I definitely do not have time to be posting right now, with crazy work and school deadlines upon me, but frankly, I could not let this article go by without comment. This week Newsweek has decided to “celebrate” the female nerd, and boy do they royally screw it up. As someone who strongly [...]
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June 3, 2008
Swamped…
I just thought I should give a brief update on my activities since I haven’t been writing much. I’m feeling incredibly time poor for the next couple of weeks, but I should be up and running again soon. In the meantime, I’m working on a few papers at work and a paper/project on providing care [...]
May 22, 2008
Why can’t we just go out and play?
As the WNBA season and the marketing blitz that goes along with the beginning of the season upon us, it seems like a good time to reflect on the way women athletes cannot just go out and play their game. For anyone who has been following the NBA playoffs (Go Celtics, by the way!), you [...]
May 16, 2008
Lost: No Place Like Home and The Office
1) Did you see the look in Sawyer’s eye when he saw Kate? Man, is that love. So was his decision to follow Jack into the woods since Kate couldn’t. It really is heartbreaking knowing thsoe 2 are being split apart.
2) Kate’s new role as a mother is interesting. It was a cool moment where [...]
May 15, 2008
Quick Book Suggestion
I am currently reading The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values by Nancy Folbre for work and class (I love when reading intersects like that!) and I’m giving the book my highest stamp of approval for a feminist book. I find that every now and then I stumble across a feminist book that is so [...]
May 9, 2008
Lost: Going ALL the Way Back and Some Wild Theories
Here are some thoughts I jotted down during last night’s episode of Lost. Sorry I haven’t written more, but I was sick for most of the week.
1) It’s only 20 minutes in, but I think we are about to learn that Ben and Locke have the same mother, Emily. Also according to the [...]
