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Agenda
Goodbye first semester fugue state. Hello crocheting scarves and plans for sewing a hoodie and waking up without a furrowed brow. Dear Diary, why do all the women I know in grad school feel not good enough? And the men talk too much about their theories because there is so much pressure in knowing everything and needing to inform the rest of the ( Read more... ) -
URGENT! Hate Crimes Legislation
If HB-6341 is to be enacted and become the Michigan Anti Bias Crime statute ( Read more... ) -
Query:
Why do you keep a LiveJournal? Do you keep a paper journal, too?
You might have guessed I'm writing an essay. -
Query:
does the internet separate or connect us? -
Listening
"Do you ever worry about human isolation?" I asked her like it was no big deal, a heavy question for the day before holiday break. I'm not talking just about my own loneliness, but about the part of being human that makes having deep relationships with other people painful ( Read more... ) -
Wintering
Last night we drove on icy roads to Ann Arbor, where Elizabeth and I talked at Cafe Ambrosia. I like her voice, the way she isn't afraid to use it, how she was never taught not to. I like her mother's androgynous gender, her nature-lady spirit. I think she will like B, Elizabeth's new love interest, the way her eyes crinkle when she smiles, how ( Read more... ) -
to reveal/to conceal
This weekend is a study in Michigan fall, from sunny t-shirt weather, planting a Mum in the front yard, to chilly and damp, nestling into my sweater and complicated system of coats. I am determined not to have a winter like last so am intentionally gaining weight, in the hope that it will keep me warm ( Read more... ) -
Lansing, lonely
I'm finally coming out of the fugue state produced by the first two months of school and bam I'm desperately lonely. My emotions have impeccable timing. -
Post-election
I love the false hope of the day immediately post-election. My students were all smiling and chattering with excitement. Apparently, the student apartments/dorms were hopping last night, people dancing and cartwheeling in the streets and cops there to "keep an eye on things." I've heard a lot of talk about the political climate mobilizing young ( Read more... ) -
notes
Beginning an entry with "should" is not productive. I should be writing an essay about the move between silence and speech right now. I'm not. I should be patching multiple voices together so they make something beautiful ( Read more... )