In Praise of Prejudice

In Praise of Prejudice: The Necessity of Preconceived Notions by Theodore Dalrymple

In which the doctor takes up our prejudices against prejudice -- including the observation that although "racial" seems to be the normal prefix, it is only a small portion of the prejudices afloat.

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Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Sophie Hatter knows her fate.  When her widowed stepmother, Fanny, looks at the expenses and what the hat shop brings in, she thinks it only reasonable that Fanny apprentices her own daughter, Martha, to a witch, sends her other stepdaughter out to prentice at a bakery, and keeps Sophie with her as an apprentice in the shop.  After all, as the oldest daughter, Sophie's fate will be the worst if she sets out to seek her fortune.
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having fun, boxing myself in

So I have this character,  She has this set of cards -- Tarot cards -- and she keeps trying to foresee the future with them.  She would pull it off if only she interpreted them right.  So I'm having fun with it and then it occurs to me. . . .

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