This is what happens when I try my hand at spoken word. It is inspired by Sophia's piece "But we Weren't Together ( Read more... )

How I Envy You, Natasha Trethewey ( Read more... )

Here is something I wrote recently. It was funny---when i read it to my mom she was cutting up an artichoke, and right when I started talking about the knife, a huge spark leapt from the artichoke and burned the knife. I guess it was spontaneous combustion in action, but I'm sure the skeptics among you can think of more ... mundane explanations. ( Read more... )

Not much to report here. Israel an France were both interesting experiences (I don't think I'll ever forget the sights and smells of seventy bloodhounds being fed at a chateau) but I think my mom and I have approached the limit of the time we can spend in each other's company without clawing each other's eyes out. My dad used to liken us to cats ( Read more... )

Today was rather frustrating, what with my revelation that the conditional is far beyond the understanding of most Brown dining service workers (I'm being uncharitable, oh well) and getting stuck in fucking Smitty B. I also had another revelation, namely that I'm super reluctant to talk about my genetic test results. For anyone who cares, I ( Read more... )

 Hi, my name is Tasha Chemel. As part of my thesis work at Brown University, I have created an online survey to assess individual differences among fanfiction ( Read more... )

What follows is unabashed self pimping. On Friday, October 27, sometime between 4:30 and 6:30 pm, I'll be presenting my paper on fanfiction as of part the student session of Freud and the humanities Conference, which is taking place at the Cogut Center at Brown University. . IF you're interested, it should be a good time, with Freud and Derrida ( Read more... )

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Ok, so here's the skinny on my internship at Northfield Mount Hermon School. The other interns in my dorm are fantastic. We've all given each other nicknames that have some derivation of smelly; I am Smasha for Smelly Tasha. Our dorm head is hilarious as well. I quote an email he sent to the dorm: "If anyone sees Tasha wandering in No. 104, tell ( Read more... )

Hi, I'm Tasha, I'm totally blind and a junior at Brown. I'm cross-posting this from my own LJ ( Read more... )