I, Mammal!
26th October 2015
The concept of identification has been much in the news lately. If I say that I “identify” as a conservative American man, a lawyer, a Lutheran, a resident of Minnesota and a fan of the Minnesota Twins, my announcement will provoke zero interest, because I actually am all of those things. How boring can you get? For one’s “identification” to be newsworthy, and perhaps profitable, one must identify as something that one is not–an African-American, a woman, and so on.
October 27th, 2015 at 19:03
I suspect that a bear would actually get a warm and fuzzy feeling after an encounter with Mr. Laist. After all, doesn’t a bear feel warm and fuzzy when it has just finished a meal?