Showing posts with label power abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label power abuse. Show all posts
Monday, April 13, 2015

Mansplaining Away Rape Culture: Waylon Lewis' "Strange" Partial Defense of Yoga Guru Bikram Choudhury

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Waylon Lewis of the popular spiritual webzine Elephant Journal has a history of ... ahem ... troubling behavior. In 2011, I wrote a post ...
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Rape and Sexual Harrasment Claims Filed Against Yoga "Guru" Bikram

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A few years ago, I wrote a post about the greed of the Bikram yoga empire. In it, I also spoke about the guy's blatant sexism and sexu...
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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Why the Genpo Roshi Controversy Just Won't Go Away

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I was going to write about something else today, but when I opened the blog today, I had a comment waiting on a post from over two years ago...
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Sexism in the Sangha Scandals

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I have felt disturbed by some aspect of the ongoing discussions, both within my sangha and also online, concerning the various Zen teacher...
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Friday, February 11, 2011

Zen Teacher Scandals, Group Dynamics, and The Swamp of It All

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I'm feeling a bit disturbed today. My great grandmother, at almost 102, is probably on the way out of this life. It's amazing that t...
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Monday, February 7, 2011

Genpo Roshi Falls Again

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This was a surprise to stumble upon, even though I suppose it really shouldn't be much of a surprise. Owning My Responsibility A P...
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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Eido Shimano and Social Responsibilty for the Wider Sangha

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A few days ago, Al over at Open Buddha posted a set of letters concerning Zen teacher Eido Shimano Roshi, who has been embroiled in controv...
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