The Oscars are tomorrow! I’m attending an Oscar party hosted by some friends and am fretting over what to pick on my ballot for the pool. It was a great year for girls on film, though! My friend Abby sent me an NYT article, “Hollywood’s Year of Heroine Worship” which looks at the cluster of … Continue reading
Yesterday, our campus was visited by Nahid Rachlin, novelist and author of the memoir Persian Girls. Rachlin visited my WGS class and I had the pleasure of having dinner with her, faculty, and one of my colleagues before a reading and question session on campus. Persian Girls tells Rachlin’s story, starting when she was adopted by … Continue reading
Julio sent this to me today. It is fabulous. Thanks, dear. Thanks, Zen Pencils.
First of all, Ron Swanson would not condone Valentine’s Day. It was invented by Hallmark to sell cards. Anyway, as a prelude to a forthcoming post about April Ludgate, I wanted to take a moment to celebrate the feminism of Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation. Ron, the embodiment of hyperbolic white masculinity (see: Ron’s … Continue reading
Fawiza Koofi, who is running for president of Afghanistan, was on The Daily Show last night, promoting her book The Favored Daughter. It’s an excellent interview and it reminds me greatly of what girls like Malala Yousufzai could accomplish if their dreams of education and public service are supported. This book is definitely going on … Continue reading
I was on Pinterest looking at health and wellness things. I stumbled over this image (right), nestled between hundreds of pictures of flat tummies and avocados and almonds. Thinspo is the new(ish) euphemism used by pro-ana sites for pictures of (often painfully) thin bodies to motivate or fat bodies to shame. I didn’t know what … Continue reading
A couple of days ago I was watching The Daily Show when getting ready to walk to campus and I saw a trailer for Janie Face to Face. As a 90’s kid I was hooked. I downloaded the book to my Kindle with embarrassing speed, as well as the 2012 short e-book What Janie Saw, and … Continue reading
Julie Andrews visited The Colbert Report on Tuesday to promote her newest book The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart. Stephen Colbert does such great interviews, in my opinion, because he asks what sound like skeptical questions, but actually sets the guest up to explain what he or she is doing in very clear terms for … Continue reading
Hi there. It has been a while. Things got kind of crazy at the beginning of the semester. Between portfolio reviews both for the department and the honors program, starting the semester, writing proposals, and celebrating my 26th birthday, I’ve been super busy. I have plenty of notes of things to write about and plan … Continue reading
Ph.D.s and Pigtails 