Yes! to this on Miley Cyrus

from Germaine Greer, here.

Does materialism imply nihilism?

From this very smart blogger, Noah Millman, here.

A parenting book I might read

David Bjorkland, "Why Youth Is Not Wasted on the Young: Immaturity in Human Development." ($74.95---YIKES!!!) Bjorkland is an evolutionary developmental biologist, my missed calling in life.

Also from Bjorkland: "Origins of the Social Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and Child Development" ($60---what is with this series?) and "Origins of Human Nature: Evolutionary Developmental Psychology" ($28.80, this one I can afford.)

Form and formalism

Remember that piece by E. Bednar I was going to post on? cf this.

Fetal sex selection in the US

Saletan's on his game, here.

Slave to sugar

Neurobiology, neurometabolism and free will, here.

Polygamy is to male inequality what monogamy is to female inequality

Fabulous, here.

Willing

Oh wow, this, immediately. This guy is my flight, direct.

Work-life whatever

Feminists can turn any kind of tragedy into banal nattering on work-life balance. See here, Silda Spitzer; and I know there's another one about Britney Spears on the LAT somewhere, but couldn't track it down.

The latest study with the stats.