The personal is political

You are like a magic potion that makes my day worthwhile You say so little and yet so much that brings on my lips a smile You help me unload so well No stress I have to keep Your voice is like a lullaby and I get a good night's sleep But I have to ask myself that if I must let this always be How... Sign in to see full entry.

When one's family member is dead and there have to be public rituals done, it means respecting the dead's family beliefs and performing the particular rituals. So the politics is of respecting another's beliefs even if different from one's own. Sign in to see full entry.

No man is an island, and no woman is either What I gather from the world I bring home -the personal is political Sign in to see full entry.

My approaches at home I carry to work and the world - the personal is political Sign in to see full entry.

You can't stand what a politician is saying.Or you detest his mannerisms. Your body language speaks and reveals this. Finally what is the political? It is about the body language of each person and community put together. Not just about the views that each one is expressing, but about the views that... Sign in to see full entry.

He nixed all the plans in my friend's house He let weeds mushroom He made the house a fort He was my friend's Dad. And to the world? He opposed anyone's plans being nixed He preached about maintenance He talked about letting all winds blow in He was also my friend's Dad!!!! Sign in to see full entry.

double standards? Otherwise my traits should have been reflecting uniformly in both places, isn't it? or is it the context that matters. Maybe I am motivated to work hard in the public sphere and that gets me appreciation or a sense of fulfilment. And that same factor is not there in the home. So I... Sign in to see full entry.

Personal non grata may be public much grata But public much grata sometimes may be personal grata And personal non grata may also be public non grata Sign in to see full entry.

abusive on the internet in a mailgroup. I find the two irreconciliable and therefore impossible of existence in the same person. Many people tell me "but he's a very nice man with his family" and I can't help feeling that the family is just shutting up and endorsing the "nice man" image for the sake... Sign in to see full entry.

Have you come across persons who are known to throw tantrums and be enraged at home, but do not reflect the same tendencies at work or in the public arena, no matter what the provocation? So, you will say - in this case, the personal is not political. Wait a minute...he is placed differently within... Sign in to see full entry.