http://www.relativitywatch.com/ Relativity Watch en Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:30:00 GMT Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:30:00 GMT info@relativitywatch.com info@relativitywatch.com http://www.relativitywatch.com/technological-explosion/ Having joined Twitter last week, I was surprised to find self-help guru Anthony Robbins also had an account, and am happily following his Tweets - this is a link he... http://www.relativitywatch.com/technological-explosion/#comments http://www.relativitywatch.com/technological-explosion/ Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:30:00 GMT http://www.relativitywatch.com/plaits/ Caucasian South African Evelyn Cresswell offers us the following: Plaits I once wore plaits. The trick was to get the three strands that folded each one over the other of... http://www.relativitywatch.com/plaits/#comments http://www.relativitywatch.com/plaits/ Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:14:00 GMT http://www.relativitywatch.com/ethical-turn/ We're all activists now From recycling to mass protests on social networks like Facebook, having an ethical conscience is becoming part of our daily lives. Now it's the turn of... http://www.relativitywatch.com/ethical-turn/#comments http://www.relativitywatch.com/ethical-turn/ Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:08:00 GMT http://www.relativitywatch.com/dont-copy-obamas-nonbelievers/ When President Obama paid tribute to "non-believers" in the context of religion in his Inaugural speech, he made me cringe and hope that this condescending word would not catch on... http://www.relativitywatch.com/dont-copy-obamas-nonbelievers/#comments http://www.relativitywatch.com/dont-copy-obamas-nonbelievers/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:48:00 GMT http://www.relativitywatch.com/changes/ The blogosphere, the web, newspapers and magazines, TV-casting and film-making - heck, all the arts, sciences and every other discipline - have been exploding with tributes to impassioned dreams, hopes... http://www.relativitywatch.com/changes/#comments http://www.relativitywatch.com/changes/ Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:04:00 GMT http://www.relativitywatch.com/its-only-a-matter-of-time/ As California goes, so goes the nation... and as America goes, so goes the world - even if they were not the first country to introduce civil unions (Denmark) or... http://www.relativitywatch.com/its-only-a-matter-of-time/#comments http://www.relativitywatch.com/its-only-a-matter-of-time/ Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:19:00 GMT http://www.relativitywatch.com/revolution/ We need nothing short of multiple revolutions of thinking to replace the slow sort of change that comes with generations of old-fashioned thought, wherein absolutism and phobias such as racial... http://www.relativitywatch.com/revolution/#comments http://www.relativitywatch.com/revolution/ Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:50:00 GMT http://www.relativitywatch.com/thoughts/ Lesbian marriage may be newly legal in global trend-setting US state California, but old-fashioned discourses permeated Ellen DeGeneres' attitudes to her now wife Portia de Rossi. Says the comedian and... http://www.relativitywatch.com/thoughts/#comments http://www.relativitywatch.com/thoughts/ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:59:00 GMT http://www.relativitywatch.com/kissed-a-girl/ Let's take a look at the lyrics to this catchy, "controversial" song: This was never the way I planned Not my intention I got so brave, drink in hand Lost... http://www.relativitywatch.com/kissed-a-girl/#comments http://www.relativitywatch.com/kissed-a-girl/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:53:00 GMT http://www.relativitywatch.com/homoerotic-is-the-new-black/ So I was watching MTV yesterday, looking out for brand new clips, and I came across two. Dannii Minogue and The Presets might not have a lot in common, apart... http://www.relativitywatch.com/homoerotic-is-the-new-black/#comments http://www.relativitywatch.com/homoerotic-is-the-new-black/ Sun, 25 May 2008 10:49:00 GMT http://www.relativitywatch.com/iron-curtain/ It's amazing how an area not encroached upon by people due to its role as a barrier between Western and Eastern Europe has come to contain amazing wildlife species, and... http://www.relativitywatch.com/iron-curtain/#comments http://www.relativitywatch.com/iron-curtain/ Sat, 24 May 2008 04:41:00 GMT http://www.relativitywatch.com/witt/ From Cnn.com, http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/05/22/military.gays/index.html: Court: Gay officer can pursue lawsuit against military An Air Force major who was dismissed for being a homosexual can continue her legal fight against the military... http://www.relativitywatch.com/witt/#comments http://www.relativitywatch.com/witt/ Thu, 22 May 2008 14:40:00 GMT http://www.relativitywatch.com/youtube-bonding/ Ron Gregg takes a look at some typical and atypical offerings to the web through YouTube, what this says about youth GLBTIQ culture, with a focus on the positive: he... http://www.relativitywatch.com/youtube-bonding/#comments http://www.relativitywatch.com/youtube-bonding/ Wed, 21 May 2008 13:10:00 GMT http://www.relativitywatch.com/yay-cali/ In a decision which has surprised many, the California Supreme Court, consisting of seven judges, six of which are Republicans, has given the green light to gay marriage across the... http://www.relativitywatch.com/yay-cali/#comments http://www.relativitywatch.com/yay-cali/ Fri, 16 May 2008 03:36:00 GMT http://www.relativitywatch.com/sweetie/ Endearments are used in a wide variety of contexts: in intimate relationships, workplace rituals, even to put someone down. Reporter Peggy Agar complained when Senator Barack Obama deferred his reply... http://www.relativitywatch.com/sweetie/#comments http://www.relativitywatch.com/sweetie/ Thu, 15 May 2008 07:22:00 GMT