Mark C E Peterson PhD
@motleycow.bsky.social
Emeritus philosopher & gadfly, poet, cook, #taijiquan, #ukulele
I write along the watermargins of philosophy, mythology, religion, culture, and nature.
This is the Bluesky home for the Motley Cow substack http://markcepeterson.substack.com
I write along the watermargins of philosophy, mythology, religion, culture, and nature.
This is the Bluesky home for the Motley Cow substack http://markcepeterson.substack.com
Pinned
(PhDToronto)
Re-tired (un-tired!) philosophy prof. once a Hegel and Kierkegaard guy, ended up working largely in environmental philosophy, semiotics, and mythology. Spent most of my time hanging out with my friends and colleagues at issrnc.org and jcf.org .
Re-tired (un-tired!) philosophy prof. once a Hegel and Kierkegaard guy, ended up working largely in environmental philosophy, semiotics, and mythology. Spent most of my time hanging out with my friends and colleagues at issrnc.org and jcf.org .
Not a fancy Eliza?
November 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Not a fancy Eliza?
I know you are but what am I?
Hysterical sheep are the problem.
Hysterical sheep are the problem.
When the sheep call you a sheep.
Co-opting the narrative: woke and antifa
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I know you are but what am I?
Hysterical sheep are the problem.
Hysterical sheep are the problem.
Reposted by Mark C E Peterson PhD
Weirded out like I am by Trump-Epstein apologetics that use the term "barely legal," including to describe a 15 year old girl (who is years shy of being "barely legal"? Then read this, by @aselrod.bsky.social.
Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls
The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Weirded out like I am by Trump-Epstein apologetics that use the term "barely legal," including to describe a 15 year old girl (who is years shy of being "barely legal"? Then read this, by @aselrod.bsky.social.
These days.... it's ramping up.
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
These days.... it's ramping up.
There's no virtue in Capitalism.
Sorry Dr. Friedman, nope.
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Only reality can surprise you.
Aphorisms
I'll just leave this here.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Only reality can surprise you.
