Janet Cameron

Eventually, there will be a universe where nothing happens - and nothing happens forever. All will be sea of photons which will, themselves, eventually dissolve into nothing. No memory. No matter. (In the sense of matter in physics, but it could mean matter in the sense of emotional attachment as well.) So don't bother about organising a "permanent" statue to celebrate your achievements. Just don't bother.  Attribution: Bob Lee This is according to Professor Brian Cox. He was grinning as he said it, like people do when they've clocked something you haven't. (Excuse the unintentional pun.) I was watching his Adventures in Space about the properties of space and time and, therefore spacetime, since the two cannot be separated. (According to Einstein.)  I was feeling pretty down today, and Professor Cox's programmes are always fascinating, and he's a nice sort of person to have in your living room, even if just on your TV screen.  As the Universe expand...

Cellar Arts Poets This little poetry book is a non-profit publication by the Cellar Arts Club in Worthing. It was published just before the pandemic hit, so it hasn't had the benefit of a proper launch.  Poems by Angela Geach, dick douglass, eila, Elizabeth Kate Archer, Jacqueline Andrews, Janet Cameron, Joe Bunn, Naomi Wood, Pamela J Hinton, Sandy Barton and Zoe King. Too good to miss !

It is the year 1307 and two young women are preparing for the adventures of their lives. One is to be married to a King, the other, her  lady-in-waiting, intends to make the most of all of her assets; her beauty, her intelligence and an inflated sense of personal entitlement. This upwardly-mobile medieval heroine intends to stop at nothing to get what she wants, using her wits, her influence and by exploiting or thwarting the powerful men who seek either to charm her or destroy her. Lady Eleanora is a force to be reckoned with, dangerous, crafty and yet admirably resilient. Find out how she fares in the sometimes macabre reign of Queen Isabella and the husband she married for love, the tragic King Edward II. Paperback:   https://www.amazon.co.uk/MINX-JANET-CAMERON/dp/107335413X/ Kindle:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/MINX-JANET-CAMERON-ebook/dp/B07SXCCX9D/    Mr. F. Parker 5.0 out of 5 stars   An Entertaining Evocation of a Turbulent but Formative Period in...

Philosophers of Ancient Times - Beautiful Insights and Mad Moments I write about male philosophers too, and those ancients were brave, clever and quirky. Many of their insights and visions have stood up to the test of time. The paperback is in larger print, 16 point, but there is also a kindle ebook. THALES, ANAXIMANDER, HERACLITUS, SOCRATES, ASPASIA (the only woman in the book) DIOGYNES, PLATO, ARISTOTLE, DEMOCRITUS, EPICURUS, PYRRHO, TIMON, ZENO, ST THOMAS AQUINAS, OCKAHM. Prepare to be amazed!

I've learned recently that groups are beginning to discover my EIGHTEEN AMAZING WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS to be a useful basic guide for feminist philosophy sessions. As there are eighteen chapters, that provides material for an equivalent number of sessions, with no fiddly photocopyng for the facilitator if each student has a book. Students or members can be encouraged to do some additional research, and its easy enough to set out questions around each chapter  to inspire lively debate. Philosophy debates are tremendous fun and very educational. It's so enriching to know more about the great women who have made our own lives a little easier. I wish my own book had been available to me when I started running my philosophy sessions six years ago in Brighton! That, of course, is a rhetorical statement  :-)  but all the same, it's true. I had to create my own material, hence the book! In Kindle and Paperback. EIGH TEEN AMAZING WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS google.com, pub...

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The Trouble with Trolleyology and Fatism A weird week this week. What do YOU think about this new trolleyology dilemma? I joined a meeting with some budding philosophers to tell them something about my research relating to women phiilosophers, from ancient times to the present day. (Eighteen Amazing Women Philosophers) It should have been fun. I planned a section on the growth of feminism through its famous "three waves" and, for a lively group discussion, I picked Philippa Foot's "Trolley Problem" where you may choose to divert a runaway trolley from its track towards one person, to save five vulnerable people on the other track. There have been a few variants on Philippa Foot's work to look at other moral aspects presented by the problem. This includes the famous variant, The Fat Man. The Fat Man version supposes that, instead of diverting the trolley with a lever, you push a fat man in front of it to stop it. Many people are willing to ...

Interview with Janet Cameron What book marketing techniques have been most effective for you? I like Pinterest, as it's fun to create pins and categorise them. The problem is that the first edition of my EIGHTEEN AMAZING WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS (published on Smashwords as FIFTEEN WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS) did well on Pinterest, and had around 1.3k hits, and plenty of shares and comments. My publisher, the online educational site, Decoded Everything, folded, and my book disappeared so I needed to republlish it myself which has been a tough learning curve. It has also been a little bit painful closing down the pins displaying that first edition, and sacrificing the 1.3k hits to give the new book a chance. I hope it will soon catch up, as it's beeen revised and has three more brilliant women philosophers. It's my baby, the result of lots of research and reflection and inspiring content, and I hope people will continue to buy it. What is your favourite review for Eighteen Amazin...

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EIGHTEEN AMAZING WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS Click on the link above to find in either paperback and ebook. Be a part of it.  Women must claim their buried past along with the men who care for them. The development of women's philosophical thought spans the three waves of feminism starting in the late 1800s. This history did not spring from a vacuum. Before the early suffragettes lies a plethora of amazing, smart-thinking women pepared to speak up and to suffer for their beliefs - and so it continues.  Learn about Hypatia of Alexandria, Murasaki Shikubu, Marie le Jars de Gournay, Mary Wollstonecraft, Sojourner Truth, Ernestine Rose, Ada Lovelace, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ayn Rand, Hannah Arendt, Simone de Beauvoir, Simone Weil, Philippa Foot, Elizabeth Anscombe, Iris Murdoch, Mary Warnock, Mary Midgley and Mary Beard.  These women, and others like them, blazed trails for feminism and helped change the world and the way we think today. We can only wonder at their ...

REVIEWS FOR FROG HEAVEN Mr. F. Parker 5.0 out of 5 stars Empathy for the Human Condition 19 April 2016 Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase The stories in this collection have all been published elsewhere in the past but this is the first time they have been offered in a collection. I am glad that Ms Cameron chose to do so. What I most like about the collection is the empathy with which MS Cameron draws the characters with which she populates her stories. There's Zara, a woman camped in the woods near a cottage occupied by a couple escaping from urban life. Reminiscent of Alan Bennett's 'Lady in the Van', this story ends with a touching twist. In the title story, a recently widowed woman is struggling to come to terms with her grief as she watches her toddler son. Washing up plays a key role in two stories, acting as metaphor for the problems faced daily by women. All but one of the central characters are women and these...