and suggests that the emotions of the oppressed in particular are helpful rather than inimical to acquiring knowledge
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Zehmer and Lucy both signed an agreement that promised Zehmer would sell the farm to Lucy. Zehmer claimed later that the agreement to sell the farm was made when they were both drinking at Zehmer’s restaurant and that he only meant the acceptance as a joke. Zehmer didn’t believe that Lucy’s offer was genuine since they were both drinking and went along with it signing over the farm on the back of a receipt. Lucy even offered Zehmer $5 to make the contract binding‚ which Zehmer refused. The following
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Peter then has to go to jail‚ translated orally as ‘prison’. The parody of the joke about his shower experience transfers well to French‚ as the ‘do not drop your soap in the prison shower’ gag is known in both cultures. Back home‚ Stewie offers his mom some grenades‚ quoting Forrest Gump’s ‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get!’. Unfortunately‚ the French adaptors did not take the exact quote from the movie: instead of saying ‘on ne sait jamais sur quoi on va tomber’
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everyone else around him. William Bloom‚ Edwards son‚ does not want to remember his father quite like this. He wants to know the truth even if he may have doubts afterwards. Williams imagination opens up and he begins to accept Edwards endless stream of jokes that make him an extraordinary man. Through these tales William and Edward’s relationship becomes much stronger. He understands that the truth may not be one of the outcomes but William realizes that if his father is happy with a life that was not
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Laughter is an abstract idea that brings happiness to everyone. When you are having a bad day‚ a simple joke can brighten it a little. It is crucial to laugh every day because it makes you smile and turn your whole day into a great one. Humor is not just something kids do to pass time in class instead of doing their work. Humor makes a serious person crack smile and let everyone else enjoy their day as well. When I was no older than one year old‚ I would never vocalize or smile. I was just a statue
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angered conservative Christians with a controversial Christmas message on Twitter about Jesus. On Christmas Day‚ the comedian posted a message on both her Twitter and Facebook accounts calling Jesus “gender fluid.” Sarah Silverman also posted a vulgar joke about Santa Claus on the same day‚ according to Time. “MERRY CHRISTMAS! Jesus was gender fluid!” said Silverman. The term gender fluid refers to a person who does not permanently commit to being male‚ female‚ or neutral. A gender fluid person’s gender
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1. Ask someone “Do you want to see bofa?” They respond “Sure‚ why not?” You then call out “Bofa Deeeeeez Nuts!” It is then up to you whether you honor their request to actually see bofa. Originality Factor 8: We only heard this once before it moved us so deeply as to create this website. Effectiveness Quotient 10: Almost no one sees this coming. They may not understand why you would ask if the want to see bofa‚ but they will have no idea that an affirmative response may give them a view of your
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culture‚ I think that we are all the same in the end. Being Asian in the United States could be hard sometimes. I remember back when I was in high school‚ I normally witnessed American students calling Asian students by names resembling to racism jokes. The jokes are design to make fun of the Asian language. They normally would
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events and character behavior in this play make it seem like it should be a comedy instead. Some of these factors being crude jokes‚ clueless characters‚ and the over sensitivity of one of the main characters. One reason why The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is actually a comedy is because of the hidden crude jokes. In tragedies‚ most everything is taken seriously. Crude jokes are never included because it’s supposed to be an emotional roller
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Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey is a renowned American actress‚ comedian‚ writer‚ and producer. She was born on May 18th‚ 1970 in Upper Darby‚ Pennsylvania. Fey graduated from the University of Virginia in 1992 and proceeded to move to Chicago in order to take improvisational classes. Her career began to take off when she repeatedly submitted scripts to NBC’s sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) until 1997‚ when she was interviewed and hired as a writer for the show. After writing various
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