I find myself missing school all the time—particularly the open-minded curiosity, good discussion parts—so it’s great that Seattle’s such a hotbed (sweat lodge?) for people who want to keep learning after they’ve gotten a job. Here are a few places where writing and other pros can get their intellectual jollies.
Hugo House
The Hugo House is a [...]
Category Archives: Film
Pro and Personal Development in Seattle
November 4, 2010 – 11:01 am
The Bechdel Test
July 26, 2010 – 5:00 am
Some male friends and I were talking about their favorite romantic comedies (Notting Hill, Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken) the other night, when someone brought up the Bechdel Test for Women In Movies.
The next time you watch a movie or a TV show, ask yourself the following questions:
- Are there at least two women in [...]
Žižek on What Philosophy Is.
May 19, 2009 – 1:14 pm
I love this quote by [Lacanian](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacan) philosopher [Slavoj Žižek](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavoj_%C5%BDi%C5%BEek), taken from an interview between him and Astra Taylor during Taylor’s film, [*Žižek!*](http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=zizek):
What is philosophy? Philosophy is not what some people think. Some crazy exercise in absolute truth and then you can adopt this kind of skeptical attitude. Where some, the scientists, are dealing [...]
