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THIRD SIDE COMMENT (can you tell I am reading this while trying to help Kriti craft)... there were some remarks at the last ACCS meeting about how technology has disconnected us from natural rhythms. An agrarian society obviously respects the authority of the seasons. Now, most of us have jobs where we don't care at all what the weather is. Louis Markos, sort of accidentally found himself saying, and then seemed to regret saying, that women still find themselves subject to a monthly cycle for half of their life and that's one of the last examples left where we are forced to respect the natural rhythm. I found the comment interesting.

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Aug 3, 2022·edited Aug 3, 2022Liked by Tara Thieke

SECOND SIDE COMMENT... Douglas Wilson has a nice comment where he says, "medieval societies taught their children to find their proper station in life. Modern societies tell children they can be whatever they want to be. It should be obvious which society is lying." Goes for sex, goes for many things. All of us have some givenness to be respected.

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Aug 4, 2022Liked by Tara Thieke

This is wonderful.

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Yes, quick comment here, but my own last post included a footnote about how Timothy Gordon (the Roman Catholic podcaster) sees working outside of the home as part of the male station in life. Well... sort of, sure, but that also may reflect a post-industrialization mindset where most work, period, happens outside of the home. Is it better to have a man mindlessly pulling the lever for eight hours than a woman, or should really no one be pulling that lever?

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