An act of mansplaining

In this article the author illustrates the idea of mansplaining as a through an episode of Wizard of Oz  in the author’s words “When Dorothy comes to him upset and worried about her dog-napping witchy neighbor, he accuses the young girl of not having a brain. He dismisses her problem abruptly: Just don’t go by her place…

Acknowledging Intelligence: Photographer vs Elk

In my recent post on eagerness to see a different point of view, I described my eagerness to observe animals as something more like humans in terms of intelligence. Recently, I saw this video about a photographer being confronted up and personal by an elk.    I was led to the video from various expectations…