Author Archives: Lee-Anne Ragan
Revisiting your ‘Friend’s’ perspective – making the old new again
If you spent any length of time in North America in the 1990’s watching TV then you’ll know the show Friends. You’ll also likely have the opening song resonating somewhere in the dusty recesses of your mind. Prepare to haul … Continue reading
The Good Life Project via Jonathan Fields
I love listening to podcasts. When I’m working out, somehow learning about something new makes the sweat easier to bear. One that’s caught my attention recently is Jonathan Field’s ‘Good Life Project’ where he interviews diverse folks about, well, what … Continue reading
A Debate Between An Atheist And A Christian Has Quite A Surprising Result (via Upworthy)
These small clay hands & found stone ‘heart’ sit on my desk. For we all want to hold & be held with love. I originally found this illuminating video on Upworthy. It’s a debate between an atheist & a Christian. Check … Continue reading
How much money do people just like you make? (online calculator)
Just how much money do people like you make? Here’s an online calculator from Canada that does just that – calculates what people make based on gender, education, age & ethnicity. If you’re living outside Canada, at least you can … Continue reading
Where the Mississippi crosses into Canada or doesn’t (via map geek Colin Grey)
Where supposedly straight lines go curvy. Where there’s no-touch territory. Where the Mississippi crosses into Canada or doesn’t. Where kids cross 4 times/day from the U.S. into Canada to go to school. All because of interesting perspectives. (From map geek … Continue reading
An Open Letter to Feminist Trolls – perspective busting thanks to Melissa A. Fabello
Warning; the video below is incisive, perspective busting & funny. Oh & it has some strong language. ‘Funny how I’m only a bitch when I’m mis-behaving.’ It’s by Melissa A. Fabello ‘a sex educator with a specialty in body image, … Continue reading
Thomas Jefferson’s ‘vrs’ Elizabeth Gilbert’s view
Love the view enhancing, through the looking glass mirror gender perspective. You? Regarding credit for the image: I tried to find conscious harvest (as it’s inscribed on the right of the image) but the link doesn’t work. I came to … Continue reading
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Tagged beautiful mess, elizabeth gilbert, gender, perspective, thomas jefferson
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The Paradox of our Time (not by George Carlin or the Dalai Lama)
The following is by George Carlin, Jeff Dickson, the Dalai Lama, anonymous Dr. Bob Moorehead, former pastor of Seattle’s Overlake Christian Church. What follows below has been attributed to most everyone but him. Read more about the credit issue at … Continue reading
Dustin Hoffman’s perspective on women altered because of Tootsie
If you’re, ahem, of a certain age, you’ll likely recall Dustin Hoffman’s famous role in the Oscar-winning, movie Tootsie. He plays an out-of-work actor who dresses up as a woman to land a job. The movie was a landmark for … Continue reading
To you it may be shit, to us it’s money
So says Isaac Durojayie, of DMT Mobile Toilet, Nigeria. He’s featured in Ashoka’s film on social entrepreneurship called Who Cares. Other than being an utterly captivating film, it’s chock-a-block full of people with unusual perspectives. People who see the world … Continue reading
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Tagged ashoka, creativity, isaac durojayie, perspective, social entrepreneurship
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