Apologies and Happy Bastile Day!

First, I want to apologize to my dear readers.  The last couple of days I have posted a couple of "tests" that I then went on to delete.  I am still in the process of streamlining the blog, and I am trying to figure out some of the "technical" details.  So, again, my sincere regrets for bothering you with nonsense.

Most importantly for today is the celebration of Bastille Day! As a woman who admires beauty in all its forms, the French quintessentially embody that which is beautiful.  The care and delicate attention to detail in everything they do demonstrates their obsession for the aesthetic. Whether it is the way food is presented, a package is wrapped, the importance of literature and art in their culture, beauty is reflected all around.  But to go beyond the superficial, I was fortunate that my new edition of The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir arrived yesterday.  How apropos, n'est-ce pas? I will be using the newly translated introduction for my Women's Studies Course this fall. Just in case you want to learn more about her, the Stanford Philosophical Library has a really great page on Simone de Beauvoir.  Moreover, it isn't just Beauvoir that makes the French great, let's not forget Derrida, Foucault, Kristeva, Bataille, Baudrillard, etc, etc.  So enjoy your day of "Liberté, égalité, fraternité"!