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we can burn this bridge or stay here
If I were a different person, it wouldn't have been funny.
If I weren't white, if English wasn't my native language, if I was genuinely poor.
It was funny, hilarious even--but that humour is predicated upon the ridiculousness of her claim.
To explain:
At work today, a woman (Irish, white, probably from a rural town) came up to me while I was just ( Read more... ) -
an epidemic indeed (read the link)
If you've
never heard
ever questioned
not understood
the term
rape culture
or if you know anyone who has
never heard
ever questioned
not understood
the term
rape culture
this is what it refers to.
It resonates. How could ( Read more... ) -
Drawing bridges to remind you where you stand, where do you stand?
"How you see life depends on how much money you're seeing it with."
-Jennifer Kesler, 12 Aug 2008, http://blindprivilege.com/
The inspiration for this post began a week ago, but I got caught up in mundane things and never got around to addressing these half-developed thoughts until just now. They're still not really as developed as they should be; ( Read more... ) -
I think, therefore I am
Philosophy Exam - First Year
Answer two questions
Two hours1. Patch together some things you have heard in lectures, in no particular order ( Read more... ) -
in the prettiest of skys lay back, lay back
Even from inside, through the door to the lanai, I can hear the waves pounding.
At the same time, I'm reading about the slow erosion of the Wexford coast in Colm Tóibín's The Heather Blazing. It's odd to read this here in Hawaii, over 7,000 miles from that place that I miss so much. Here, there is no grey, steely weather or perpetually cold water ( Read more... ) -
four years of college, and plenty of knowledge [have earned me this useless degree (?)] ....
I am, as of yesterday, officially a college graduate. More to come later, when I've slept more.
(FYI, I'm also back in PA--but only until Thursday morning so if you want to see me act fast!) -
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I am reaching a whole new level of stress and anxiety. So if I don't answer your emails, your phone calls, your facebook messages, etc., etc., realise it's all I can do to hold myself together.
T minus 9 days and counting! -
I'll learn to get by on the little victories...
Emails have been sent! One chapter down!
I'm rewarding myself with yoga. A painful yay!
At some point, I'm going to compile a list of all the fabulous, interesting things I've found with which to procrastinate....
