Sentences with phrase «like consciousness raising»

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So, like or not, my consciousness began to be raised about inclusive language.

A vital goal of all movements in quest of social liberation is consciousness - raising, an omnibus term which involves (among other things) making the oppressive factions of society aware of what it's like to be oppressed.

Needless to say, some professors, like some bishops, resist the truth that beneath their liberal pieties are concealed ghastly residues of imperfectly raised consciousness.

The alternative, of course, is a perfectly raised consciousness, presumably much like the consciousness of Ms. Anna Quindlen.

Some volunteers find that they like working in a field which has no direct relation to their illness, as they do not want to be reminded of how serious chemical sensitivity can be; but others will want to work with consciousness - raising groups.

These have also resulted in a few newsmaking deaths in places like Peru, where it's legal; some stateside shamans swear by plants» powers, while others use them sparingly or prefer rhythmic drumming as a consciousness - raising tool.

It would look good on billboards, and it certainly would get the attention of our World Cup visitors.And, at least for a little while last week, it looked like the sort of motto we could live up to.Or could we?Our collective opossum consciousness was raised when Doc Holliday and Johnny Magic, of radio station WXXL - FM (106.7), suggested turning one of the critters loose on a high - speed roadway as sort of a local variation on Groundhog Day.The idea went over like the proverbial foreign object in a punch bowl.

The works on show will explore ideas of the cyborg and the avatar raising questions of identity and individual and collective consciousness at a time of prolific social change and uncertainty when reality can often seem more like science fiction.

Like the real - fake museum itself, the newsletter is funny, mournful, bitter, perverse, pro-nationalist, anti-nationalist, illusion - deflating, consciousness - raising, politically piercing, and free.

Over the last few years, the Girls have raised consciousness about the gender disparity in artistic production in places like Turkey and Ireland.

She mingled in influential circles, socializing with avant - garde painters like Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, and Diego Rivera in the 1940s; and with feminist artists in the 1970s and»80s as part of a consciousness - raising group that included Vija Celmins, Miriam Schapiro, and Judy Chicago.

But the worldwide greening of industrial processes is more like a gentle fog creeping in to cool things off a bit than a revolutionary tsunami of raised consciousness and voluntarily changed lifestyles.

I like that Roosegaarde is being realistic about the limitations to this design and sees the value it would serve as a consciousness - raising tool.

What we need is for someone like Drs. Mann, Bradley, Santer, Karl, Trenberth, etc. to go on television to explain what is really happening, in scientific, but understandable, language to raise the bar and the consciousness of North Americans to this urgent issue.

As mega-storms like Hurricane Irma this year and Sandy in 2012 raised consciousness about the issue, companies even in the oil business have taken steps to rein in pollution and associate themselves with the green agenda.