Morning,

This is an interesting profile of Marilynne Robinson (whose books I have not read) – the excerpts of her writing are beautiful though so I should:

"Being and human beings," Robinson told me, "are invested with a degree of value that we can’t honor appropriately. An overabundance that is magical."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/magazine/the-revelations-of-marilynne-robinson.html?_r=0

The days when computer programming was considered “women’s work”:

"Ada Lovelace is Lord Byron's child, and her mother, Lady Byron, did not want her to turn out to be like her father, a romantic poet," says Isaacson. So Lady Byron "had her tutored almost exclusively in mathematics as if that were an antidote to being poetic."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/10/06/345799830/the-forgotten-female-programmers-who-created-modern-tech

DISGUSTING URGES:

Every time I pass a man in a well-tailored suit,  I try to keep my eyes averted to avoid the evil, lustful thoughts that will surely creep into my head. […] Not only must you be mindful of your wardrobe, but you must also understand that your body is a commodity. Anytime you appear in public, it is assumed that any body part you show is something that is available to everyone.

http://thesaltcollective.org/modesty-whensuitsbecomestumblingblock/

Alex.