A facebook post from a dear friend says, "Everything is actually still getting better, so don't believe the "hype". :)" To which is linked an article from the Huffington Post, World Becoming Less Violent: Despite Global Conflict, Statistics Show Violence In Steady Decline. I bit. I could...

I only ever took one gender / feminist course at the undergraduate level. I dropped it after three weeks. Guess who's teaching an undergraduate Gender and Geography course in the Fall? I'm actually excited. I've decided to craft it around revolution, war and terrorism. It recently...