Random links
- Harlem churches see gospel tourist boom on Sundays
- "The stern warning issued from the pulpit was directed at the tourists — most of whom had arrived late — a sea of white faces with guidebooks in hand. They outnumbered the congregation itself: a handful of elderly black men and women wearing suits and dresses and old-fashioned pillbox hats."
- The Islamic World's Quiet Revolution
- "... six of the ten largest declines in fertility in absolute terms for a 20-year decade period in the postwar era have occurred in Muslim-majority countries. What's more, four of the six are Arab countries, while five of the six are in the Middle East. No other region of the world comes close in the sheer speed of its transition. ... Holding income and literacy constant, Muslim-majority countries actually seem to have significantly lower fertility levels than non-Muslim ones."
- Subtle sexism common at work, experts say
- "Chivalrous acts and compliments on female qualities, like mothering or nurturing, studies show, can be just as damaging to women as more blatant sexism and catcalls." - if someone complains about a lack of chivalry here's something to remind them of.
- What's Really Making Us Fat?
- "It may not be as simple as calories in, calories out. New research reveals a far more complex equation for weight gain that places at least some of the blame on organic pollutants." - slightly more complex would seem to be a more accurate description judging by the rest of the article. Calorie I/O still seems to account for the bulk of weight changes, but it's not the only thing.