This is an article I came across, (albeit from Buzzfeed, but it's in their news section) recently, discussing a program in Austin, TX that has separated middle school boys and girls into two separate "leadership academies." It's a longform article, and goes in depth to talk to teachers and students at the schools–worth a read, if you're interested! 

(Also interesting to note the language of "saving" poor kids)

http://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker/austin-thinks-it-can-save-poor-kids-by-separating-boys-and-g

(I apologize for the lateness of this post, I thought I sent it in last night but I apparently did not)

1) We've pushed the Earth to it's breaking point.

2) We once had to worry about the effects we had on the Earth and how to protect it, but now we have to worry about the protection of us.

3) We are close to crossing maximum CO2 level

Question: What exactly will happen when the Earth reaches it's "breaking point"? And I understand that this is something that we don't want, but should we really be that worried as far as the CO2 level if it has already been crossed before, as well as other thresholds, and yet we are still here today?

Tonight, Kristin, Sara and I discussed your invitation to us to contribute something in the 'zine. Having long ago set the table
for the feast that has been this 360°, we've decided we'd like y'all to dish up the potluck. So we won't be writing anything--
but would be very glad to be featured as a coven presiding over all. Thanks, Rebecca, for taking this lovely photo!

As I read The Veil, Desire, and the Gaze, I realized how little I knew about veiling and veiling fashions. Many of my ideas about veiling were based off of uninformed, inexperienced Western dialogue about what it means to be a woman wearing a veil. After thinking about this more and having a conversation with Nkechi, I am now beginning to think that I have no place making judgements about wearing a veil or not, because I genuinely do not know what it's like and I grew up in a place where I rarely, if ever, encountered women who wore veils. Does it matter how I view these women? In a society that I have absolutely no place or authority in? It feels wrong to theorize and judge something I know so little about, whether positively or negatively.

1. It is incorrect to claim that the earth has no agency, it isn't going to take our abuse for much longer

2. As humans, we have already surpassed the earth's limits, in many ways it's already too late

3. anthropomorphizing the natural world isn't just a literary/philosophical device, it is literally the way the world works

question:

How will the agency of the earth effect human life? Is the earth capable of fighting back? 

In Latour's essay, he touched on: (flow chart attempt)

(1)Our connectedness with the our Planet--> (2) The destruction we bring upon our planet--> (3)Our need to realize the truths about nature and humanity

---we have a "common geostory"             --We are releasing dangerous amounts of CO2     --Earth is not nature or a machine

                                                              --"We are detroying the earth and making it quake" -- "We ned to free ourselves from the seperate relams of nature and humanity" 

                                                                                          --->Humans are inept at articulating and truly addressing the needs of our planet.<---

Latour says; "