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the.strenuous.briefness: Bugs
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011. I am, all things considered, a rather fierce woman. My mother, whose parting words to my sister and I every morning as we left for school, were "kick boy butt! Carefully cultivated me to say "pardon," to write thank-you notes, to aspire to financial independence, and, most importantly, to not take shit from anyone. A dutiful daughter, I have tried to embody these formidable guidelines for life. Although "pardon" has unfortunately been replaced by "what was that? I spent the last ...
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the.strenuous.briefness: This is What Someone Who Benefits from White Privilege Looks Like
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Thursday, July 21, 2011. This is What Someone Who Benefits from White Privilege Looks Like. You know those t-shirts that say "this is what a feminist looks like? Is his travel philosophy), so he prefers to stop at roadside places and grab a quick bite. On the way up, somewhere in Pennsylvania, he spotted a little family restaurant in an older, wood-sided building with a hand-painted sign, Finn's Family Restaurant. Would we stop at a roadside restaurant? Even more broadly, crossing the Canadian border its...
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the.strenuous.briefness: April 2011
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Manifesto in Defense of Collective Dependency as a Necessity for Survival and Transformation. WHEREAS much has been made of the dependency of the poor on government assistance, such as welfare, Medicaid, and public housing. Such dependency is used to malign those who seek services, or to imply that these services are unmerited, unearned, and undeserved. Those at the top are said to have it. Those at the bottom have simply not pulled at their bootstraps hard enough. The gap betw...
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the.strenuous.briefness: You are not forgotten
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Sunday, September 18, 2011. You are not forgotten. Dearest readers - and yes, I'm talking to all three of you - I fear you believe I have forgotten about you. Indeed, consumed with the most recent dissertation proposal draft, I have had to focus my attentions on churning that out rather than my weekly blog goal. In the meantime, I will leave you with this surprisingly well-done review. Of women in this fall's television line up, brought to you by Sunday's Washington Post. Not bad, you know, for a man.
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the.strenuous.briefness: July 2011
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Thursday, July 21, 2011. This is What Someone Who Benefits from White Privilege Looks Like. You know those t-shirts that say "this is what a feminist looks like? Is his travel philosophy), so he prefers to stop at roadside places and grab a quick bite. On the way up, somewhere in Pennsylvania, he spotted a little family restaurant in an older, wood-sided building with a hand-painted sign, Finn's Family Restaurant. Would we stop at a roadside restaurant? Even more broadly, crossing the Canadian border its...
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the.strenuous.briefness: December 2011
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Friday, December 16, 2011. If You Should Find Yourself Without a Job, Read This First. So, I haven't been posting much lately. This is the sad truth even though blogging is one of my favorite things. I can't blame it on lack of time, prolonged illness, or a broken thumb. I can't even blame it on depression. I haven't been depressed, dear readers. I have been unemployed. But the best part, of course, is that I actually got a job - this week, in fact - and thus concludes an epic race to beat the averages.
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the.strenuous.briefness: September 2011
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Sunday, September 18, 2011. You are not forgotten. Dearest readers - and yes, I'm talking to all three of you - I fear you believe I have forgotten about you. Indeed, consumed with the most recent dissertation proposal draft, I have had to focus my attentions on churning that out rather than my weekly blog goal. In the meantime, I will leave you with this surprisingly well-done review. Of women in this fall's television line up, brought to you by Sunday's Washington Post. Not bad, you know, for a man.
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the.strenuous.briefness: January 2011
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Monday, January 24, 2011. Grapes of Wrath, revisited. So, I just rewatched The Grapes of Wrath. Which my mother told me) and from the bible (which evangelical classmates informed me). Before we started the film this evening, our professor asked us to think about the relevance of The Grapes of Wrath. To today. What if this film just came out? Where do we see the themes of this film played out today? What similarities exist between the Great Depression and our great recession? Such forced invisibility and ...
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the.strenuous.briefness: Too school for cool - the coffee chronicles
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Monday, October 31, 2011. Too school for cool - the coffee chronicles. Coffee is easy to drink when it's drowned in cream, sugar, and chemical preservatives. I used to drink one while downing a donut. Oh, college. The reckless years. But what size do you want? Ohum, small please.") In mainstream coffee-land, I'm set. I can hold my own in the Caribous and ABPs of this world. How do I know coffee has reached an unbelievable eliteness? Becomes the "safe and familiar" coffee shop. This helps considerably, si...
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the.strenuous.briefness: The skinny on skinny dipping
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Sunday, October 23, 2011. The skinny on skinny dipping. Public nudity. Never really been my thing, know what I'm saying? Like most women, the thought of public disrobing and prancing around in my birthday suit is sort of like running across a bear in the woods: you're pretty sure the bear sees you and you're pretty sure this is where it all ends. But I have bared all, dear readers, and I am going to tell you why you should, too. This all started when my partner had a Groupon for Spa World. I've also been...
