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March 31, 2008
also
does anyone have twitter? i think i'm on the brink of a new addiction.
and how cliché, but: no one ever comments. :(
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March 30, 2008
wam! 2008
this weekend there was a conference called women, action, & the media at mit.
i scored a tote bag, a complimentary issue of bitch, and went to three talks over the course of the weekend.
Dying for Your Entertainment: Gender Bias in News Coverage of Britney, Lindsay, Courtney and Owen
Carla DeSantis, Jeannie Smith, Kristin Bredimus, Jennifer Trynin
interesting thing i learned: taking into account the profits of her "packagers" (jive records, etc), the paparazzi, the media, and k-fed, the value of the britney spears economy is $110 million to $120 million annually. (portfolio.com)
Stereotyping and Typecasting in Reality Television
Terra Renton, Andi Zeisler
interesting thing i learned: amongst all the shit out there, there is 'good' reality tv that attempts to make a positive difference. (we watched clips of morgan spurlock's 30 days where he tries to live on minimum wage for a month. hint: it's near impossible)
Cleavage, Cackles and Cookies: Analyzing News Coverage of Hillary Clinton and the 2008 Presidential Election
Allison Stevens, Betsy Reed, Carol Hardy-Fanta, Barbara Lee
interesting thing i learned: because of the sexist double standard facing women candidates for political office, successful women candidates tend to be extremely competent. voters in states with female governors ranked their governors higher on a number of traits (honest and ethical, works well with the legislature, someone you can trust, is genuine, a fighter, tough, & more) than the voters in states with male governors did.
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March 28, 2008
i think that you should know
that it is spring time.
except not so much in boston, where the low is 26 degrees tonight.
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March 23, 2008
this is just to say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
william carlos williams
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March 19, 2008
points of interest
1 i got a 100 on my harvard statistics midterm lolololol
2 i am done all my school work for the week so spring break kind of starts NOW
3 dawson's creek season 2 is 52.47% done downloading
4 i need to take a shower
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March 14, 2008
overheard at harvard
1: what are you doing this summer?
2: (sheepish) i don't know yet actually.
1: oh
(pause)
2: what are you doing?
1: i'm working for kanye west.
2: oh. ...oh. wow. that's cool.
1: yeah.
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March 6, 2008
omg so tired
i came home around 1am last night, kind of exhausted.
a certain little pooper leaps out of his litterbox as i open the door to my room.
it reeks of catshit. he has managed to step in it, and his back paw is covered in gross stinkiness.
i spent the next way-too-long cleaning his diarrhea out of the litterbox, attempting to clean his paw, cleaning everywhere he managed to track it.
i was feeling cranky and frustrated and tired and overwhelmed and it was not pretty. for sure.
but life goes on.
things are looking up for hillary clinton, which is exciting for me because i kind of love her.
i also read this really good article about consumerism for my gender & media studies class. i'm too tired at the moment to say anything thoughtful about it but i can at least give you a link and a quote.
Current consumption patterns are wreaking havoc on the planetary ecology. Global warming is perhaps the best known, but many other consumption habits have major environmental impacts. Sport utility vehicles, air conditioning, and foreign travel are all energy-intensive, and contribute to global warming. Larger homes use more energy and building resources, destroy open space, and increase the use of toxic chemicals. All those granite counter-tops being installed in American kitchens were carved out of mountains around the world, leaving in their wake a blighted landscape. Our daily newspaper and coffee is contributing to deforestation and loss of species diversity. Something as simple as a T-shirt plays its part, since cotton cultivation accounts for a significant fraction of world pesticide use. Consumers know far less about the environmental impacts of their daily consumption habits than they should. And while the solution lies in greater part with corporate and governmental practices, people who are concerned about equality should be joining forces with environmentalists who are trying to educate, mobilize, and change practices at the neighborhood and household level.
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